The 'Private Land Conservation Grants Program' is a partnership initiative of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, the Paddy Pallin Foundation, the Humane Society International's Wildlife Land Trust, the Diversicon Environmental Foundation, the NSW Nature Conservation Trust and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Conservation Partners Program.
To date, the Private Land Conservation Grants program has provided more than $250,000 towards supporting NSW private landholders with Conservation Agreements to undertake conservation works such as habitat or species conservation projects on their properties. Grants of up to $3,000 per year were available.
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.
2012 Funding Round Now Open
Please note that the application deadline has been extended.
Applications now be closing on Friday, 20th April 2012 due to the high level of interest in the Program.
Successful applicants will be notified in early June 2012.
Expanding the Private Land Conservation Grants Program
In 2012, the Foundation was awarded $2 million in funding spread over the next six years. 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.
One application per property per year is accepted from landholders with one of the following commitments:
- LEVEL 1: Conservation Agreement under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or Trust Agreement under the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 or In-perpetuity Registered Property Agreement under the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 - Up to $5,000 a year
- LEVEL 2: Incentive in-perpetuity Property Vegetation Plan under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 or Wildlife Refuge under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 - Up to $1,000 a year
- LEVEL 3: Applications for this level are for group Conservation Training and are to be submitted by the members of the Land for Wildlife or Wildlife Land Trust program on behalf of their landholder group. Individual applications are not accepted - Up to $2,000 a year
For further information, please contact
Mr Steve Corbett, Chief Executive Officer
P: 02 9221 1949
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Private Land Conservation Grant Recipients
Past Recipients 2011
Click to find out the 2011 Private Land Conservation Grant recipients.
Past Recipients 2010
Click to find out the 2010 Private Land Conservation Grant recipients.
Past Recipients 2009
Click to find out the 2009 Private Land Conservation Grant recipients.
