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Environment Restoration Fund

Tackling emerging and long-term national environmental priorities

From 2019 to 2023, the Australian Government invested $100 million to help protect our environment for future generations through the Environment Restoration Fund (ERF).

The ERF built on the government’s $1.1 billion, 6-year investment in the National Landcare Program (now the Natural Heritage Trust). These programs aim to protect Australia’s water, soil, plants and animals and support their productive and sustainable use.

The ERF complemented the government’s Communities Environment Program, which focused on small-scale grants for community projects.

The government continues to invest in these priorities through a $1.1 billion commitment to the next phase of the NHT. The next phase will run over the 5 years, until the end of the 2027-28 financial year.

Focusing on Australia’s environmental priorities

The aim of the Environment Restoration Fund was to support a range of activities that are known to improve environmental outcomes. Projects focused on 3 priority areas.

  1. Protecting threatened and migratory species and their habitat.
  2. Protecting Australia’s coasts, oceans and waterways by addressing erosion, improving water quality and protecting coastal threatened and migratory species.
  3. The clean-up, recovery and recycling of waste.

These projects benefited communities as well as regional and local economies. Projects were delivered through a mixture of grants, procurements, and specific purpose payments.

This investment also helped Australia to meet international obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity and other environmental treaties.

Emergency support for flood-affected wildlife and habitat

In response to severe flooding events in New South Wales and Queensland in early 2022, the Australian Government committed $1.63 million from the ERF to support 6 natural resource management (NRM) groups in flood-affected regions.

This funding supported NRMs in assessing the impacts of the floods on Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES). The funding also allowed NRMs to undertake targeted recovery action for threatened species and/or threatened ecological communities.

Reporting

Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat: Impact Assessments Emergency Flood Recovery for wildlife and habitat (PDF 6.66 MB)
Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat: Impact Assessments Emergency Flood Recovery for wildlife and habitat (DOCX 5.2 MB)

Reports on the assessment of flood impacts in two Queensland regions (from Burnett Mary Regional Group and Healthy Land and Water Ltd) are available on request. Contact nationallandcare@dcceew.gov.au for further information.

Floods and biodiversity roundtable

Threatened Species Commissioner Dr Fiona Fraser chaired a roundtable of experts and management agencies on 13 May 2022, to better understand flood impacts on native plants, animals and habitats. A summary of the discussions is available now.

Floods and Biodiversity Roundtable 13 May 2022 Communique (PDF 166 KB)
Floods and Biodiversity Roundtable 13 May 2022 Communique (DOCX 81 KB)

Timing

The Environment Restoration Fund is a four-year initiative from 2019-20 to 2022-23.

Program delivery

Projects were being delivered through a mixture of grants, procurements and specific purpose payments to the States.

Details of contracted projects

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Projects funded through grant arrangements

ERF Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan: Priority Species Grants (PDF - 131KB)
ERF Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan: Priority Species Grants (DOCX - 71KB)

