The Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Program is a contestable grants program seeking to achieve long-term beneficial outcomes for the NSW environment.

The Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation grants program seeks to:

• Assist community and government organisations to contribute to the ongoing sustainable management and stewardship of significant environmental assets and services in NSW.

Outcomes of the program will be delivered through achievement of the following program objectives:

• Improve and protect the quality of ecosystems and environmental assets managed by community groups, land managers and stakeholders
• Enhance the management of environmental assets by facilitating the development of environmental expertise and stronger partnerships between individuals, community groups, governments and industry,
• Provide an appropriate, effective and sustainable mechanism to deliver Government policy, priorities and outcomes.

The Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Program offers a total of $4 million in funding. Each project may receive between $150,000 and $350,000, with a project duration of 3 to 5 years.

Funding is available to:

• incorporated associations, community organisations and non-profit organisations
• non-commercial cooperatives
• companies limited by guarantee
• state government agencies and statutory committees
• councils
• regional organisations of councils
• other organisations controlled by local government
• universities (only eligible to apply for funding for projects on their own land)
• local Aboriginal land councils
• registered Indigenous corporations

Funding is not available to:

• individuals
• industry joint ventures
• for-profit organisations
• profit-distributing entities

• Phone: 02 8837 6093
• Email: info@environmentaltrust.nsw.gov.au