We've compiled the below resources to help you stand up for nature. 

Submission Guide

• Codes and Regs - submission guide 2017 - Download
• Legislation - submission guide 2016 - Download

Joint environment groups' submission

• Submission in to draft Regulations and Codes - June 2017 - Download
• Submission in to draft Legislation - November 2016 - Download

General factsheets

• Briefing Note - Biodiversity Legislation Review - August 2016 - Download

• Flyer - General Overview Flyer - Download

• Summary of Key Changes Factsheet- Download

• The Environmental Defenders Office Top 10 Concerns - Link

Specific issue factsheets

• Land Clearing Codes - Factsheet 1 - Download

• Biodiversity Offsetting - Factsheet 2 - Download

• Land Clearing and Climate Change - Factsheet 3 - Download

• Implications for Urban Areas - Factsheet 4 - Download

• Paddock Trees - Factsheet 5 - Download

• Submissions raise key concerns - Factsheet 6 - Download

Lobbying tools 

• Guide to meeting your MP - Download

• Petition - hard copy - Download 

• Briefing Note – Biodiversity Legislation Review - Download

• Form letter to Premier Baird

• Form letter to your local MP

• Form letter Prime Minister Turnbull 

Background information

• Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists - Letter to NSW MPs - Download

• Timeline of land clearing laws and the biodiversity laws review process - Download 

• Mike Baird's promises on the environment - Download

• Biodiversity - Fast Facts - Download

• Independent Panel’s Report and Recommendations - Download

• Conserving and Restoring Biodiversity in NSW - Submission to the Independent Biodiversity Legislation Review Panel  - September 2014 - Download

• Frequently Asked Questions - Download

The government's public consultation 

• Here is the government's media release announcing the changes 
  
  
• The government's website is called: Sustain, Invest, Protect: A new approach to land management and conservation in NSW

Reports

• Native wildlife at risk if NSW Native Vegetation Act is repealed - WWF (2015) - Download

• Laws for the bush - Benefiting biodiversity and people – TEC (2014) - Download

• Climate Change and Australia's Tree Clearing Crisis - The Wilderness Society (2016) - Link

• NSW State of the Environment Report 2015 - Download

Other groups' submissions

• Cotton Australia - Download

• Georges River Combined Councils' Committee - Download

• Hunter Councils - Download

• Law Society of NSW - Download

• Local Government NSW - Download
  
  
• National Trust of Australia - Download

• Northern Rivers Regional Organisation of Councils - Download
  
  
• NSW Aboriginal Land Council - Download
  
  
• NSW Minerals Council - Download
  
  
• Planning Institute of Australia - Download
  
  
• Royal Zoological Society of NSW - Download
  
  
• Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils - Download

• Sydney Coastal Councils Group - Download

• UNSW Centre for Ecosystem Science - Download

• Urban Development Institute of Australia - Download

• Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists - Download

• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils - Download