The Minister for Environment, Greg Hunt, and Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, were pleased to officially launch the 25th Anniversary Landcare Grants 2014-15 at the 2014 National Landcare Conference, saying the grant round was a fitting way to help celebrate 25 years of landcare.

“The best way to help celebrate Landcare’s 25th anniversary is by supporting landcarers across the country to do what they do best. Grants of up to $20,000 will support local Landcare groups to help protect their local environments and look after the land,” says Minister Hunt.

“We are looking to harness the expertise and enthusiasm of not just Landcare groups but farmers, fishers, Indigenous communities and other land and sea managers,” says Minister Joyce.

Minister Hunt and Minister Joyce reconfirmed their commitment to ensuring that 20 per cent of Australian Government investment made through the regional natural resource management organisations will be directed towards local projects and activities undertaken by community groups, including Landcare, under the National Landcare Program’s regional stream.

“This means that farmers, landcare and other community groups will have access to funding on an annual basis so that they can continue to undertake important on-ground works in their local communities,” Minister Joyce said.

Applications are now open and close on 20 October.