Caring for our Country Open Grants - by priority area
| State | Project Title | Group | Funding (Figures are GST exclusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Yowrie Valley Biodiversity Enhancement and Sustainable Farming Program | Yowrie Valley Landcare Group | $82,273 |
| Farmer Targets for Climate Change - New South Wales Mid North Coast | Dairy Advancement Group | $131,700 | |
| Climate Priorities - Stocktake and Priority Setting for Broadacre Irrigation in the New South Wales Riverina | Ricegrowers Association of Australia | $185,500 | |
| Horticulture For Tomorrow - Taking Stock of the Environmental Impacts of Horticultural Production in Australia | Horticulture Australia Limited | $93,000 | |
| Kalare (Lachlan) River Willow Eradication and Management Project | Lachlan Aboriginal Natural Resource Management Corporation | $362,633 | |
| Conservation of Remnant Vegetation on Travelling Stock Reserves | Lachlan Catchment Management Authority | $400,000 | |
| Northern Territory | Scoping Future Scenarios and Building Innovative Partnerships for Northern Territory Pastoral Lands | Northern Territory Cattleman's Association | $327,602 |
| Integration of Fire, Feral and Weed Management to Enhance Grazing Productivity, Top End Floodplains | Northern Territory Cattleman's Association | $75,432 | |
| Land Type Specific Sustainable Practice Guidelines for NT Pastoral Lands | Northern Territory of Australia | $81,295 | |
| Asset Protection Decision Support Tools for Pastoralists in Semi-Arid Landscapes. | Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association Inc | $129,910 | |
| Building Capacity to Establish a Parkinsonia Dieback Biological Control Model | Victoria River District Conservation Association Incorporated | $181,591 | |
| Healthy Pastures - Native Grasses and Fodder Trees in Production Systems | Greening Australia (NT) Ltd. | $167,500 | |
| Implementing Priority Recovery Actions for the Bilby and Other Key Threatened Species | Central Land Council | $156,282 | |
| Queensland | Integrated Management Practices for Alternating Crops - Burdekin Region | Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers | $210,309 |
| Queensland Grow Me Instead Project Nursery & Garden Industry | Queensland Industrial Union of Employers | $173,000 | |
| South East Queensland Sustainable Trees on Farms Program | SEQ Catchments Ltd | $106,500 | |
| Carbon What Does it Means for Me on My Property | Agforce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers | $400,000 | |
| Transforming Sunshine Coast Caneland into Sustainable Biodiesel and Integrated Farming Enterprises | Maroochy Land Care Group Inc | $156,141 | |
| Educating Producers in Accessing and Utilising Spatial Information! | Agforce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers | $363,636 | |
| Reducing Emissions and Improving Carbon Levels in Southern Queensland Soils | North East Downs Landcare Group Inc. | $80,000 | |
| Macintyre Brook Sustainability Initiative | Macintyre Brook Irrigators Association Incorporated | $131,127 | |
| Encouraging Sustainable Farm Practices via Adoption of Grains Best Management Practices in Queensland | Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. | $194,778 | |
| Burdekin Bowen Integrated Farm Management Monitoring and Support Project | Burdekin Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Inc | $300,793 | |
| Realising a National Rangeland Monitoring Network Vegmachine | Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries | $90,773 | |
| The Keys to Healthy Savannah Lands | Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Limited | $210,000 | |
| South Burnett Regional Integrated Natural Resource Management Project | South Burnett Regional Council | $240,136 | |
| Fitzroy Basin Weed Management Strategy Implementation - Weeds of National Significance | Capricorn Pest Management Group Inc | $345,280 | |
| South Australia | Increasing Precision Agricultural Awareness and Adoption in South East South Australia | Mackillop Farm Management Group Inc | $86,835 |
| Improving Natural Resource Management Outcomes in the Rangelands by Strategically Removing Feral Goats | South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board | $353,182 | |
| Managing and Controlling High-Risk Pest Plants on Kangaroo Island | Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board | $90,909 | |
| Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Water Quality Improvement Plan Community Engagement | Environment Protection Authority | $136,364 | |
| Battling Boneseed in the Upper South East and Murray-Darling Basin of South Australia | South East Natural Resources Management Board | $156,191 | |
| Tasmania | Soil Biology - the Missing Link for Regenerative Production in Our Farming Systems | L.R Young & R.J Young | $94,821 |
| Adoption of Sustainable Water Management on Tasmanian Vegetable Farms | RDS Partners Pty Ltd | $123,788 | |
| Protecting Tasmania's Sustainable Farming and Biodiversity Assets from Serrated Tussock Invasion | Tasmanian Land & Water Professionals Pty Ltd | $195,662 | |
