Nature Refuge Landholder Grants
Nature Refuge Landholder Grants (NRLG) provide financial assistance to nature refuge landholders through a grant application process. Funding requirements including eligibility criteria, available funding amounts, timeframes and assessment criteria are outlined in publicly-available guidelines released when a new NRLG round is announced. Participation is voluntary.
Find out what funding is available or what funding has been allocated for these programs.
Current rounds open for applications
Applications for the Environmental Recovery Package: Private Protected Area Landholder Support Grants are now open:
- Read the program guidelines for: Tropical Cyclone Jasper and associated rainfall and flooding for 13 to 28 December 2023 and South Queensland severe storms and rainfall 24 December 2023 to 3 January 2024
- Grant Rounds are available for application through SmartyGrants until 4pm on 13 March 2025.
The Private Protected Area Landholders Support Grant program is providing funding to support private protected areas, which includes nature refuges and special wildlife reserves, that were significantly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Jasper and associated rainfall and flooding, 13 to 28 December 2023 and South Queensland severe storms and rainfall, 24 December 2023 to 3 January 2024.
Applications will be assessed under a competitive process with grants up to $50,000 (excluding GST) available for eligible on-ground projects that rehabilitate and restore severe weather affected environments within the private protected area boundary to maintain healthy ecosystems and improve resilience for future disaster events.
In this grant recovery package up to $290,000 in funding is available for private protected areas affected by Tropical Cyclone Jasper, and up to $400,000 in funding is available for private protected areas affected by the South Queensland storms.
Closed programs
| Nature Refuge Landholder Grants Funding program | Status |
|---|---|
| Round 6: Nature Refuge Landholder Grants | Closed |
| Nature Refuge Landholder—Disaster Recovery Grants | Closed |
| Round 5: Nature Refuge Landholder Grants | Closed |
| Round 4: Nature Refuge Landholder Grants | Closed |
| Round 4: Nature Refuge Landholder—Fire Management Planning Grants | Closed |