Introducing the Conservation Ecology Centre's project - the Carlisle Landscape Recovery Initiative.
In our latest round of grants, distributed in April 2026, we awarded $109,250 (over two years) to the Conservation Ecology Centre (CEC), to undertake the Carlisle Landscape Recovery Initiative.
This project is in response to the January 2026 bushfires, which burned more than 11,000 hectares across the western Otways. Among the area impacted were the Carlisle Heathlands – a landscape of exceptional ecological and cultural significance. Known as Ground Parrot Country to the Eastern Maar people, the Carlisle heathlands are a critical refuge for threatened species and hold deep cultural meaning. The fires caused major ecological change across this landscape, affecting habitats that support some of the highest recorded densities of small mammals in south-west Victoria.
The initiative, led by the CEC, seeks to translate more than a decade of baseline data into immediate post-fire action. The initiative is built around two projects, being: Next Generation Conservation Science and Biological Restoration of Ground Parrot Country.
Find out more on the Conservation Ecology Centre website.
