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On this page:
- What is BushBroker?
- Who benefits from BushBroker?
- What is a Native Vegetation Credit?
- Information sheets
- Further information
What is BushBroker?
The Victorian Government established BushBroker to help improve the quality and extent of native vegetation in the State.
BushBroker facilitates the location of sites that could generate Native Vegetation Credits. These could potentially be used as offsets, on different properties to where the native vegetation is being cleared (this is called a third party offset). Details of these sites are maintained on the BushBroker Database.
Offsets can often be generated on the permit holder’s own property. But there are situations where this is not possible. For example, where there is no suitable site on the property or the permit holder is not able to manage the native vegetation in the long-term.
In most cases the clearing of any native vegetation that requires planning approval must be offset by a gain elsewhere. Offsets are permanently protected and linked to a particular clearing site.
Who benefits from BushBroker?
Landowners: BushBroker provides an opportunity to improve biodiversity on their properties and generate a potentially new income stream from their native vegetation by generating Native Vegetation Credits.
Permit holders: BushBroker provides a simple and secure process for locating third party offsets (subject to approval from the responsible [local council] or referral [Department of Sustainability and Environment - DSE] Authority).
Environment: BushBroker will lead to more sustainable offset arrangements with larger, more intact, areas of native vegetation and better biodiversity outcomes. It will help avoid the problems of managing numbers of small areas of native vegetation which are unlikely to be sustainable in the longer term.
BushBroker also offers benefits to local government through reduced administrative costs.
What is a Native Vegetation Credit?
A Native Vegetation Credit is a gain in the extent and/or quality of native vegetation that has a secure and ongoing agreement and is registered on the Native Vegetation Credit Register. Permit holders require different types of Native Vegetation Credits depending on their offset requirements. BushBroker Native Vegetation Credits can be relied upon by the responsible authority and referral authority as an offset for the approved clearing of native vegetation.
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Information sheets
The following information sheets have been prepared to explain the BushBroker process.
BushBroker Information sheet number 1 - Introduction (PDF - 51 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 2 - Landowner Frequently Asked Questions (PDF - 74 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 3 - Process for landowners (PDF - 46 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 4 - Site visit (PDF - 87 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 5 - Landowner Agreement (PDF - 109 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 6 - Transferring freehold land to the Crown (PDF - 50 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 7 - Standards for management - Rabbits (PDF - 78 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 8 - Standards for management - Weeds (PDF - 83 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 9 - Standards for management - Supplementary planting (PDF - 93 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 10 - Standards for management - Revegetation (PDF - 94 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 11 - Scattered trees (PDF - 53 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 12 - Standards for management - Fencing (PDF - 85 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 13 - Standards for management - Ecological grazing (PDF - 57 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 14 - Standards for management - Ecological burning (PDF - 51 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 15 - Standards for management - Ecological thinning of eucalypts (PDF - 76 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 16 - Over the counter (PDF - 44 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 17 - Developing a price (PDF - 47 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 18 - Annual reporting (PDF - 119 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 19 - Photopoint monitoring (PDF - 83 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 20 - Process for permit holders (PDF - 53 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 21 - Frequently Asked Questions - Permit holders (PDF - 89 KB) BushBroker Information sheet number 22 - Fees and services (PDF - 112 KB) Further information
For further information on BushBroker, please contact the DSE Customer Service Centre on 136 186 or email the.bushbroker@dse.vic.gov.au.
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