Permits – accessing biological resources in Commonwealth areas
If you wish to obtain biological resources from a Commonwealth area for the purpose of research and development on any genetic resources, or biochemical compounds, comprising or contained in the biological resources, you will need to obtain a permit under Part 8A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000.
If the location of your proposed research is not in a Commonwealth area, you should contact relevant State and Territory Authorities.
Permits for access to biological resources are available for either commercial/potentially commercial, or non-commercial purposes. For detailed information on what you need to include in your permit application, see:
- Permit applications for commercial/potentially commercial purposes
- Permit applications for non-commercial purposes
Please note that you will need to obtain written permission to enter a Commonwealth area to take samples.
Application forms
Application forms should be emailed to grm@environment.gov.au.
Download forms:
- Permit Application (RTF - 3.4 MB)
- Declaration form (Word - 426 KB)
- Payment form (Word - 426 KB)
- Statutory Declaration (Word - 42 KB) (Permit applications for non-commercial purposes)
- Model Benefit-sharing Agreement - Access Provider and Access Party (Word - 303 KB)
- Model Benefit-sharing Agreement - Commonwealth and Access Party (Word - 487 KB)
- A guide to the model benefit-sharing agreement (Word - 66 KB)