River red gums

Funding Opportunities – Funding Programs

Enterprise Based Conservation
($1million available to Western Division landholders)
- EBC Brochure
- EBC Guidelines
- EBC Application- closes 30 March 2007

Current Funding Opportunities - November 2007

Name / Value of Grant	Focus	Closing Date
Rangeland Incentives Program Lower Murray Darling CMA	Rangeland Incentives Program The program consists of two components. Stewardship Schemes for Conservation Reserve Schemes and Sustainable Grazing Schemes. On-Ground Works for Conservation and Riparian Reserves. (includes fencing, water point management and weed control) and Education and training for sustainable natural resource management Rangeland Incentives fact sheet (Updated April 2007) Education & Training fact sheet	On-going
Irrigation Incentives Program Lower Murray Darling CMA	Irrigation Incentives Program The project encourages the adoption of Best Management Practices in irrigation areas outside of the Land & Water Management Plan are to yield water savings and more efficient production/irrigation systems. Irrigation Incentives fact sheet (Updated June 2007)	On-going

Name / Value of Grant

Focus

Closing Date

Rangeland Incentives Program

Lower Murray Darling

CMA

Rangeland Incentives Program

The program consists of two components.

Stewardship Schemes for Conservation Reserve Schemes and Sustainable Grazing Schemes.
On-Ground Works for Conservation and Riparian Reserves. (includes fencing, water point management and weed control) and
Education and training for sustainable natural resource management

Rangeland Incentives fact sheet (Updated April 2007)

Education & Training fact sheet

On-going

Irrigation Incentives Program

Lower Murray Darling

CMA

Irrigation Incentives Program

The project encourages the adoption of Best Management Practices in irrigation areas outside of the Land & Water Management Plan are to yield water savings and more efficient production/irrigation systems.

Irrigation Incentives fact sheet (Updated June 2007)

On-going

Training Programs

Irrigators

Irrigation Management
Advanced Irrigation Management

Graziers

Holistic Management
Tactical Grazing Management

Anyone

"Plan 2 Profit" – Decision support tool allows landholders to enter their own information to run “What if” scenarios e.g. What if I change to X type sheep breed over 2, 4 or 5 years. Or What if I buy the property next door – what costs and what $ benefit?
Biodiversity Assessment Training for landholders.
Other Programs

Name / Value of Grant	Focus	Closing Date
Water Smart Australia	The new project round is likely to open during March 2006. The Commission also will be making a special call for irrigation projects in the first quarter of 2006. Separate guidelines for this call are being developed concurrently with the general guidelines. Further details about both project calls will be posted on the Commission website as they become available at http://www.nwc.gov.au/index.cfm .	Round 2 to open in March 2006

Name / Value of Grant

Focus

Closing Date

Water Smart Australia

The new project round is likely to open during March 2006. The Commission also will be making a special call for irrigation projects in the first quarter of 2006. Separate guidelines for this call are being developed concurrently with the general guidelines.

Further details about both project calls will be posted on the Commission website as they become available at http://www.nwc.gov.au/index.cfm .

Round 2 to open in March 2006

Name / Value of Grant	Focus	Closing Date
Murray Wetlands Working Group (Murray & LMD Catchments, NSW)	Wetlands Incentive Scheme (less than $10,000) www.mwwg.org.au/	Open all year round until Dec 2007
Murray Wetlands Working Group (Murray & LMD, NSW)	Wetlands Rehabilitation and Investigation Program . (greater than $10,000) www.mwwg.org.au/	2 Rounds closing March 31 and Oct 31 Until 2007.
Bundaberg Rum Bush Fund	The Bundaberg Rum Bush Fund aims to aims to help community groups undertake Landcare projects to improve the health of waterways. Small grants from $1,000 to $5,000 for either new or existing projects. www.landcareonline.com.au	On-going

Name / Value of Grant

Focus

Closing Date

Murray Wetlands Working Group (Murray & LMD Catchments, NSW)

Wetlands Incentive Scheme (less than $10,000)

www.mwwg.org.au/

Open all year round until Dec 2007

Murray Wetlands Working Group (Murray & LMD, NSW)

Wetlands Rehabilitation and Investigation Program . (greater than $10,000)

www.mwwg.org.au/

2 Rounds closing March 31 and Oct 31 Until 2007.

Bundaberg Rum Bush Fund

The Bundaberg Rum Bush Fund aims to aims to help community groups undertake Landcare projects to improve the health of waterways.

Small grants from $1,000 to $5,000 for either new or existing projects.

www.landcareonline.com.au

On-going