Grants of up to $1,000,000 are available to fund the initial stages of development for landscape-scale projects which aim to deliver carbon abatement alongside other benefits.

The scope of the Low Carbon Landscapes grant round covers the initial stages of project development for landscape-scale, high quality carbon abatement projects in the primary industries and land sector, up to the point where projects are able to secure investment. This should include a focus on developing a financially viable model for project delivery and identifying suitable sources of private investment to enable on-ground implementation.

Carbon abatement activities within the scope of this grant program include:

• increasing carbon storage in vegetation, soils, coastal or marine areas across all land types
• reducing emissions from livestock, land use, land use change and forestry.

While the focus is on carbon abatement, funded projects must aim to achieve this in a way that delivers other benefits. These other benefits are referred to as co-benefits and can include:

• improvements to biodiversity, water quality, soil health, or climate resilience
• Aboriginal cultural benefits
• social and economic benefits for local communities
• productivity gains or other commercial advantages for primary producers.

Eligible applicants include:

• farmers or agribusinesses
• Aboriginal landholders or land managers including Traditional Owner groups, land councils or Registered Native Title Body Corporates
• not-for-profit organisations
• government entities, including NSW Government agencies and local government
• natural resource management/conservation organisations
• peak bodies or industry organisations
• producer associations
• co-operative/mutual organisations.

Carbon service providers operating for-profit are not eligible to be applicants.

• Email: pipap.marketdevelopment@environment.nsw.gov.au