Date
Thursday, 16 February, 2017
Use Type
Use Case
Summary
The Department of Environment and Energy administers the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Environmental Offsets Policy October 2012
‘Environmental offsets’ are broadly understood to mean actions taken by developers to compensate for the adverse impacts of their developments. The Australian Government is increasingly considering environmental offsets as part of its process of taking a decision on whether to approve proposed actions under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Associated Mandate(s)
Agency Duty
Environment Policy, Administration, Planning
Information Flow
https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/12630bb4-2c10-4c8e-815f-2d7862bf87e7/files/offsets-policy_2.pdf
Benefit Realised
The advantage of using cadastre and property based datasets enables a consistent source of truth for displaying and administering Environmental offsets on a national scale.