The Northern Territory Government (the Government) is committed to developing an overarching policy framework to guide environmental offset arrangements in the Northern Territory (the Territory).
The Government released the draft Northern Territory (NT) Offsets Policy (the draft Policy) on 13 December 2019 for public consultation. The draft Policy proposed a principles-based approach to enable it to have broad application across a range of offsets types and outlined a set of principles to underpin decision making processes in relation to the use of offsets. It also outlined (at a high level) the process and requirements for offset design, assessment and approval. In addition to the draft policy the Government proposed a target based implementation model, based on the concept of offsets contributing to the achievement of environmental targets developed for the Territory at regional or Territory-wide scales.,
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Table of contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Consultation Outcomes -- 2.1. The overarching policy intent -- 2.1.1. Response -- 2.2. Offsets Principles -- 2.2.1. Response -- 2.3. Biodiversity and GHG emissions offsets -- 2.3.1. Response -- 2.4. Transparency and administrative issues -- 2.4.1. Response -- 2.5. Targets and technical considerations -- 2.5.1. Response -- 2.6. Further public consultation and implementation -- 2.6.1. Response -- 2.7. Alignment with Commonwealth -- 2.7.1. Response -- 3. Conclusion and Next Steps,