Key Points:
There is now more flexibility in achieving a Significant
Environmental Benefit as required under an approval for the
clearance of native vegetation.
The South Australian Government has introduced more flexibility
for those undertaking native vegetation clearing by establishing
regulatory mechanisms to allow:
- excess credits to be used against future projects;
- credits to be assigned to other entities; and
- offsets to be satisfied by an accredited third party provider
in certain instances.
Review of significant environmental benefit
Generally when an application for the clearance of native
vegetation is approved, conditions are attached to the approval to
ensure that the clearance is offset by restoration work that
provides a Significant Environmental Benefit
(SEB). Between 2009 and 2010, South
Australia's Department of Environment, Water and Natural
Resources (DEWNR) with the Native Vegetation
Council undertook a review of the SEB process