  Proponent Project Title Amount ($)
ERF Safe Havens for Threatened Native Species - Open Grant Round
1 Australia's Wildlife Ark Inc Upper Mongogarie Safe Haven 1,500,000
2 Australian Wildlife Conservancy Safeguarding the future of the endangered Northern Bettong 1,500,000
3 Territory Natural Resource Management Incorporated Creating mainland and island safe havens to secure Top End priority mammals 1,477,148
4 Parks Victoria The Prom Sanctuary - building a safe haven at scale for southern wildlife 1,012,939
5 Arid Recovery Limited Securing the kowari in the species’ first safe haven 699,800
6 Ecological Horizons Pty Ltd Secret Rocks Safehaven 598,113
ERF Other Grants
7 Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Worldwide Inc Protecting Koalas of south-east QLD and northern NSW 1,000,000
8 Australian Council of Recycling Inc Recycle Mate: A National Roll-out 2,000,000
9 Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Ltd A National Approach to Consumer Education for Sustainable Packaging 1,100,000
10 Australian Trust For Conservation Volunteers Clear Waters, Clean Future 5,000,000
11 Australian Trust For Conservation Volunteers Understanding and Protecting Western Pygmy-possums on Fleurieu Peninsula 20,000
12 Bass Coast Shire Council Bass Coast coastal erosion 1,500,000
13 Bayside City Council Foreshore restoration at Black Rock and Sandringham 100,000
14 Central Coast Council Avoca Lagoon Green and Golden Bell Frog Assessment and Habitat Improvement 300,000
15 Central Coast Council Clean4Shore 300,000
16 Central Coast Council Tuggerah Lakes estuary and catchment ecological health project 4,700,000
17 Clean Up Australia Ltd Clean Up Australia Day 300,000
18 Cumberland Land Conservancy Inc Cumberland Conservation Corridor - Habitat Restoration Works 400,000
19 Friends of Dudley Peninsula Parks and Wildlife Kangaroo Island weed control, revegetation and heritage conservation 20,000
20 Georges River Combined Councils' Committee Incorporated Improving the Health of the Georges River: Zero Litter in Georges River 700,000
21 Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association Inc Conserving Biodiversity at Priority Sites on the Fleurieu Peninsula 245,000
22 Hawkesbury River County Council Hawkesbury-Nepean River Aquatic Weed Management 111,000
23 Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group Lawari Conservation Park revegetation and weed control 160,000
24 Indigenous Desert Alliance Limited Right-Way Desert Fire Project 3,000,000
25 Keep Australia Beautiful National Association Ltd Eco-Schools Australia - less litter, more recycling 300,000
26 Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd Protecting the Western Port Biosphere 300,000
27 Muru Mittigar Limited Keeping the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers healthy 250,000
28 OzHarvest Limited OzHarvest’s Fight Food Waste Campaign 500,000
29 Penrith City Council Keeping the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers healthy - River Road Reserve 150,000
30 Planet Ark Environment Foundation Australian Circular Economy Hub 1,600,000
31 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Queensland) Limited Koala Rescue and Rehabilitation Program 1,000,000
32 Sturt Upper Reaches Landcare Group Inc Bandicoot Super Highway Project 250,000
33 The Trustee for Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation Koala Treatment, Rehabilitation and Research 1,000,000
34 Thylation Limited Felixer Grooming Trap Commercialisation 1,200,000
35 Trees for Life Inc Creekline Restoration in the Adelaide Hills 85,000
36 Treidlia Biovet Pty Ltd Curiosity Bait Commercialisation 800,000
37 Willunga Environment Centre Inc Wakondilla/Wangkondilla -cultural connection to the Aldinga Washpool 40,000
38 Yarra Riverkeeper Association Inc Yarra Riverbank Project - Improving the health of the Yarra River 500,000
    Grants contracted sub-total 35,719,000

