Fact sheets
This page provides fact sheets and guides outlining various aspects of the vegetation management framework, along with guides and forms for applying for a clearing permit.
IMPORTANT
New arrangements protecting regrowth vegetation will take effect from 8 October 2009. These arrangements replace the regrowth moratorium which ended on 7 October 2009. More information about the new arrangements is available on the regulations for clearing regrowth vegetation page.
Two new fact sheets have been developed to explain the new regrowth regulations. These include ‘Managing regulated regrowth vegetation’ and ‘Interpreting the regrowth vegetation map’.
Fact sheets
- Managing regulated regrowth vegetation (PDF, 80K)*
- Interpreting the regrowth vegetation map (PDF, 81K)*
- Property Maps of Assessable Vegetation (PMAVs) (PDF, 92K)*
- Regional Ecosystems (PDF, file unavailable)*
- Vegetation management framework (PDF, 89K)*
- Forest practices on freehold land (PDF, 75K)*
- Applications for a material change of use and reconfiguring a lot (PDF, 90K)*
- Thinning (PDF, 74K)*
- Fodder harvesting (PDF, 121K)*
- Weed and pest management (PDF, 63K)*
- Grassland regional ecosystems and encroachment (PDF, 108K)*
- Vegetation clearing applications—appeals (PDF, 83K)*
- What to consider before clearing vegetation (PDF, 91K)*
Guides
Applicant's guides
The Department of Environment and Resource Management has also developed two easy-to-read, plain English guides to help assist applicants to apply for permits to clear native vegetation.
A Landholders’ guide to the regrowth vegetation code (PDF, 1.6M)* (PDF, 1,620kB) has been developed to assist landholders understand and implement the new regrowth regulations.
Application forms
Copies of 'Part A' and 'Part J' are available from the Department of Infrastructure and Planning website.
Contact information
If you have problems downloading any of these documents, or would like a copy mailed to you, please contact:
Central West Region
- Phone 4938 4615 (Rockhampton)
North Region
- Phone 4799 7126 (Townsville)
South East Region
- Phone 4131 5754 (Bundaberg)
- Phone 5480 5333 (Gympie)
- Phone 3884 5328 (Ipswich)
South West Region
- Phone 4688 1098 (Toowoomba)
See DERM business centres for a map depicting the boundaries of each region and a business centre directory.
For email enquiries, please email VM Enquiries.
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Last updated: 08 October 2009