We're pleased to announce that the recording and presentations for the WA Biodiversity Offsets Forum, held on 25 November 2025, are now available for purchase.

About the Forum

EIANZ, supported by the WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER), presented a forum addressing the complexities and challenges of WA's current biodiversity offsetting framework. This event brought together practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders to critically review the existing framework and transform offsetting in WA into a genuine conservation tool that delivers meaningful environmental gains. It also harnessed the collective expertise of WA's community of practitioners to make firm policy reform recommendations to the WA Government.

What Was Covered

The forum included four sessions:

• Session 1: Independent review of current policy framework; and Presentation from DWER;
• Session 2: Panel discussion with diverse sectoral perspectives;
• Session 3: Lessons from other offsetting regimes;
• Session 4: Workshop a revised governance structure for offsetting in WA.

The forum featured the following speakers and panellists:

• Stuart Clarke | Senior Manager, Nature Policy, WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
• Jessica Richings | Senior Manager, Environmental Offsets, WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
• Michelle Cox | Manager, Biodiversity Assessment Method, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Garry Middle | Director, VisionEnvironment
• Mikalah Koch | Biodiversity Offsets Leader, City of Gold Coast
• Anita Loguidice | Director, Policy and Advocacy, The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia
• Sarah Macaulay | Executive Director Strategy & Policy, Urban Development Institute of Australia
• Nicole Matthews | Executive Manager, Policy, Western Australian Local Government Association
• Luke Bayley | Chief Executive Officer, South Coast NRM
• Heidi Hardisty | Deputy Chairperson, Urban Bushland Council WA Inc
• Zita Fewster | Significant Environmental Benefit Program Native Vegetation Officer, Department for Environment and Water South Australia
• Diane Dowdell | Executive Consultant - Environment & Social Due Diligence, SLR Consulting

Access the Materials

The forum recording is now available for purchase for a subsidised rate of $50. The speaker presentations can also be downloaded as part of the bundle.

This forum recording is valuable for environmental practitioners across sectors including the resource sector, governments, Indigenous corporations, conservation organisations, and NGOs interested in biodiversity offsetting policy and practice in Western Australia.

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