Request for Applications: Biodiversity Incentive Scheme Grant Program (Australia)

Purpose

• This grant is to help achieve connectivity across private lands. The Council aims to help landholders maintain, protect and expand these habitat areas. Financial support and/or plants are available.

Categories

• Revegetation stream: indigenous plants provided to support your revegetation project on public or private land.
• Mainstream: resident (private land manager) or volunteers (public land managers) receive financial support for projects.

Priorities

• They will give preference to applicants and applications that:
  • meet the required conditions
  • protect large patches of remnant vegetation
  • demonstrate a contribution to the biodiversity of the property and surrounding environment
  • are within proximity of significant species found on or adjacent to the property
  • are located near and form a connectivity with other areas of quality vegetation
  • are requesting revegetation, with preference to using indigenous native plants
  • provide a Conservation Management Plan and are well planned, including a maintenance program
  • have undertaken training

Funding Information

• Grant amount: up to $2000

Eligible Activities

• Revegetation stream:
  • Plants for revegetation: Council understands the widespread benefits of increasing canopy cover and native vegetation across Casey. To support this approach, 10,000 indigenous plants will be available, with a streamlined application and acquittal process.
• Mainstream:
  • Fencing of indigenous vegetation: Fencing is a valuable land management tool for protecting indigenous vegetation including both remnant and revegetated areas. This subsidy will be provided on a per metre basis and the total funding will depend on the fencing material required.
  • Weed control: Funding is available to control noxious and environmental weeds on private property that are impacting upon native vegetation or areas of revegetation.
  • Conservation Management Plan actions: Conservation Management Plans are plans that are prepared for your property by either yourself or a suitably qualified ecologist that map out the conservation works being proposed.
  • Pest animal control: Landowners and Council fund the control of pest animals together. In some cases, neighbours on surrounding properties will also need to participate.

Ineligible Activities

• Council will not fund:
  • Applications linked to planning permit conditions.
  • Activities required as part of planning enforcement.
  • Boundary fencing.
  • Tools and machinery: unless it applies to actions in a Council approved Conservation Management Plan.
  • Personal protective equipment.

Eligibility Criteria

• This grant is open to private landowners and volunteer public land managers who want to improve native vegetation in Casey.

For more information, visit City of Casey.