| Using Landscape Ecology to Prioritise Property Management Actions in Tasmania | Natural Resource Planning Pty Ltd | $296,264 | |
| Control of WoNS Outliers in Cradle Coast NRM Region, Tasmania | Cradle Coast Authority | $152,909 | |
| Soil Ecosystem Health Measures: An Interpretive Guide for Land Managers | Department of Primary Industries and Water | $111,123 | |
| Progressing Nationally Strategic Control of Boneseed and Asparagus Weeds (WONS) in Southern Tasmania | Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority | $119,724 | |
| Victoria | Reducing Wild Dog Impacts on Agriculture through Enhanced Community Participation | Wild Dog Management Groups | $157,273 |
| Farming for a Sustainable Future - Demonstrating Best Farm Practices | Lake Wellington Landcare Network | $113,273 | |
| East Gippsland Soil Carbon Project - Pilot Project | Agribusiness Gippsland Inc | $158,455 | |
| Compost Use in Sustainable Agriculture | William Grant | $101,236 | |
| Improving the Efficacy of Hydrogen Phosphide (Ph3) Fumigation for Rabbit Control | Frank Gigliotti | $135,909 | |
| Development of Multi-Dose Ejector for the Control of Foxes | Frank Gigliotti | $338,068 | |
| Establishing Sustainable Perennial Pastures Systems in the Upper Wimmera Catchment | Project Platypus Association Incorporated | $100,909 | |
| Conservation Management Networks in Gippsland: Protection of Sustainable Farming and Biodiverse Ecosytems | East Gippsland Rainforest Conservation | $363,636 | |
| Western Australia | A Broadacre Approach to Certification of Sustainable Farm Practice | Curtin University of Technology | $219,000 |
| Adopting Innovative Practices to Improve the Resilience of Farming Systems in the Northern and Eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia | Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils (Weroc) | $273,182 | |
| Sustainable Production and Landscape Repair in Salinity-Affected, Water Supply Catchments | Treenomics | $149,718 | |
| Good Practice and Better Environmental Outcomes in Vegetable Production | WA Vegetable Growers Association Inc | $147,273 | |
| Increased Adoption of Sustainable Brushwood Production. | Moore Catchment Council Inc | $224,091 | |
| Best-Practice Mesquite Management in the Rangelands of Western Australia | Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee Inc. | $302,765 | |
| Multistate | Sustainable Milk Production Model for the Northern Dairy Industry | Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation Limited | $152,273 |
| Maximising Nutrient Use Efficiency and Improving Soil Health in the Processing Tomato Industry | Australian Processing Tomato Research Council Inc | $141,279 | |
| Strategic Management of Serrated Tussock - Reducing Threats to Sustainable Farming | Snowy River Interstate Landcare Committee Inc. | $143,460 | |
| Australian Wine Industry Stewardship Environmental Assurance Program | Winemakers' Federation of Australia Inc. | $241,982 | |
| Australian Pastoral Property Innovation Manual | Rural Directions Trust | $192,182 | |
| Sustainable Piggery Effluent Utilisation in Australian Farming Systems | Australian Pork Limited | $127,955 | |
| Protecting the Northern Territory from Rubber Vine incursion | Roper River Landcare Group Inc | $158,500 | |
| Sustainable Practice - Development of the Horticulture Recognition Framework | Horticulture Australia Limited | $239,326 | |
| Do It with Dung - from the Mountains to the Murray | Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group | $253,023 | |
| Enhancing Adoption of Best Practice Grazing Management in Northern Australia: Phase 1 - Integration and Scenario Testing | Meat & Livestock Australia Limited | $299,795 | |
| A Responsible Lead - Laying the Foundations of the Grains Industry Environmental Plan | Grains Research and Development Corporation | $363,636 | |
| SeaNet East- the Environmental Fisheries Extension Program for Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria | Oceanwatch Australia Ltd | $398,545 | |
| Developing Sustainable Production Systems, Resilient to Climate Change - Baselining | Avongro Wheatbelt Tree Cropping Incorporated | $399,682 | |
| Prickly Acacia Outlier Control in Northwest Queensland and South Australia | Southern Gulf Catchments Limited | $120,750 | |
| National Online Database for Weed Risk Assessment | Department of Primary Industries | $138,218 | |
| National Guidelines for Minimising Waterway infestations of Chilean Needle Grass - Filling a Major Gap in Knowledge and Advice | Victoria University | $85,000 | |
| EMU - Empowering Pastoralists to Manage for Sustainable and Productive Landscapes | Natural Resource Management Board (NT) Incorporated | $201,500 | |
| Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach | Territory and Municipal Services | $274,636 | |
| A National Market Based instrument for Feral Camel Control | National Rangelands NRM Alliance | $397,727 |
