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One Land Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities December 2012 1 Welcome and Agenda One Land Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment Caring for our

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One Land – Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

December 2012

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Welcome and Agenda

  • One Land – Many Stories: Prospectus of Investment
  • Caring for our Country Sustainable Environment stream
  • Program Architecture
  • Joint Activities
  • Target Area Grants
  • Community Environment Grants
  • Working on Country
  • Caring for our Country Sustainable Agriculture stream
  • Land Sector Package
  • Biodiversity Fund
  • Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund
  • Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
  • Questions

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The Prospectus

  • An overarching framework of the priorities for Australian Government

investment in Australia’s valuable and most vulnerable places

  • A single document detailing the narrative for investment through the Land

Sector Package and the Sustainable Environment stream of Caring for our Country

  • Supported by grant program guidelines
  • A staggered release on the NRM and Biodiversity Fund websites

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Investment Themes

Caring for our Country Sustainable Environment stream Biodiversity Fund

  • Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
  • Conserving and protecting species and

ecosystems (matters of national environmental significance)

  • Restoring and maintaining urban waterways and

coastal environments

  • Building natural resource management

community skills, knowledge and engagement

  • Building the National Reserve System
  • Protecting Ramsar sites and values
  • Protecting World Heritage sites’ outstanding

universal value and integrity

  • Building Indigenous peoples’ capacity for natural

resource management

  • Biodiverse plantings
  • Protecting and enhancing existing vegetation
  • Managing invasive species in a connected

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Target Areas

  • National focus
  • The Central Australian Connection
  • Cape York
  • The Kimberley
  • Tasmania
  • South-west Western Australia
  • South Australia-Victoria Connection
  • Greater Border Ranges Region
  • Urban waterways and coastal environments
  • The National Reserve System
  • The Great Barrier Reef

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Target Area Example: South-West Western Australia

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Caring for our Country Program Architecture

  • Overarching framework
  • An ongoing initiative
  • Delivered through two streams:

Sustainable Environment and Sustainable Agriculture.

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Caring for our Country Sustainable Environment Stream

  • Sustainable Environment stream:

‘Australia’s national environmental assets are conserved, resilient and healthy’

  • Three strategic objectives:
  • Protection of our conservation estate
  • Maintenance of ecosystem services, including ecological and cultural values, now and into the future
  • Enhanced capacity of Indigenous communities to conserve and protect natural resources

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Caring for our Country Sustainable Environment Stream

Strategic Objectives Investment themes

Maintenance of ecosystem services, including ecological and cultural values, now and into the future

  • Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
  • Conserving and protecting species and ecosystems (matters of

national environmental significance)

  • Restoring and maintaining urban waterways and coastal

environments

  • Building natural resource management community skills,

knowledge and engagement

Protection of our conservation estate

  • Building the National Reserve System
  • Protecting Ramsar sites and values
  • Protecting World Heritage sites’ outstanding universal value

and integrity

  • Building natural resource management community skills,

knowledge and engagement

Enhanced capacity of Indigenous communities to conserve and protect natural resources

  • Building Indigenous peoples capacity for natural resource

management

  • Building natural resource management community skills,

knowledge and engagement

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Reef Rescue

  • Reef Rescue will be continued in the next phase
  • Prioritisation of areas and activities will continue for the next few months and will be

communicated once finalised early next year

  • Available funding and delivery arrangements are currently being worked through

Regional Delivery

  • A key component of Caring for our Country
  • The Australian Government expects their role in delivering Caring for our Country to focus on:
  • regional level NRM planning and prioritisation
  • brokering partnerships and delivery of regional NRM
  • community engagement and capacity building in NRM
  • delivery of Caring for our Country objectives
  • reporting of NRM outcomes at a regional level.
  • Available funding and delivery arrangements are currently being worked through

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Target Area Grants

  • Medium to large-scale projects
  • Competitive within target areas:
  • The Central Australian corridor
  • Cape York
  • The Kimberley
  • Tasmania
  • South-west Western Australia
  • Urban waterways and coastal environments.
  • Anticipated release in early 2013

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Community Environment Grants

  • Separation of environment and agriculture streams for small grants programs
  • Community Environment Grants – continuation of small grants through the Caring

for our Country Sustainable Environment stream

  • Applications will be accepted across Australia
  • Projects will be linked to the strategic objectives of the Caring for our Country

Sustainable Environment stream

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Working on Country

Up to $244.249 million over four years (from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017) for projects: National investment:

  • $220.918 million for Working on Country projects, supporting 680 Indigenous ranger

positions annually

  • Two funding streams: $180.918 million from the Working on Country program and up

to $40 million from the Biodiversity Fund

  • Targeted process.

