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The formation of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1967 saw a bid in the conservation of the state's diversity of natural ecosystems and cultural heritage. Today New South Wales contains more than 16.4 million acres within 870 protected areas, as well as 225 different national parks , each with their own pristine beauty and ...
Forestry Corporation manages environmental conservation, community access, tourism, fire, land management and timber production within the state forests of NSW. [1] Approximately 225,000 hectares (560,000 acres) of NSW State Forests are softwood timber plantations, and just under 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) are hardwood timber plantations. [ 1 ]
Sale of Dunkirk: Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland (Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus) [4] [5] Russia Sweden: 2,000,000 silver Swedish riksdaler: 1721 ~100,000 km² ~2,000 Riksdaler/km² Treaty of Nystad: Saint Croix [6] [7] Denmark–Norway France: 750,000 livres 1733 210 km² 3571 livres/km² Louisiana [8] United States ...
Property and Development NSW is a statutory body of the Government of New South Wales that manages the State's significant property portfolio and its places. Formed on 1 July 2016, Property NSW encompasses the entities of the former Government Property NSW (GPNSW), the former Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA), Teacher Housing Authority of NSW (THA) and Waste Assets Management ...
The Crown Lands Act of 1884 further divided New South Wales into three land divisions; Western, Central and Eastern; as well as Land Boards and Land Districts. This 1890 map shows 14 land boards and 95 land districts; while a 1907 map shows 13 land boards and 103 land districts. The new land districts were different from the previous land ...
The Surveyor General is the leader and regulator of the land and mining surveying profession and plays a key advocacy role in the spatial industry in NSW Responsibilities under the Surveying & Spatial Information Act & its Regulation; Surveyor General's Directions; President of the Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (BOSSI)
Several of these were counties in New South Wales before Queensland became a separate colony in 1859. Legal documents used to list the Lot number, Registered Plan number, County and Parish. For instance, government land near the Brisbane Cricket Ground was described as "Lot 2 on Registered Plan B31553, County of Stanley, Parish of South ...
This list of endangered ecological communities in New South Wales (or EECs in NSW) has been compiled from the indices of final determinations (made by the NSW Scientific Committee, under the TSC Act and Biodiversity Acts), and available at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage's website.