Land and conservation obligations as a landowner

As a landowner, you have a statutory obligation to care for your land.

This means you must take all reasonable and practical steps to prevent harm to the natural environment and areas of cultural heritage. Caring for your land means ensuring that you:

• use natural resources sustainably 
• conserve biological diversity
• do not harm Indigenous cultural heritage.

Other statutory obligations of landowners can include property planning or preparing and implementing a land and water management plan.

The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) can help you discharge these obligations. Check the DERM website for a wide range of natural resource products and services, including:

• financial incentives for sustainable management
• the land manager's monitoring guide.

Learn more about managing land resources and environmental management on the DERM website.