Data missing on clearing of endangered ecosystems for western Sydney housing scheme
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KG04)
NSW environment department spokesperson says offset program for the area has continued despite failure to file reports for three years
The New South Wales environment department stopped monitoring and reporting on a $530m conservation program meant to compensate for swathes of land-clearing at the same time as its management of biodiversity offset schemes was under investigation, Guardian Australia can reveal.
Conservationists and the NSW Greens say the government must investigate the startling failure" by the department to report on progress towards meeting the conservation offset requirements for new suburb developments in western Sydney.
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