Deadline: 16-Jun-21
Applications are now open for the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants Program to support the recovery of wildlife and their habitat.
Landcare Australia and the National Landcare Network (NLN) will jointly manage facilitated grants to support bushfire recovery activity across seven bushfire-affected regions in QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and SA.
This grants program is jointly managed by Landcare Australia and the National Landcare Network, delivered in conjunction with the relevant State and Territory Landcare organisations to mobilise, build capacity, increase participation and support Landcare and community groups, landowners, land managers and other partners for improved delivery of bushfire recovery actions.
The Program has been supported by the Australian Government’s Bushfire Recovery Program for Wildlife and their Habitat.
Objectives
The objectives of the grant program are to support:
- Bushfire recovery actions for fire-affected plant and animal species, ecological communities, and natural assets, including Ramsar listed wetlands and World Heritage properties, within the seven bushfire regions identified as most impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires; and
- Develop and use partnerships with local landowners, community and Landcare groups, and other local, regional, and national partners, to support their involvement in delivering bushfire recovery actions.
Funding Information
- The total funding of the 2021-22 Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Program is $14,000,000.
- Eligible applicants are invited to apply for grants in three different streams:
- Community grants to approximately $50k
- Landscape Scale Partnership projects to approximately $300k
- Major projects to approximately $500k – $1m each (East Gippsland Region Only)
Eligible Locations
Projects must be delivered in the seven bushfire impacted regions within Australia, identified as those most vulnerable following the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. Projects can be delivered across multiple regions. The regions are listed and shown in the map below:
- the rainforests of South-East Queensland
- the rainforests of the NSW North Coast and Tablelands
- the Greater Blue Mountains and World Heritage Area
- the forests of the NSW South Coast
- the alpine environments across ACT, NSW and Victoria
- the forests and coastal ecosystems of East Gippsland
- Kangaroo Island.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your application will be considered if you are an incorporated local Landcare group/network, Traditional Custodian or landholder, community organisation, Indigenous group, and/or other regional and national organisation.
Ineligible
The following organisations are ineligible to apply:
- Unincorporated groups
- Organisations, or organisations with a project partner organization
For more information, visit https://landcareledbushfiregrants.org.au/