Key documents
These publications provide an overview of the Caring for our Country initiative.
Sustainable Agriculture stream: strategic directions 2013-2018

Strategic Directions introduces the Australian Government’s vision for ensuring our natural resource base remains profitable, productive and resilient now and into the future. It outlines the outcomes the Australian Government is aiming to achieve under the Caring for our Country Sustainable Agriculture stream, the strategies to get there, and the type of funding that will be available.
One Land - Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment
The Prospectus provides an overarching framework of the Australian Government's priorities for funding conservation and improving natural resource management in 2013-14. This Prospectus articulates the places, national priorities and the available grant funding to guide the development of project proposals in the 2013-14 round of biodiversity conservation and natural resource management investment across the Australian Government environment portfolio.
Report 2012
This report documents some of the achievements of the first round of Community Action Grants. It includes an overview of how Community Action Grants contributes to the Caring for our Country national priority areas and showcases a number of projects through case studies.
An Outline for the Future sets out the broad framework for the next five years of Caring for our Country and forms the basis for community feedback.
Business Plan 2012-13
The annual business plan identifies the targets for investment in each financial year. These targets encourage proposals to ensure we continue to deliver against the Government's strategic objectives.
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Caring for our Country: Outcomes 2008-2013
In its first five years, the Australian Government will invest $2.25 billion through Caring for our Country to secure improved strategic outcomes across six national priority areas.
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Caring for our Country: 2010-2011 Report Card
The report cards are a series of annual reports to the community. They keep our promise of informing the public about the progress of Caring for our Country. They are based on a sound monitoring, evaluation and reporting process that measures our progress against our stated outcomes.