Private Land Conservation Grants - funding available
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The Private Land Conservation Grants are a partnership initiative of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife and funded by an alliance of not-for-profits and government agencies:
- Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
- Major funder: New South Wales Environmental Trust
- Office of Environment and Heritage's Conservation Partners Program
- Paddy Pallin Foundation
- Nature Conservation Trust of New South Wales
- Wildlife Land Trust
- Diversicon Environmental Foundation
- Community Environment Network
- Local Land Services
The Private Land Conservation Grants program has been offering grants to owners of properties protected under conservation agreements since 2008. To date, the program has provided almost $2 million to support NSW private landholders undertaking conservation works on their own properties.
With the majority of land in Australia, including in New South Wales, in private ownership, this conservation program is an important complement to the public National Park system. Importantly, private conservation land connects habitats across the state by creating wildlife corridors between National Parks, improving their resilience and integrity.
In 2012, the Foundation was awarded $2 million in funding spread over six years to 2017. This funding came through the NSW Environmental Trust on behalf of the NSW State Government. The aim of the extra funding is to expand the Private Land Grants Program to include different types of conservation agreements and some practical community education programs.
Grant applications close on Friday 17 March 2017. Further information can be found at http://www.fnpw.org.au/grants/nsw-private-land-conservation-grants.
