The Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) was formed in 2007 to enable a more integrated response to the unprecedented challenges presented by climate change.
Broadly, the DECCW:
- works towards a healthy environment cared for and enjoyed by the whole NSW community
- manages the state's natural resources, including biodiversity, soils and natural vegetation
- manages natural and cultural heritage across the state's land and waters
- acts to minimise the impacts of climate change
- promotes sustainable consumption, resource use and waste management
- regulates activities to protect the environment
- conducts biodiversity, plant, environmental and cultural heritage research to improve decision making.
The Nature Conservation Trust is one of several partner organisations working with DECCW to implement the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative. The initiative aims to increase the resilience of eastern Australia's mountain ecosystems so it can better respond to climate change, development activities and the invasion of pests.
DECC also has supported the Nature Conservation Trust with funding for various Conservation Agreement Programs. As a result of their support, we are currently undertaking the Slopes to Summit Conservation Agreement Program and also a consultancy to identify priority local landscapes for conservation in the South West Slopes.
For more information on the DECCW, visit the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water website.
