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Glenelg Hopkins Landcare Program Glenelg Hopkins Landcare Program 2012 – 2013 The Project The Glenelg Hopkins CMA Landcare Program Administration grants of $17,400 were The Victorian Government’s 25th Anniversary of received $270,000 through the Victorian allocated to 45 Landcare and NRM groups and Landcare provided an opportunity for Landcarers Landcare Grants program in 2012 - 2013. three networks to assist with insurance and in the Glenelg Hopkins region to reflect on their Additionally the Victorian Government provided administration costs to help groups achievements across two decades. Many of $100,000 to deliver the Victorian Landcare to continue operating. these memories have been captured in a book – Strategic Plan and a further $15,000 to focus on “Landcare Snapshots – Celebrating 25 years of In 2012 the Glenelg Hopkins Landcare Support group recruitment activities. Landcare in the Glenelg Hopkins region”. Strategy 2012 - 2018 was developed with A devolved grants program provides funds for information derived from community, Landcare The three year Regional Landcare Facilitator (RLF) landholders to protect priority wetlands, riparian group meetings and public feedback. position, now in its final year, was initiated by the areas and terrestrial vegetation, as identified It was adopted by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA Australian Government to improve the uptake of through state and regional priorities. The grants Board, and will assist the CMA to support sustainable land management practices. also provide groups with the opportunity to volunteers and landholders. conduct awareness raising activities such as field days, information sessions and publications. The Landcare community contributed an additional $327,500 to complete projects. Talking Points GLENELG HOPKINS CMAWhat’s Next? • 50 Landcare representatives from across the • The region received funding for eight facilitators • The Regional Landcare Gathering proved region attended the inaugural Glenelg Hopkins through the Victorian Government Local to be a popular event and is planned to be Landcare Gathering in October. Landcare Facilitator Initiative 2012. conducted annually. • 380 people attended 17 Carbon Farming • Representatives from three groups • The Victorian Landcare Grants will be reviewed Initiative information sessions. from Glenelg Hopkins attended the National with an emphasis on mapping Landcare Awards as winners in group applications. • Ararat landholders Peter and Christine Forster of their categories in the Victorian are the first farm partnership Landcare Awards. in Victoria to register a revegetation2015-18 project for carbon credits under the Australian Government’s Carbon PROJECTS Farming Initiative (CFI). PROJECT PARTNERS FUNDING & INVESTORS Landcare groups, networks, natural resource management groups, Victorian Government Landcare Program - $270,000 community members and landholders. Victorian Government Strategic Plan Grants - $100,000 Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Primary Victorian Government Volunteer Recruitment Grant - $15,000 Industries, South West Dairy reference group, Green Triangle Forest products NRM group, Heytesbury Landcare Network, Nature Glenelg Victorian Government Regional Landcare Trust, Murray Goulburn, Bega, Fonterra, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, Coordinator Program - $137,000 AGL and Hassad Australia. Australian Government, DAFF - Regional Landcare Coordinator - $150,000 1 Glenelg Hopkins CMA 1 Management Project 2013 - 2012 1 The Glenelg Hopkins CMA region 173 94 Population of approx 5,400 of Victoria’s federally-listed wetlands threatened species 44 per cent of species 130,000 Victoria’s wetlands 220 kilometres of coastline 480,917 ha of Crown Land The region is 13 endangered 26,910 Ecological Vegetation square kilometres Communities Glenelg Hopkins CMA has Project Partnerships with community, landholders, Indigenous groups, Victorian and Australian governments, 11 municipalities, water authorities Landcare and NRM groups and industry. 2 Glenelg Hopkins CMA CEO’s update 2015 Welcome Glenelg Hopkins CMA’s vision of achieving a healthy, natural environment and sustainable community use of natural resources relies on strong partnerships at the regional, state and national level. These partnerships allow us to successfully undertake a wide range of projects funded by both the Victorian and Australian Governments. In alignment with our Regional Catchment Strategy, this provides a coordinated approach to protecting and improving the condition of our land, water and biodiversity resources in the Glenelg Hopkins region. This brochure describes some of the CMA’s key environmental projects, as a snapshot of activities that we will be undertaking over the next few years. For further information contact Glenelg Hopkins CMA on (03) 5571 2526 or visit our website www.ghcma.vic.gov.au Kevin Wood Chief Executive Officer GHCMA Landcare Awards “The CMA and its partners manage a number of landscape-scale projects that together contribute to making a tangible difference to the health of our catchment.” 