Funding to support the establishment of new long-rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests in Australia

Overview

The program aims to expand domestic timber supply, particularly construction and manufacturing timber resources, contribute to Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets, and support regional communities through the retention and creation of regional jobs.

Grants are open to private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory government forestry bodies. The grants require applicants to provide a co-contribution equal to the grant amount.

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To be eligible, you must:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia
• be able to make a co-contribution equal to the grant amount awarded
• have an account with an Australian financial institution.

Additionally, your project must:

• be a long-rotation new plantation forest on previously cleared land that has not been used as plantation or native forest for the last 7 years
• have a suitably endorsed Plantation Management Plan.