Funding for rural landowners seeking to integrate trees into their land

Overview

Projects must be designed to support and contribute to a landowner’s farming enterprise. Projects are required to be designed to focus on one of the following approaches:

• farm forestry plantings for timber production using species which have known timber qualities
• integrated environmental plantings that use a mix of native species consistent with the local Ecological Vegetation Class and can provide co-benefits to the surrounding agricultural system.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible for funding, applicants must:

• be the freehold owner of the land within Victoria, or be a land manager with formal approval from the owner
• be registered for tax purposes within Australia with a current Australian business number (ABN) or an Australian company number (ACN), and confirm the landowner also meets this requirement
• hold currency of public liability insurance not less than $10 million per occurrence if they are the landowner, or confirm the landowner holds the required insurance.