Welcome to Caring for our Country
Australia’s environment, natural icons and productive land are central to our national identity. Much of our nation’s wealth comes from our environment through agriculture, mining and tourism.
Caring for our Country is the way the Australian Government funds environmental management of our natural resources. Caring for our Country supports communities, farmers and other land managers protect Australia’s natural environment and sustainably produce food and fibre.
The goal of Caring for our Country is to achieve an environment that is healthier, better protected, well managed, resilient, and provides essential ecosystem services in a changing climate.
News and funding announcements
Working on Country Photography Exhibition 2010
The Working on Country Photography Competition received 80 entries from Indigenous Working on Country and Indigenous Protected Area ranger groups and their communities from around Australia. You can vote for your favourite photo for the People's Choice Award from the 40 photo entries selected for exhibition.
Caring for our Country Community Action Grants
Applications for the Caring for our Country 2010-11 Community Action Grants are now open.
Community Action Grants are the small grants component of the Australian Government's Caring for our Country initiative that aims to help community groups take action to conserve and protect their natural environment.
Information on how to apply is available via the link below:
National Landcare Award Winners Congratulated
The outstanding commitment and hard work of Landcarers and Landcare groups from around Australia has been celebrated at the 2010 National Landcare Awards in Canberra.
For more information including a complete list of winners visit www.landcareonline.com.au .
Innovation in Natural Resource Management Recognised
Two councils have been recognised at the National Awards for Local Government through an award sponsored by Caring for our Country. The Blue Mountains City Council, NSW Save our Swamps Program and the Byron Shire Council, NSW Brunswick Area Sewerage Augmentation Scheme: Waltzing the Billabong were both recognised in the Caring for our Country sponsored category of Innovation in Natural Resource Management.
For more information visit www.infrastructure.gov.au
Further Caring for our Country Grants for Community Groups
The Australian Government has announced more than $1.4 million in additional funding for 81 community groups to undertake environmental and sustainable agricultural projects as Caring for our Country 2009-10 Community Action Grants.
Other news
If you have received funding
Successful applicants have obligations to acknowledge Caring for our Country as the source of funding, to monitor the results of their project, and to meet conditions of their contract.
More: If you have received funding
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