Deadline: 19-May-25
The Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program supports community and government organisations to achieve lasting, positive impacts on the NSW environment by protecting, conserving and restoring the natural resources.
This program is funded and administered by NSW Environmental Trust.
Objectives
- The objectives of the program are to:
- improve and protect the quality of ecosystems and environmental assets managed by community groups, land managers and stakeholders
- enhance the management of environmental assets by facilitating the development of environmental expertise and stronger partnerships between individuals, community groups, governments and industry
- provide an appropriate, effective, and sustainable mechanism to deliver government policy, priorities and outcomes.
Priorities
- NSW Environmental Trust Strategic Plan 2024 to 2029 sets out 3 strategic priorities:
- Healthy Country – enhancing Aboriginal peoples’ role in environmental management by supporting traditional knowledge and practices
- Ecosystem and biodiversity restoration – focusing on species resilience, climate adaptation and ecosystem health
- Enhanced environmental management – strengthening data, connectivity and natural resource management practices to improve holistic environmental outcomes.
Funding Information
- The Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program offers a total of $4 million in available funding. Each project may receive between $150,000 and $350,000, with a project duration of 3 to 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Trust will fund:
- incorporated associations, community organisations and non-profit organisations
- non-commercial cooperatives
- companies limited by guarantee
- state government agencies and statutory committees
- councils
- regional organisations of councils
- other organisations controlled by local government
- universities (only eligible to apply for funding for projects on their own land)
- local Aboriginal land councils
- registered Indigenous corporations
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Trust will not fund:
- individuals
- industry joint ventures
- for-profit organisations
- profit-distributing entities.
For more information, visit NSW Government.