2015 - 2018 Glenelg Hopkins CMA Projects 3 Sustainable Agriculture 2015 – 2018 The Project Talking Points The Sustainable Agriculture project is funded under The project is delivered as four sub-projects. Three By 30 June 2018: the National Landcare Program. It will build the align with key agricultural enterprises - broadacre • 90 farming entities will have adopted more skills, knowledge and capacity of farmers to make grazing, cropping and dairy - to be delivered in sustainable land management practices and implement land management decisions that partnership with leading industry organisations will improve soil condition, increase or maintain and government agencies. • Over 22,250 hectares will be under more production and protect the natural resource base. sustainable land management practices The fourth sub-project supports community- The project will be delivered through established based initiatives to investigate innovative farming • 16 farming entities will have trialled innovative or new partnerships with industry, government practices, with a focus on farmer-led action and land management practices agencies and community-based organisations. facilitating networks. • 570 land managers will have improved their Delivery programs will be designed to meet the Opportunities are provided for farmers knowledge, skills and awareness of sustainable specific needs of key agricultural enterprises: undertaking change to gain and provide land management practices meat, wool, cropping and dairy. peer support, build confidence and increase • 380 farming entities will have improved their Community groups, Landcare, production and capacity as regional leaders. knowledge, skills and awareness of sustainable industry will be supported to investigate innovative land management practices farming practices through dependable information sources, on-farm trials and demonstrations. • 47 regional community groups will have increased engagement and participation Building on the 2009-13 Australian Government in sustainable NRM. - ‘Reducing the risk of Soil Acidification’, this project provides activities that support adoption of sustainable land management practices and innovation across a range of agricultural enterprises. PROJECT PARTNERS Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Research, WestVic Dairy, Victorian No-Till Farmers Association, Australian Controlled Traffic Farmers Association, Southern Farming Systems, Demo Dairy, Soil Health Group, Landcare Groups, South West Holistic Farmers, Cultivate Agribusiness Central Highlands, Sustainable Agriculture and Community Alliance, Grasslands Society of Southern Australia, Deakin University FUNDING & INVESTORS Australian Government - $1,314,041 Sheep Farming - Grangeburn Bocharra 4 Glenelg Hopkins CMA Threatened species and communities 2015 – 2018 The Project Threatened species programs remain a high Target threatened species include Striped Legless A range of targeted extension and monitoring priority throughout the Glenelg Hopkins region. Lizard, Eastern Barred Bandicoot, Golden Sun activities across the project area will be delivered Moth, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Swift Parrot, to reduce critical threats to, and enhance the The project area is primarily focused on the Brolga and ten threatened flora species. condition, connectivity, resilience and knowledge Victorian Volcanic Plains (VVP) and Goldfields of, threatened species and communities. Bioregions, both of which are regional, state Four nationally threatened Ecological Communities and national priorities. will be targeted through this project: Natural Temperate Grasslands, Grassy Eucalypt Woodlands, Grey Box Grassy Woodlands and Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands. Talking Points • The Threatened Species sub-project will • The Engagement sub-project will work with • The Grassland Monitoring sub-project will be delivered by DELWP and Birdlife Australia, a range of partners and community groups to work with two delivery partners and numerous and will work with a range of partners and deliver two key five-year outcomes: landholders to better protect and conserve community groups to protect and enhance nationally and internationally significant 1) promote the continued use, support 2,200 ha of existing nationally-listed ecosystems, species, ecological communities and reinvigoration of Indigenous ecological communities and manage and landscapes. ecological knowledge to underpin 85,330 ha for threatened species. biodiversity conservation. •
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