DJAARA and wood4good’s investment model development
Introducing DJAARA and wood4good’s project to develop an investment model In our latest round of grants, distributed in July 2025, we awarded $23,750 to Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA) and wood4good for the development of an investment model and collateral to increase the opportunity for third party investments into land buy back, through [
Wildlife Unlimited’s Mallee Looper caterpillar research
Introducing Wildlife Unlimited’s research of the Mallee Looper caterpillar In our latest round of grants, distributed in July 2025, we awarded up to $49,200 to Wildlife Unlimited to expand their understanding and research of the Mallee Looper caterpillar. Significant defoliation of eucalypts has been occurring in the Victorian Mallee since 2023, caused by the Mallee
Southwest Environmental Alliance’s regional seed bank
Introducing Southwest Environmental Alliance’s regional seed bank project In our latest round of grants, distributed in July 2025, we awarded $62,295 to the Southwest Environmental Alliance to undertake the planning, feasibility and discovery phase of a new regional seed bank. Based in Portland, the Southwest Environmental Alliance (SEA) aims to restore and rewi
Co-Exist Australia’s ‘Empowering Youth for Conservation Leadership’ program
Introducing Co-Exist Australia’s Empowering Youth for Conservation Leadership program In our latest round of grants, distributed in July 2025, we awarded $99,000 to Co-Exist Australia, to enable the expansion of their Empowering Youth for Conservation Leadership program further into Victoria and south-eastern Australia. Co-Exist Australia is a youth-led envir
Wildlife Unlimited’s ‘Helping Hands for the Sheoak’ Initiative
Introducing Wildlife Unlimited’s ‘Helping Hands for the Sheoak’ initiative In our latest round of grants, awarded on July 17, 2024, we awarded $50,000 to Wildlife Unlimited as part of their ‘Helping Hands for the Sheoak initiative’. The grant forms part of a $100,000 silver star level collaborative, multi-partner tree planting project to build on and [&helli
Southwest Environmental Alliance
Introducing ‘Southwest Environmental Alliance’ and its climate change work In our latest round of grants, awarded on July 17, 2024, we awarded $31,870 to the Southwest Environmental Alliance (SEA) for their $49,870 Climate Change Challenges in South West Victoria Forum and associated activities. SEA is a community of people who are working together to contribute [
Euroa Arboretum’s ‘Growing Native Seed Orchard Strategy’
Introducing Euroa Arboretum’s ‘Growing Native Seed Orchard Strategy’ In our latest round of grants, awarded on July 17, 2024, we awarded $165,000 over two years to the Euroa Arboretum for stage 1 at Avenel of their Growing Native Seed Orchard Strategy. This forms part of the $370,000 project ‘Growing Climate Adapted Seed for the Goulburn […]
Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network – Meet your Bushland project
The Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network has run the successful NRCL-funded biolinks program Linking the Mornington Peninsula Landscape (LMPL) for many years. One of the lessons of this program has been the effectiveness of one-on-one, on-site interactions between landholders and bushland restoration specialists. A visit to interested landholders by the bushland rest
Bunanyung Landscape Alliance
NRCL has previously provided critical funding to enable the Bunanyung Landscape Alliance to become operational and commence planning to implement its vision of landscape restoration in the catchments surrounding Ballarat in central Victoria. The Natural Resources Conservation Trust will provide a further $34,000 in funding towards: Completion of Restorati
Otways Agroforestry Network
The Otway Agroforestry Network (OAN) is a community landcare group of 250 members based in south west Victoria, that facilitates the establishment and management of multipurpose trees and shrubs on properties in ways that reflect owner needs. The result is a robust biological infrastructure that underpins the economic, environmental and social values of our agricultur