Draft Saving our Species conservation strategies: public consultation

The Saving our Species program is seeking feedback on draft conservation strategies for threatened species under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The consultation closes 29 November 2024.

Saving our Species delivers the Biodiversity Conservation Program under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Saving our Species conservation strategies are developed for threatened species and ecological communities, as well as many key threatening processes. Conservation strategies inform threatened species management in New South Wales.

Part 9 of the Act outlines provisions for public consultation on draft conservation strategies.

Draft Saving our Species conservation strategies have been developed for:

  • recently listed threatened species and ecological communities
  • existing conservation strategies that have been updated.

The draft strategies were developed in consultation with key stakeholders, experts, external agencies and Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water staff to ensure they meet the objectives of the Saving our Species program.

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Public consultation

The public consultation period provides an important opportunity for members of the community to have a say in the management of threatened species in New South Wales.

The consultation closes on 29 November 2024.

There are 40 draft Saving our Species conservation strategies available for public comment. Each conservation strategy details the critical sites or priority areas for the entity, critical threats, and management actions being taken to address those threats.

This public consultation period provides an important opportunity for members of the community to have a say in the management of threatened species in New South Wales.

View the draft conservation strategies

Have your say

Have your say from 1 November 2024 to 29 November 2024.

You can submit your feedback in 3 ways:

  • complete the draft conservation strategies online form
    Go to submission form

  • email your submission to: savingourspecies@environment.nsw.gov.au

  • post your submission to:
    Draft Saving our Species conservation strategies
    Threatened Species and Ecosystems Branch
    Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
    Locked Bag 5022
    Parramatta NSW 2124

Next steps

After consultation, we consider all public feedback and make any required amendments before the conservation strategies are approved and adopted.

Once the conservation strategies are adopted, they will be publicly available on the Saving our Species public register of conservation strategies.

Submissions may be made publicly available unless you advised us otherwise.

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