NT investment:

  • $23.331 million for expansion of Working on Country in the NT, supporting an additional 50 Indigenous

ranger positions by 2015/16 through the Stronger Futures Jobs Creation Package.

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National Food Plan Biosecurity Development

  • f a National

Drought Policy Carbon Farming Futures Research & Information – ABARES NRM

Caring for our Country Sustainable Agriculture Stream

Vision: Australia’s agricultural base is sustainable, productive and resilient Strategic objectives:

  • Sustainable production of food
  • Innovation in Australian agriculture and fisheries practices
  • Reduced impact of weeds and pests on agriculture
  • Improved management of agriculture and fisheries and the natural resource base
  • A skilled and capable Landcare community

D e l i v e r y a c r o s s A g r i c u l t u r e P o r t f o l i o p o l i c i e s a n d p r i o r i t i e s

Sustainable Agriculture Stream

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Sustainable Agriculture Delivery

  • Five-year outcomes will guide investment, delivery and reporting.
  • The Sustainable Agriculture stream will be delivered through a mix of

investment approaches, which will include:

‒ Small grants to community groups ‒ Regional Delivery ‒ Reef Rescue ‒ Strategic Investments

  • Industry partnerships
  • Innovation in agriculture

‒ Eradication of new incursions ‒ National surveillance framework for existing weeds ‒ Landcare leadership and support

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The Land Sector Package

  • Part of the Australian Government’s Clean Energy

Future plan

  • Of the seven Land Sector Package measures,

SEWPaC is responsible for delivering four:

  • The Biodiversity Fund
  • Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund (Stream 2 = DCCEE)
  • Stream 1 of the Regional NRM Planning for Climate

Change Fund (Stream 2 = DCCEE)

  • Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board

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The Biodiversity Fund

  • The Biodiversity Fund invests in stakeholders to store

carbon, enhance biodiversity and build greater environmental resilience across the Australian landscape.

  • Three investment themes
  • Biodiverse plantings
  • Protecting and enhancing existing vegetation
  • Managing invasive species in a connected

landscape

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The Biodiversity Fund – Looking ahead

  • Round 2 based on learnings from Round 1 and the

Northern Australia Targeted Investment

  • Round 2 call for applications early in 2013
  • Focus on:
  • Targeted approach
  • Partnerships
  • Carbon outcomes

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The Biodiversity Fund – Round 2

  • Targeted approach
  • Tasmania
  • The Central Australian Connection
  • South-west Western Australia
  • South Australia-Victoria Connection
  • Greater Border Ranges Region
  • Urban waterways and coastal environments
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • CFI projects seeking to enhance their biodiversity outcomes

across Australia

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Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund

  • $22.3 million over 5 years from 2012-13
  • Stream 1: Capacity Building and Business Support
  • Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and

Communities - $17.1 million

  • Stream 2: Research and Development
  • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency - $5.2 million
  • Stream 1 Applications Closed
  • Category 1 – Feasibility and Assessment activities up to $50,000
  • Category 2 – Business and Project Development activities up to

$300,000

  • Applications closed on Wednesday 12 December 2012

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Stream 1 of the Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund

  • Update regional NRM plans to:
  • help guide the location and nature of biodiversity and revegetation activities
  • ptimise carbon co-benefits for biodiversity, water and agricultural production
  • complement other initiatives such as the Biodiversity Fund and Carbon

Farming Initiative

  • Funding:
  • $24.16 million 2012-13 to 2015-16
  • for identified regional NRM organisations across Australia
  • to update existing regional NRM plans
  • Updates made must be within the scope of the Principles for the Regional

NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund (the Principles)

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Development of the Principles

  • The Principles were drafted in consultation the regional NRM organisations
  • 3 principles:
  • Plans identify priority landscapes for carbon plantings and strategies to build

landscape integrity and guide adaptation and mitigation actions to address climate change impacts on natural ecosystems

  • Planning process is logical, comprehensive, and transparent
  • Plans use best available information to develop actions and are based on

collaboration with government, community and other stakeholders

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Contacts

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Biodiversity Fund Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Telephone: 1800 008 678 Email: biodiversityfund@environment.gov.au Caring for our Country Sustainable Environment stream Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Telephone: 1800 552 008 Email: caringforourcountry@environment.gov.au Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities PO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Telephone: 1800 008 678 Email: icff@environment.gov.au Stream 1 of the Regional NRM Planning for Climate Change Fund Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities GPO Box 787 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Telephone: 02 6274 2392 Email: NRMPlanning@environment.gov.au

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Questions?

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