Projects directly procured from Regional Land Partnership service providers

Details of ERF contracted projects – direct procurement
Proponent Project Title Amount ($)
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Bellarine Dunecare - Protecting Sand Dunes on Victoria's Great Ocean Road and the Bellarine Peninsula 1,500,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Feral pig and deer eradication to protect native species in the Otway Ranges, Bells Beach (Ironbark Basin) and Great Ocean Road Hinterland 1,216,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Fox and feral cat control in planned-burn landscapes to protect threatened species in the Otway Ranges 1,116,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Protecting plant and animal biodiversity in the Otway Ranges, Bells Beach (Ironbark Basin) and Great Ocean Road Hinterland from cinnamon fungus (Phytophthora cinnamomi) dieback 616,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Conserving threatened small mammals in the Otway Ranges, Bells Beach (Ironbark Basin) and Great Ocean Road Hinterland 516,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Rewilding threatened species in the Otway Ranges 816,000
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Wild Otways Initiative - Community grants program to protect and restore native plants, wildlife and coastal environments 1,720,000
Cradle Coast Authority Removing Rice Grass from Rubicon Estuary 260,000
Fitzroy Basin Association Inc Clarke-Connors Range Koala Climate Change Refugia Project 1,000,000
Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority Protection for Hooded Plover Chicks 100,000
Healthy Land and Water Ltd Implementing Priority Actions to Reduce Threats to Migratory Shorebirds in Moreton Bay Ramsar Site 1,200,000
Healthy Land and Water Ltd Protecting Koalas of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales 1,000,000
Healthy Land and Water Ltd Living Waterways: Lower Brisbane River 1,150,000
Kangaroo Island Landscapes Board Supporting the recovery of the Kangaroo Island dunnart through conservation and management actions 1,500,000
Limestone Coast Landscape Board Addressing threats to Malleefowl in the Limestone Coast 344,804
Local Land Services - North Coast Protecting Koalas of SEQ and Northern NSW - North Coast 2,000,000
Local Land Services - North Coast Protecting Koalas of Coffs Harbour-to-North Bellingen, Port Macquarie and North Macleay-to-Nambucca Areas of Regional Koala Significance (ARKS) 2,000,000
Local Land Services - North West Habitat Refugia for Kamilaroi Guda Koalas 1,000,000
Local Land Services - South East Safe haven for threatened species - Wandiyali-Environa Wildlife Sanctuary 1,200,000
Mallee Catchment Management Authority Identifying important populations and improving fire management for threatened Mallee birds 500,000
Northern Agricultural Catchments Council Protecting WA Black Cockatoos - Northern Agricultural Region 647,000
NQ Dry Tropics Ltd Ramsar Wetlands of Bowling Green Bay Catchment 2,000,000
NRM South Protecting Forty-spotted Pardalote 235,000
Peel-Harvey Catchment Council Inc Protecting WA Black Cockatoos - Peel-Harvey 389,500
Perth NRM Improving the health of the Swan and Canning Rivers 2,000,000
Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority ERF French Island Feral Cat Eradication 335,000
Rangelands NRM Co-ordinating Group Inc Stop the flow of cane toads in the Kimberley 200,000
South Coast Natural Resource Management Inc Protecting WA Black Cockatoos - South Coast 647,000
South West Catchments Council Protecting WA Black Cockatoos - South West 409,500
Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association Priority actions for eastern quolls on north Bruny Island 1,500,000
Territory Natural Resource Management Incorporated Community cat management in remote Indigenous communities 250,000
Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Incorporated Protecting WA Black Cockatoos - Wheatbelt 907,000
Emergency Support for flood-affected wildlife and habitat
Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Ltd Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – Stage 1 250,000
Local Land Services - North Coast Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – Stage 1 Regional Impact Assessments North Coast, Hunter, Greater Sydney and South East Management Units. 630,000
Healthy Land and Water Ltd Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – Stage 1 250,000
Local Land Services - Greater Sydney Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – Greater Sydney 50,000
Local Land Services - North Coast Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – North Coast (Stage 2) 350,000
Local Land Services - South East Emergency flood recovery for wildlife and habitat – South East NSW  100,000
  Direct procurement contracted sub-total 31,904,804

Projects funded through Commonwealth to States funding arrangements

Details of ERF contracted projects – payments to states
  Proponent Project Title Amount ($)
1 NSW State Government Improving the health of the Georges River (Yeramba Lagoon) 300,000
2 SA State Government Flinders Island Safe Haven Project 1,677,000
3 SA State Government Glenthorne National Park Initiative 1,700,000
4 SA State Government Improving the health of the River Torrens 2,000,000
5 SA State Government The Second Creek Outfall Project 450,000
6 VIC State Government Improving the health of the Yarra River through litter reduction 1,500,000
7 VIC State Government Restoring Mount Martha North Beach 1,500,000
    Commonwealth to States agreements sub-total 9,127,000
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