The Special Conservation Scheme is an incentive-based initiative to assist farmers within New South Wales to protect the state's biological and physical resource base by completing certain conservation works on their property which they may not have otherwise undertaken. Funding by way of a loan is available to carry out those works that will have a significant beneficial impact on the land, the local community and the environment and are not purely productivity based.

• Information for primary producers 57.9 KB
• Loans interest rates
• Existing Mortgagee's Consent Form 24.7 KB
• Application form: Special Conservation Scheme Loan 222.0 KB
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• Application form: Special Conservation Scheme Loan 467.5 KB
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• Interim application form: Special Conservation Scheme Loan 66.1 KB
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• Interim application form: Special Conservation Scheme Loan 126.5 KB
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• Rural Financial Counsellor Contact List

For advice and additional assistance with your natural resource and conservation projects, please contact your local Catchment Management Authority (CMA).

• Border Rivers-Gwydir:  www.brg.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Central West: www.cw.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Hawkesbury-Nepean:  www.hn.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Hunter Central Rivers:  www.hcr.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Lachlan: www.lachlan.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Lower Murray-Darling:  www.lmd.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Murray:  www.murray.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Murrumbidgee:  www.murrumbidgee.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Namoi:  www.namoi.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Northern Rivers:  www.northern.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Southern Rivers:  www.southern.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Sydney Metro:  www.sydney.cma.nsw.gov.au
• Western:  www.western.cma.nsw.gov.au