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Significant Environmental Benefit Grants

The Native Vegetation Council (NVC) are pleased to offer landowners two opportunities to apply for funding to restore and protect native vegetation on their land.

NVC Restoration Grants 2024-2026

Restoration grants are for long term (5 - 10 year) projects that will provide a significant benefit to native vegetation by improving condition and increasing protection through a new Heritage Agreement. As such, these grants are not available for areas that are already protected e.g. by Heritage Agreement.

Grant rounds will be offered twice a year and will be open to select regions each round.

Round one closed on the 22 November 2024 and was available to landowners in Northern and Yorke, Eyre Peninsula and SA Arid Land Landscapes SA regions.

Round two will be announced early 2025 and will be open to landowners in other parts of the state.

To find out more about the grants, please read the guides and information below and contact the Native Vegetation Branch to discuss: NVC.haprogram@sa.gov.au or (08) 8303 9777.

Grant Guides and Information:

To Apply:

Applications are to be submitted online through SmartyGrants prior to the closing date. Note, you can log in, draft and edit your application any time prior to hitting the submit button. *To view a copy of the Application Form please click on the link above.

NVC Heritage Agreement Incentive Grants 2024-2026

The Native Vegetation Council (NVC) are offering Incentive Grants to landowners wanting to establish a new Heritage Agreement or expand an existing Heritage Agreement.

These grants will fund short term (1 - 5 years) projects that help to protect native vegetation and enhance its condition.

The program is available to all landowners across South Australia. Applications can be submitted any time before 30 June 2026. However, landowners are encouraged to apply early for the best chance of securing funding. The opportunity to apply maybe withdrawn once funding is fully committed or at the discretion of the NVC.

NVC Heritage Agreement Incentive Grants complements Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Dr Susan Close, Native Vegetation Heritage Agreement Grant Program, which is providing $6 million in support to Heritage Agreement owners between 2023 - 2026.

Grant Guides and Information:

To Apply:

To start the application process, please submit an expression of interest and an Officer will be in touch to discuss your site and the grants program.

Click here when you are ready to start your application. Applications are to be submitted online through SmartyGrants. Note, you can log in, draft and edit your application any time prior to hitting the submit button. *To view a copy of the Application Form please click on the link above.

About Significant Environmental Benefit (SEB) grants

Money is paid into the Native Vegetation Fund by people who have cleared native vegetation and need to provide an SEB. To offset the clearance, NVC use this money to restore and protect native vegetation through SEB grants.

The NVC consider SEB grant applications based on the principles and objectives for establishing an SEB area outlined in the Policy for Significant Environmental Benefit and any grant specific outcomes.

Some grant rounds are for specific restoration activities or specific regions of the state. The Guidelines for each grant round will detail the focus area or activities for that round.

There is an expectation that the investment will be effective for a long term and projects should demonstrate how you plan to maintain the project into the future.

Some grant funding rounds are for specific restoration activities only. For example, if money is paid into the Native Vegetation Fund for clearance of a threatened ecological community, grant applicants may be required to demonstrate that their proposal will benefit that particular community.

What has been funded to date?

Since its introduction in 2009, the Native Vegetation Council has supported 74 critical projects across the eight Landscape regions through Significant Environmental Benefit Grants. Over $16.9 million has been committed to conservation enhancement and landscape management works in an effort to improve biodiversity. For a list of all the projects supported through SEB grants, you can view the SEB Grant Summary.