| State | Project Title | Group | Funding (Figures are GST exclusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | Ecosystems = Murray Mouth to Mountains Climate Change Corridors | Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority | $358,973 |
| New South Wales | Protecting Values Associated with the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area | Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority | $331,182 |
| Strategic Bitou Bush Control to Protect Biodiversity in NSW Northern Rivers | Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) | $400,000 | |
| Pulling Rock-Wallabies From an Extinction Vortex | World Wide Fund For Nature Australia | $273,619 | |
| Restoring Lowland Rainforest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion | Big Scrub Rainforest Landcare Group Inc. | $368,309 | |
| Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity on Nanya Station | University of Ballarat | $129,094 | |
| Eradicating Rodents from Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island Board | $200,509 | |
| Northern Territory | Biodiversity Conservation Values and Management for Northern Territory Islands | Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources Environment and The Arts | $277,315 |
| Northern Territory off Reserve Sustainable Country Initiative - Building on the NRS | Northern Territory of Australia | $235,459 | |
| Queensland | Delivering Wildlife Habitat Management Decision Support in the Brigalow Belt | The University of Queensland | $80,455 |
| Landscape Connectivity in Queensland's Northern Brigalow Belt - A Biodiversity Hotspot | Burdekin Solutions Ltd | $398,455 | |
| Embracing Partnerships to Protect and Enhance Significant Remnant Vegetation | Toowoomba Landcare Group Inc. | $239,545 | |
| Granite Flora: Recovery in Action | Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc. | $158,091 | |
| Protecting Quolls in Queensland Landscapes | Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland | $101,656 | |
| Rescuing a Gondwanaland Survivor: The Eastern Bristlebird Habitat Restoration Project | Condamine Catchment Natural Resource Management Corporation Limited | $218,636 | |
| South Australia | Wildeyre - Collaborative, Landscape-Scale, Biodiversity Conservation on the Eyre Peninsula | Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board | $144,358 |
| Arid Recovery: Developing New Partnerships to Restore Our Arid Lands | Arid Recovery | $90,845 | |
| Threatened Plant Action Group - Community Action to Recover South Australia's Threatened Flora | Nature Conservation Society of South Australia | $72,727 | |
| the Middleback Alliance - a Regional Conservation Initiative | Ecological Horizons Pty Ltd | $81,618 | |
| Involving Community in Conserving Threatened Species in the Angas River Catchment | Angas River Catchment Group | $103,990 | |
| ForestrySA Multi-Region Strategic Area and Habitat Restoration Project | South Australian Forestry Corporation | $135,000 | |
| Priority Onground Works to Protect The Endangered Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-Wren (MLRSEW) and the Critically Endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps | Conservation Council of South Australia Incorporated | $261,932 | |
| Victoria | Wedderburn Restoration for Malleefowl and Woodland Birds | Wedderburn Conservation Management Network | $80,382 |
| Strategic Vegetation Linkages on the East Gippsland Red Gum Plains | Department of Sustainability and Environment | $270,621 | |
| Improving Biodiversity Outcomes in Existing Remnant Protection/Revegetation Sites | Maffra & Districts Landcare Network | $100,091 | |
| Strengthening Bioregional Landscape Connectivity in the Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment | Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Group | $241,479 | |
| Strengthening Northern Melbourne's Merri Corridor for Flora, Fauna and People. | Merri Creek Management Committee Inc | $81,236 | |
| Saving Critically Endangered Grassland on the Victorian Volcanic Plain | Department of Sustainability and Environment | $199,486 | |
| Western Australia | Enabling Martu to Preserve Biodiversity in the Western Desert | Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation | $355,636 |
| Protecting Critical Habitat for the Endangered Carnabys Black-Cockatoo | Birds Australia Western Australia Inc. | $161,935 | |
| Rangelands Restoration - Restoring Native Mammal Diversity and Vegetation Condition in the Arid Zone Rangelands. | Department of Environment and Conservation | $220,909 | |
| Gouldian Finch Conservation through Indigenous Fire Management in East Kimberley | Kimberley Land Council Aboriginal Corporation | $99,000 | |
| A Strategic Regional Conservation Plan for Australias Global Biodiversity Hotspot | World Wide Fund for Nature Australia | $333,755 | |
| Multistate | Woodland Bird Conservation Project | Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union | $301,909 |
| The Threatened Bird Network | Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union | $135,000 | |
