ECNT calls on the Northern Territory Government to introduce a new regulatory system for protecting the Territory’s unique biodiversity that will require bioregional planning and management of the Territory’s ecosystems, including setting limits for land clearing on an ecosystem scale and the requirement of offsets for all greenhouse gas emissions that result from land clearing.
In the interim, the Northern Territory Government should require all land clearing applications, including this one, to be referred for assessment under the Environment Protection Act 2019.