Latest scheme updates

The Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update is a regular newsletter providing scheme updates to accredited assessors, local government, landholders and other interested stakeholders.  

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View the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme Update newsletters from the past 3 months below:

For accredited assessors

• New trust account type in BOAMS for accredited assessors

Updates to scheme online resources

• The new BOS website is now live
• The draft Native Vegetation Regulatory map release expanded to include Central West, Central Tablelands, North Coast and Northern Tablelands Local Land Services Regions

Upcoming training and information sessions

• Local Government BOS training workshops – register now
• Ecological Monitoring Module for BSAs – Assessor training
• Accredited assessor training dates 2024
• Online forum: Management action costs

Biodiversity Assessment Method updates

• Forest Owls changed to species credits 14 March 2024
• Updates to the TBDC and BAM-C
• Updated BAM-C User Guide now available
• Widely Cultivated Native Species added to BioNet

For credit owners and buyers

• BSA update and variations
• Final reminder – Sell biodiversity credits to the BCT – the next Credit Tender opens 3 April 2024
• Credits Supply Fund Reverse Auction 5

Interested in establishing a BSA?

• Stewardship Support Program open until 1 May 2024

For accredited assessors 

• Next accredited assessor forum is on management costings for Total Fund Deposits 
• New BSSAR and Management Plan templates now mandatory 
• Biodiversity Assessment Method updates 
• Forest Owls changing to species credits 14 March 2024 

For credit owners and buyers 

• New price to pay into the Biodiversity Conservation Fund for large forest owls 
• New guideline to support better disclosure of information that may affect the price of biodiversity credits 
• Reminder: Sell biodiversity credits to the BCT – the next Credit Tender opens 3 April 2024 
• The Supply Fund is opening its next reverse auction 

Interested in establishing a BSA? 

• New BSA application guide 
• Update on BSAs and SEOI Program 

Training opportunities for local government 

• New Biodiversity Offsets Scheme training for local government staff

For accredited assessors 

• New Biodiversity Stewardship Site Assessment Report (BSSAR) and Management Plan templates now mandatory

Biodiversity Assessment Method updates 

• Forest owls changing to species credits in 2024 

For credit owners and buyers 

• Sell biodiversity credits to the BCT: Next Credit Tender opens 3 April 2024 
• Advertise your available credits in the February/March 2024 issue of the Biodiversity Credits Catalogue 
• The new Biodiversity stewardship agreement application guide is now available 
• Update on biodiversity stewardship agreements (BSAs) 

New payment portal 

• Pay your BOS credit transfer and retirement application fees using an online payment portal 
• New ‘Application fee payer’ case party type in the Biodiversity Offsets and Agreement Management System (BOAMS) is for internal use only 
• Reminder to create separate BOAMS accounts for separate legal entities 

General scheme updates 

• Creation of the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) 
• Planning applications for modifications and Biodiversity Development Assessment Reports (BDARs) 
• Bushfire-related clearing and the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme

For accredited assessors 

• Now available: BSSAR and Management Plan templates and the new BSA Application Guide 
• Now released: Draft Native Vegetation Regulatory map Region 3 
• Updated tool released: Ecosystem Credit Trading Group Tool 
• Update to threatened entity data in BioNet and the BAM-C 
• Improvements to the Vegetation and Threatened Species Tool in BOAMS 
• Planned plant community type updates to BioNet Vegetation Classification 
• Threatened species taxonomic review and the scheme 
• Accredited assessor training dates for 2024 

For landholders, credit owners, and credit buyers 

• Newly launched: Credits Near Me mobile and web app 
• Biodiversity Credits Catalogue: Advertise your available credits in the February/March 2024 edition 
• Credit Supply Fund Reverse Auction 4 
• BSA applications update 

For local government 

• Local government capacity building project survey ends 22 December 

Important notices: BOS credit applications 

• Applications for assessment of reasonable credit equivalence 
• Applications for BOS credit transfers and retirements 

Christmas and New Year shutdown period 

• BOS Help Desk mailbox and enquiry line closure 
• Credit Supply Taskforce closure 
• NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust closure