Understanding the Proposed Changes to the EPBC Act: A Turning Point for Australia’s Biodiversity Framework Australia’s environmental approvals system is on the verge of its most significant reform since the original Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) was introduced in 1999. The new Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, alongside the Nature Positive and…
By Thomas Key, Director at Earthtrade Across Australia’s land management and development sectors, two persistent myths continue to cloud public understanding of biodiversity offsets. Addressing these misconceptions is essential if we are to balance environmental outcomes with economic and agricultural realities. Myth 1: “There Isn’t Enough Land for Biodiversity Offsets” This misconception often surfaces in…
Brisbane-based biodiversity offset specialists Earthtrade have officially expanded operations to England, bringing nearly two decades of experience in environmental market solutions to support the rollout of the UK’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation. Since 2007, Earthtrade has advised both public and private organisations on biodiversity offsets, environmental markets, and nature-based investment. With the UK’s…
For more than two decades, biodiversity offsets have been a key compliance requirement under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Despite this, misconceptions continue to circulate among developers — with some mistakenly assuming that offsets are optional, can be delayed, or may not apply to their projects. In reality, both the…
Blog by earthrade director Thomas Key Let’s say you’re a developer in Queensland, be it mining, gas, renewable energy, infrastructure etc, and you’re looking to meet your obligations to satisfy biodiversity offset requirements. Offsets don’t necessarily play nicely into the multitude of agencies and groups the project may already be dealing with through its development…
Blog by Earthtrade Director Alan Key Project uncertainty has increased significantly over the last few years with regulatory and policy changes and inconsistent policy interpretation by regulators. Recent changes by all levels of government have increased investors nervousness with the latest example being the reversal of the development approval for the Moonlight Range Project located…
Blog by earthtrade Director Thomas Key EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) companies need to restructure their budgets to avoid the pain of failing to be able to properly navigate the approvals process in developing renewables projects. The fact is that pre-approval commercial aspects of environmental approvals are often ignored by new players. There’s plenty of…
The Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) Advisory Group is a collaboration of more than seventy-five (75) different companies, financial institutions, government agencies, civil society organisations and service providers. In July 2017 earthtrade became an active member of the Advisory group which provides a global forum with multiple-stakeholders for networking, discussion and agreement on best…
The Queensland Resource Council (QRC) Indigenous Awards were established in 2014 to recognise and reward leading practice Indigenous participation achievements in the Queensland resources sector, while advocating the industry as a career option for Indigenous people. Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council received the Indigenous Business Procurement Aware for biodiversity offsets located on their properties at the…
Approval to clear native vegetation in South Australia usually comes with conditions. Often there is a requirement to ‘offset’ the removal of the native vegetation, usually by protecting a separate area of land for conservation. More information on the South Australia Offset Policy can be found here. The offset needs to provide a Significant Environmental Benefit…
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