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Biodiversity Values Map

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 18/10/2025

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The Biodiversity Values Map (BV Map) identifies land with high biodiversity value that is particularly sensitive to impacts from development and clearing. The BV Map is one of the triggers for determining whether the Biodiversity Offset Scheme (BOS) applies to a clearing or development proposal. The BV Map has been prepared by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) under Part 7 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (BC Act). A range of mapping layers are included in the BV map. These mapping layers have been developed and are maintained by a range of agencies and councils. The inclusion of these layers on the BV map requires the approval of the Environment Agency Head or delegate. The BV Map shows areas that have been added in the last 90 days as the BOS does not apply to development proposals lodged within this time period. Areas that no longer meet one of the criteria for being included on the BV map will also be removed in map updates. It is planned to update the BV Map quarterly, however users of the BV Map are strongly encouraged to visit the BMAT website and BMAT Tool viewer regularly to be up to date with the latest version and other related information. The spatial data for this version is available from the Web Service (see link below). The latest version of the BV map can be viewed in the Biodiversity Values Map and Threshold (BMAT) Tool (see URL link below). More information on the BV map is available at - https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity-offsets-scheme/clear-and-develop-land/biodiversity-values-map-and-threshold-tool

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Title Biodiversity Values Map
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/28948c36-c2f6-4ea0-bf02-c5f89dd3cbb4
Remote Last Updated 08/10/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 23/08/2017 - 12/09/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        140.625,
        -36.20882
      ],
      [
        140.625,
        -28.53627
      ],
      [
        153.67676,
        -28.53627
      ],
      [
        153.67676,
        -36.20882
      ],
      [
        140.625,
        -36.20882
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Biodiversity Values Map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-biodiversity-values-map