Landholders now have more ways to take part in the Nature Repair Market.
The Enhancing native vegetation method is the second method available under the Market.
Under this method, landholders can register projects to:
- improve or maintain remnant native vegetation
- revegetate areas without native vegetation
- enhance habitat for threatened species
- manage weeds and pests, control grazing and support natural regeneration.
This is an important step for the Nature Repair Market. It builds on the release of the first Nature Repair Market method in March 2025.
How it works
The Nature Repair Market is a national, legislated biodiversity market. It is designed to deliver high-integrity biodiversity outcomes and increase investment in nature.
Project proponents choose a method and run a project. They may earn a biodiversity certificate when a project's biodiversity outcome has been, or is likely to be, achieved.
Supporting environment protection reforms
The Enhancing native vegetation method supports the Australian Government's environment protection reforms.
The reform package, passed on 28 November 2025, included amendments to the Nature Repair Act 2023. The changes allow for methods under the Nature Repair Market to specify whether projects can be used as environmental offsets.
The Enhancing native vegetation method is the first to support these types of projects.
Updates to the Nature Repair Rules 2024 set extra requirements for offset-capable projects.
These changes aim to:
- increase the supply of environmental offsets
- create more demand in the Market
- encourage more people to take part.
The Nature Repair Market also supports voluntary action for nature repair.
Aligned with the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme
Proponents may be able to design a Nature Repair Market project and an ACCU Scheme project on the same area of land as an ACCU project.
If they do this, the proponent may be eligible for both:
- a Nature Repair Market biodiversity certificate
- ACCUs.
Each project must meet the requirements under the relevant scheme.
How to take part
PLANR is an online tool to help landholders, project developers and investors:
- identify suitable locations for nature repair projects
- check eligibility before starting a project.
Visit PLANR.
The Clean Energy Regulator provides information on registering and running a project. Contact the Clean Energy Regulator.
