Deadline: 16-May-25
The Landcare Australia’s Landcare Agriculture Program is offering funding to Landcare and producer groups across Australia to team up with suitable experts to improve and enhance their biodiversity measurement and management skills.
This project will demonstrate how improving environmental practices boosts agricultural production, conservation efforts, community well-being, supply chain reliability, and market access.
The goal of the Landcare Agriculture Biodiversity in Action Grant is to help groups across Australia improve their understanding and management of natural assets on-farm by testing, implementing and evaluating practical initiatives that can restore biodiversity and/or increase biodiversity values. It does this by providing support – including training, field days, and on-ground trials – to advisors, producers, and landcare groups, thereby boosting productivity, resilience, and market access in line with local priorities.
This grant aims to support groups and organisations across Australia that are focused on supporting sustainable primary production. Projects may relate to any form of food or fibre production, including cropping, grazing, dairy, horticulture, mixed farming, farm forestry, fishing and aquaculture.
Aims
- Projects must contribute to achieving both of the following aims:
- Improve knowledge, skills and confidence in biodiversity measurement, monitoring and management.
- Test and implement practical on-ground biodiversity management actions.
- To achieve this, project activities must:
- Increase the capacity and capability of community, landcare groups, producer groups or First Nations agricultural businesses, to work towards the adoption of measurable best practices for sustainable agriculture.
- Directly improve biodiversity and on-farm adoption of best practice sustainable agriculture through on-farm demonstration.
Funding Information
- Projects can be delivered over 2-years or 3-years and can commence from July 2025. At least 10 projects will be funded.
- 2-year projects should be to a maximum of $40,000 (ex-GST)
- 3-year projects should be to a maximum of $75,000 (ex-GST)
Eligible Activities
- Suitable project activities include:
- Establishing a demonstration and monitoring site for best practice management of on-farm biodiversity that aligns biodiversity initiatives with productivity and profitability.
- Delivering training and support in biodiversity understanding and measurement that increases awareness, knowledge, skills, confidence and adoption of proven biodiversity management strategies.
- Delivering training to support the capacity of Australian producers to demonstrate the sustainability of their operations in response to market demands.
- Delivering training to Australian producers to calculate the emissions profile of agricultural enterprises and implement mitigation strategies that reduce supply chain emissions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organisations must:
- be an incorporated association if a community volunteer group, network or organisation;
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN);
- have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
- hold a Certificate of Currency for appropriate insurance, including public liability and personal accident (volunteer) insurance.
- Eligible organisations include:
- Agriculture industry associations and bodies
- Farming systems groups
- Landcare and other community groups
- Traditional Owners and First Nations organisations
- Aquaculture and commercial fisheries organisations
- Farm and agroforestry organisations
- Non-government organisations interested in sustainable natural resource management
- Regional natural resource management organisations
- Agribusinesses and other businesses involved in food and fibre supply chains with an interest in sustainable natural resource management
- Technology/emerging technology groups
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following organisations are ineligible to apply, however they can participate as co-contributors for applications:
- Unincorporated associations
- Local, state and territory governments
- State and territory Landcare organisations
- Individual primary producers and groups of individuals
- Research and development bodies including Rural Research and Development Corporations
- Universities
For more information, visit Landcare Australia.