Restoring nature and enhancing value for landholders

Our role
Our role
Restore nature and enhance value for landholders
Restore nature and enhance value for landholders
Critically endangered ecological communities
Critically endangered ecological communities
Native non-woody vegetation
Native non-woody vegetation
Land management MER framework
Land management MER framework
  • Terms of Reference (Options to further protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem functions in regional landscapes, and enhance value and support for landholders)

The Premier, at the request of the Minister for Agriculture, has asked the Commission to advise on options to further protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem functions in regional landscapes, and enhance value and support for landholders. An advisory panel will support the Commission.

The review is to consider these matters on private rural land, with reference to the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018, the Local Land Services Regulation 2014 and Schedule 5A of the LLS Act. Other settings as relate to private land conservation in rural landscapes can be considered if required.

We will deliver our report to the Government in early 2026.

Have your say

Have your say by midnight on Sunday 27 April 2025.

We are inviting public submissions to inform our review.

This is your opportunity to comment on any issues within the scope of the review’s Terms of Reference, including:

  1. What do you consider is the most significant action(s) we can undertake to protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem function on private lands?
  2. How can we further improve soil, water and vegetation management to protect and restore biodiversity while delivering sustainable economic outcomes?
  3. What do you consider is the most effective way to further support and enable landholders to deliver sustainable land management and production outcomes?
  4. Is there any other information about this topic you would like to share with us?

You can provide your submission by:

If you have any questions regarding the review or require support lodging your submission, call 02 9228 4844 or email: nrc@nrc.nsw.gov.au

Note: All submissions will be published on this website unless clearly marked ‘confidential’, or found to contain material that is defamatory, offensive or in breach of any law. You can also choose to make your submission anonymous. See our submissions policy for more details.

Advisory panel

We have established an advisory panel to support our review.

Panel members include:

  • Dr Allan Lindsay Curtis AM, Social scientist (retired research professor, Charles Sturt University) and farmer
  • Ms Bronwyn Petrie, Chair Conservation and Resource Management Committee, NSW Farmers Association
  • Mr James Trezise, Director, Biodiversity Council
  • Professor Martine Maron, Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
  • Mr Oliver Costello, Executive Director, Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation
  • Mr Bryce Wilde (Chair) - Executive Director, Natural Resources Commission.

Stay tuned

You can find updated information on this webpage as our review progresses. If you would like to receive updates regarding this work via email, you can sign up to our mailing list.