Is it possible to advise a landholder of the likely outcome of their proposal without having to undertake a full assessment using BioMetric?
Yes, it is desirable to undertake a preliminary, mental assessment of every proposal. Once an assessor becomes familiar with BioMetric they should be able to predict the general outcome of the assessment prior to running the actual tool. It will save considerable time if the assessor can provide advice to a proponent in this respect. Therefore, think through the proposal before starting BioMetric. This involves: • understanding the rules for vegetation that cannot be cleared (that is, greater than 70 per cent cleared Mitchell Landscape, or greater than 70 per cent cleared vegetation type, or threatened ecological community and not in low condition) • understanding the three independent maintain or improve tests (regional, landscape, and site) and that offsets are assessed using a like-for-like principle. Hence the rules that determine whether offsets “improve or maintain” are: • the offset must be in a vegetation type of equal or higher regional value (note that regional value is the p
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