


That is, to maintain the status quo of the prescribed environmental matter as if the development and environmental offset had not occurred. A conservation outcome is achieved by an environmental offset if the offset is selected, designed, and managed to maintain the viability of the prescribed environmental matter. The Environmental Offsets Act 2014 also states that an environmental offset must achieve a conservation outcome for the impacted prescribed environmental matter. Under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 an environmental offset is defined as an activity undertaken to counterbalance a significant residual impact of a prescribed activity on a prescribed environmental matter.
