Deadline: 28-Aug-22
The Northern Territory Government of Australia is excited to launch the Aboriginal Ranger Grants Program to provide support to Aboriginal Ranger groups and land and sea managers to undertake conservation and land and sea management on their country.
Types of funds
- Land and Sea Management Fund : The Land and Sea Management Fund supports projects and activities achieving land and sea management and conservation outcomes on country.
- Ichthys LNG Conservation Management Offset: During the environmental approvals process for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project (LNG), INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd and the Ichthys LNG Joint Venture participants in collaboration with the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments negotiated an offset package to compensate for anticipated residual environmental impacts associated with the Ichthys LNG.
Funding Information
- A maximum of AUD $1,750,000 (GST exclusive) of funds will be made available in 2022-2023 for both projects and activities that fall under one or more themes
- Land and Sea Management Fund: A total of $1,500,000 (GST exclusive) of grant funds will be available in 2022-2023 (round six of the grants program) for new projects under the LSMF.
- Ichthys LNG Conservation Management Offset : Capital funding will be available as one-off grants of up to $25,000 per application.
Eligible Activities
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Projects and activities may fall under one or more of the following themes:
- On-ground activities
- Investment in people
- Growing the sector
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Schedule
- Innovation
Eligibility criteria
- The LSMF and Ichthys CMO is open to Aboriginal organisations, including Ranger Groups, Land Councils and Aboriginal controlled incorporated associations that are registered or incorporated within
- Northern Territory and which have a clearly identified role in land and sea management and conservation on Aboriginal land and seas
- Applications must be outcome-based, and clearly explain how funding will help ensure that these outcomes are achieved, eg through overcoming identified barriers to achieving good outcomes.
- Outcomes must be linked to clear land and sea management and conservation objectives, and the proposed outputs and outcomes should be measurable.
- Management and conservation objectives should reflect local or regional Management Plans, where these exist, includes Healthy Country and Indigenous Protected Area Management Plans. Regional management and conservation priorities are also described in the 2016-2020 NT NRM Plan2.
- Where there is commercial or potential commercial activity associated with a project to be funded under the grants program, applicants must demonstrate they have landholder permission to access any lands or seas involved in the project, and if there has been consideration given to whether a Section 19 Land Use Agreement will be required. Applications for projects which require a S19 LUA will not be considered eligible except where formal S19 LUA consultations have commenced or a S19 LUA has been executed.
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Must-have apps:
- Include eligible programs
- Be received by the department by the closing time
- Be submitted using the NT Government's Grants NT on-line system.
- Be lodged by an eligible applicant.
For more information, visit Aboriginal Ranger Grants.
For more information, visit https://depws.nt.gov.au/programs-and-strategies/aboriginal-ranger-grants-program