Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

The preparation of a private land conservation incentives strategy should include a
review of these existing programs to establish:
• Awareness of the programs;
• Success of the programs;
• Barriers to the uptake of incentives; and
• Gaps in the incentives offered.
11.7.2 Conservation Grants Scheme
Access to State and Federal grants is currently facilitated by Shire Environmental
Officers and EHCMP. This service could be complimented by the development of a
Shire biodiversity conservation grants scheme to provide assistance to private
landholders ineligible for other grant funding.
This scheme would be best developed as part of an integrated private land
conservation strategy and fill clearly identified gaps as well as meeting an identified
need. It is particularly important to stress that such a scheme would need to be fully
scoped out and the need clearly identified to ensure that it was appropriate and
would be well used. Funds of at least $10,000 per annum would need to be made
available by Council for the individual grants. Consideration would need to be given
as to whether the administration costs for such a program could be absorbed within
the Shire’s existing environmental services or would require additional funding to
cover these costs.
Grant applications could be made to protect natural areas, such as waterways, on private property
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