An enforceable undertaking is a voluntary and binding agreement to deliver tangible benefits for the environment and community.
The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 allows the Environment Agency Head to accept undertakings to address various matters, including undertakings to carry out restorative justice activities. For more information, read our Guidelines for enforceable undertakings.
The table is sorted by the date on which the undertaking was accepted.
| Enforceable undertaking | Date accepted | Local government area |
|---|---|---|
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 519KB) given by the Australian Wildlife Ark (Aussie Ark) acknowledging that the collection of three animal species from the wild is likely to have constituted offences under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, and that, notwithstanding the good intentions of Aussie Ark to translocate the animals to establish a captive breeding insurance population for each of the endangered species, it was wrong to have collected the animals without a valid licence and to have failed to have accepted the department's advice and warnings that Aussie Ark was not licensed to take the animals. Aussie Ark will further make a payment of $50,000 to the department which National Parks and Wildlife Service will use to support threatened species conservation in NSW national parks. | 30 April 2024 | MidCoast Council |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 5.1MB) given by the landholder of a property in Walgett Shire LGA to remedy damage caused by clearing native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to enter into a Conservation Agreement comprising of 653 hectares of land, make a payment of $300,000 to the department to benefit the environment and the community and to make a payment of $50,000 to the department on account of the department’s legal and investigative costs. | 16 January 2024 | Walgett Shire |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 5.6MB) given by the landholder of a property in Bland LGA to remedy damage caused by clearing native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to remediate a portion of land. | 7 March 2023 | Bland |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 463KB) given by the landholder of a property in Bogan LGA to remedy damage caused by clearing native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to enter into a Conservation Agreement comprising of 1000 hectares of land and to make a payment of $500,000 to the department to benefit the environment and the community. | 19 August 2022 | Bogan |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 470KB) given by the landholder of a property in Moree Plains LGA to remedy damage caused by clearing native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to enter into a Conservation Agreement comprising of 636 hectares of land and to make a payment of $1,010,000 to the department to benefit the environment and the community. | 17 June 2022 | Moree Plains |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 1.3MB) given by the landholder of a property in Eurobodalla LGA to remedy damage caused by clearing native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to remediate a portion of land. | 2 June 2022 | Eurobodalla Shire |
| An enforceable undertaking (125KB) was given by the landholder of a property in City of Penrith LGA to remedy damage caused to individuals and the habitat of three threatened plant species and an endangered ecological community. The undertaking includes a payment of $100,000 to wholly contribute to projects to benefit the three species of threatened plant damaged on the site. | 21 March 2022 | City of Penrith |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 1.3MB) was given by the landholder of a property in Coffs Harbour LGA to remedy damage caused by unlawfully clearing 11.32 hectares of native vegetation. The undertaking includes a commitment to manage a portion of land for conservation. | 16 December 2021 | Clarence Valley |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 669KB) was given by landholders of a property in Wollondilly Shire to remedy damage caused by unlawfully clearing 2.5 hectares of native vegetation. The undertaking includes a payment of $100,000 to the department to benefit the environment and the community. | 21 October 2020 | Wollondilly Shire |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 1.9MB) was given by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to remedy damage caused by picking protected native plants. The undertaking includes funds for weed control, replacement planting, compensatory habitat, installation of glide poles and employment of an environmental assessment officer. | 6 September 2018 | Port Macquarie Hastings |
| An enforceable undertaking (PDF 1.6MB) was given by landholders of a property in Oakdale to remedy damage caused by clearing 10 hectares of native vegetation which included the critically endangered ecological community Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest. The undertaking includes a payment of $400,000 to the Department to benefit the environment and the community. | 18 December 2019 | Wollondilly Shire |