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

These fact sheets and guides do not incorporate requirements under the Vegetation Management (Regrowth Clearing Moratorium) Act 2009 (the Moratorium Act). A moratorium is in place for clearing all native regrowth vegetation within 50 metres of a watercourse in a priority reef catchments and for clearing endangered regrowth vegetation in rural areas across the State on freehold and agricultural and grazing State leasehold land for a period of at least 3 months. This came into effect on 8 April 2009. Please refer to the information on the moratorium on clearing high value regrowth. These fact sheets and guides must be read in conjunction with requirements under the moratorium act.

Fact sheets

• Property Maps of Assessable Vegetation (PMAVs) (PDF, 99 kB)*
• Regional Ecosystems (PDF, 110 kB)*
• Vegetation management framework (PDF, 101 kB)*
• Forest practices on freehold land (PDF, 97 kB)*
• Applications for a material change of use and reconfiguring a lot (PDF, 100 kB)*
• Thinning (PDF, 173 kB)*
• Fodder harvesting (PDF, 108 kB)*
• Weed and pest management (PDF, 100 kB)*
• Grassland regional ecosystems and encroachment (PDF, 119 kB)*
• Vegetation clearing applications—appeals (PDF, 98 kB)*
• What to consider before clearing vegetation (PDF, 103 kB)*
• Moratorium on clearing high-value regrowth (PDF, 114 kB)* 

Guides

• Guide to exemptions from the Vegetation Management Framework (PDF, 114 kB)*

Applicant's guides

NRW has also developed two easy-to-read, plain English guides to help assist applicants to apply for permits to clear native vegetation.

Application forms

Copies of 'Part A' and 'Part J' are available from the Department of Infrastructure and Planning website.

If you have any difficulty with downloading these files please contact:

Vegetation Management
Lvl 7 Mineral House
41 George st
Brisbane, 4000
3224 7819
or email VM Enquiries

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 service centres for a map depicting the boundaries of each region, and for a full service centre directory.

For email enquiries, please email VM Enquiries.

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