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11 Jan 2024
Animal dealer (live reptile) licence | Licences and permits
Find out how to apply for a licence to buy, sell or trade in live native reptiles.
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24 Nov 2023
Apply for a scientific licence | Licences and permits
A scientific licence is a type of Biodiversity Conservation licence. There are several classes of scientific licence for various activities. Find out how to apply for a scientific licence, details you need to include and how to report and upload data.
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09 Jan 2024
Scientific licences | Licences and permits
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water may grant a licence to persons or organisations to carry out research, surveys, educational or conservation related activities.
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20 Mar 2025
Offset rules for proponents | Biodiversity Offsets Scheme
The offset rules for proponents and scheme participants, including developers and clearing applicants, set out the ways a proponents can meet their offset obligation.
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12 Oct 2023
Protected native plant licences | Licences and permits
Licensing helps regulate the cut-flower and whole-plant industries to sustainably harvest and cultivate protected native plants for sale.
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12 Mar 2025
Apply for a whole plant licence | Licences and permits
Find out which licence you need and how to apply for a licence to pick or grow whole protected plants for sale.
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12 Mar 2025
Apply for a cut-flower licence | Licences and permits
Find out which licence you need and how to apply for a licence to pick and sell cut-flowers and foliage from wild or cultivate protected plants.
News
22 May 2024
Speeding up connection of batteries to NSW electricity grid | Media release
The NSW Government is accelerating the roll out of major battery projects across the state, boosting electricity reliability to keep the lights on in New South Wales.
News
26 Feb 2024
SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved and search for relatives begins | Media release
The 120-year-old mystery of SS Nemesis and the 32 crew members lost at sea has been solved, with the accidental discovery and subsequent identification of a shipwreck in waters off Port Kembla.
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08 Mar 2024
SS Nemesis: Call to find descendants of shipwreck victims answered | Media release
Twenty relatives of crew members who died at sea 120 years ago have come forward to share their family stories, after the wreck of SS Nemesis was found off Port Kembla on the NSW coast.