| Harnessing Continent-Wide Biodiversity Datasets for Prioritising National Conservation Investment | Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation | $95,742 |
| State | Project Title | Group | Funding (Figures are GST exclusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Australian Capital Territory |
Molonglo River Rescue | Territory and Municipal Services | $335,386 |
| New South Wales | Saving Island Ecology - Eradication of Weeds from Lord | Howe Island Lord Howe Island Board | $363,636 |
| Protecting our Migratory Shorebirds and Seabirds | Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority | $248,140 | |
| FishTrack: Fish Movement and Effects of Flows and Barriers | Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority | $328,124 | |
| Enhancing Riparian Biodiversity and Habitat for Threatened Species in The Upper Murray | Murray Catchment Management Authority | $318,636 | |
| Resilient Riverine Landscapes Below World Heritage Areas | Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority | $90,909 | |
| Riparian Management in the Yanco Creek System | The Yanco Creek and Tributaries Advisory Council | $363,636 | |
| Seabird Habitat Restoration Project - Montague Island Nature Reserve | Department of Environment and Climate Change | $72,818 | |
| Saving our Swamps: National Restoration Program for Temperate Peat Swamps | Blue Mountains City Council | $364,518 | |
| Northern Territory | Conserving Turtles in Arnhem Land by Managing an Exotic Species | Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation | $134,637 |
| Queensland | Restoring Wetland Function and Health of the Mungalla Wetland. | Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation | $267,401 |
| Rehabilitating Burdekin's Billabongs and Bowling Green Bay Catchments | Burdekin Solutions Ltd | $189,727 | |
| Improving Connectivity and Biodiversity Values in Stanley and Pumicestone Headwaters | SEQ Catchments Ltd | $157,550 | |
| Jointly Managing and Promoting the Bohle River, Louisa Creek, Town Common Catchment | Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers | $197,005 | |
| Bunya Biolink - Cooyar Creek Riparian Zone Rehabilitation | Greening Australia (Queensland) Ltd | $393,791 | |
| South Australia | Threatened Flora Recovery on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands | Department for Environment and Heritage | $178,746 |
| Caring For Country with Fire in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Inc | $123,886 | |
| Tasmania | Threatened Species Protection through Implementation of Coordinated Riverine Management Activities | Northern Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Association Inc. | $242,727 |
| Platypus Disease Assessment and Conservation in Tasmania | Department of Primary Industries and Water | $229,600 | |
| Victoria | Strzelecki Warm Temperate Rainforest Restoration - Macks Creek Catchment | Grand Ridge Plantations Pty Ltd | $211,359 |
| Gunbower Creek Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Reconnection and Restoration Project | North Central Catchment Management Authority | $363,445 | |
| Western Australia | Integrated Weed Management of Riparian Areas of the Kimberley | Ord Land and Water Incorporated | $147,273 |
| Multistate | Protecting and Restoring Arid Rivers from Invasive Athel Pine (Tamarix Spp) | Department of Primary Industries and Resources | $360,235 |
| State | Project Title | Group | Funding (Figures are GST exclusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | TKRP - Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways | Mulong Pty.Ltd | $296,818 |
| South Australia | Supporting Local Government in Natural Resource Management Delivery Across the Northern and Yorke Region | Central Local Government Region of South Australia Inc | $286,364 |
| Taking 'Active Awareness' to the Regions | Blackwood Basin Group Inc. | $192,136 |
| State | Project Title | Group | Funding (Figures are GST exclusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Territory | Zero Toads - Community Control of Invasive Cane Toads in Darwin | Darwin City Council | $86,418 |
| Managing the Cane Toad Menace in Tropical Savannas | Riyala Assn Inc | $118,636 | |
| Multistate | The Great Toad Muster and National Cane Toad Eradication Week | Stop the Toad Foundation (Inc.) | $150,273 |
See also
- Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability
- Grants for Australia's environment and water resources
- Monitoring and evaluation strategy for the national investment stream of the NHT
- Monitoring and reporting on NRM
- NAP and NHT annual reports
- NAP bilateral agreements
- NAP intergovernmental agreement
- National NRM capacity building framework
- National framework for NRM standards and targets
- National NRM monitoring and evaluation framework
- NHT bilateral agreements
- NRM Ministerial Council
- Strategic plan for national investment under the NHT
- Waterwatch
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