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Our achievements

Conservation Regulator Year in Review 2023-2024

Our achievements at a glance 2023-2024

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Engagement and education

  • 4,690 Calls and emails received and assessed by our Customer Contact Centre concerning wildlife
  • 8 Engagement events attended
  • 5 Key documents published to support education and compliance
  • 13,183 Licences and permits issued or renewed
  • 213,458 Visits to our website
  • 517 News mentions of Conservation Regulator
  • 488 Proactive patrols on public land
  • 1,000,000+ Social media impressions
  • 359 Social media posts

Enforcement

  • 882 Charges laid
  • 7 Operations targeted to areas of environmental risk or identified priority focus
  • 32 Coupes inspected under the Forest Audit Program
  • 364 Infringements issued
  • 72 Official Warnings
  • 2 Formal written warnings for timber harvesting non‑compliance
  • 88% Compliance rate observed during patrols
  • 5,801 People engaged during patrols on public land
  • 1 Notice to direct timber harvesting non-compliance

Understanding impacts

  • 2,095 Plants, animals and other natural values protected from the impacts of timber harvesting
  • > 27,000 Records collected of flora, fauna, vegetation communities and other important observations
  • 661 Forest Protection Surveys completed
  • 155 Proactive field inspections of coupes
  • 500+ Coupe desktop assessments of legacy issues for field inspections
  • +4% Increased use of digital application forms for permissions

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