Projects were sought that involved revegetation activities to establish native trees and associated native understorey species. Priority was given to projects that support nationally listed threatened species and threatened ecological communities. Applications were accepted from eligible individuals, landholders, community groups, Indigenous groups, non-government organisations and state, territory and local government agencies. The application period closed Wednesday 16 September 2015.

Projects may occur on public and private land; in urban, peri urban and regional areas across Australia.

Applicants had the option to apply for up to three Green Army Teams per 20 Million Trees application to assist with the delivery of their project.

Funding of over $4 million was approved for 62 projects across every state and territory around Australia to fund Landcare and community groups, individuals and organisations to plant native trees and shrubs.

Round Two projects will deliver up to 1.3 million native trees towards the 20 million trees target.

The successful projects from Round Two were announced in December 2015.

The Australian Government sought applications for 20 Million Trees projects in October 2014 through the 20 Million Trees Program Competitive Grants Round One 2014-2015 which closed on 30 October 2014.

Applications for grant funding between $20,000 and $100,000 were accepted from eligible groups, individuals and organisations to plant native trees and associated understorey in a range of urban, peri-urban and regional environments across Australia on public or private land.

Grant funding of over $4.4 million (GST exclusive) was approved for 55 projects to fund Landcare and community groups, individuals and organisations to plant native trees and associated understorey in a range of urban and regional projects across Australia.

20 Million Trees projects funded by the Australian Government in this round will deliver up to 1.11 million native trees towards the 20 million trees target. These trees will contribute to re-establishing native vegetation, providing habitat to support our threatened species, and creating greener spaces to improve the liveability of our cities and towns.

The successful projects from Round One were announced in December 2014.

Grant funding totaling up to $4,565,440.50 (GST exclusive) was approved for 13 projects to plant native trees and associated understorey in the Cumberland Conservation Corridor, NSW Australia.

These trees will contribute to re-establishing native vegetation, providing habitat to support our threatened species, and creating greener spaces to improve the liveability of the Cumberland Conservation Corridor.

The successful projects from the 20 Million Trees Cumberland Conservation Corridor Grant Round were announced in August 2015.

The Australian Government sought applications for projects in April 2015 through the 20 Million Trees Cumberland Conservation Corridor Grant Round which closed on 20 May 2015.

Priority was given to projects in the Penrith Local Government Area. Projects were considered eligible for funding if they are undertaken within the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Blacktown, Fairfield, and Liverpool Local Government Areas.

The Cumberland Conservation Corridor is an Australian Government Election Commitment to protect threatened ecosystems in Western Sydney. The Cumberland Plain Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia subregion is one of the most cleared and highly fragmented ecosystems in Australia with only 13 per cent of the region’s native vegetation remaining.

The Cumberland Conservation Corridor proposal was developed by key local stakeholders. The establishment of the Corridor contributes to the long-term sustainability of bushland in the Cumberland Plain under threat by urban expansion. The Corridor will protect patches of woodland to improve the resilience of this ecological community and support the movement of species through the Corridor.

The Australian Government has acquired two properties under the Cumberland Conservation Corridor Election Commitment which have made significant contributions to the protection of Cumberland Plain woodland values.

Londonderry

The Londonderry Woodland Reserve is a vital remnant of the critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland. The 5.5 ha property supports protection of the critically endangered ‘Cumberland Plain Woodland and Shale Gravel Transition Forest’ listed under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation ACT 1999 (EPBC Act). The property links Rickabys Creek and provides critical pathways and additional habitat for a suite of threatened species across the Cumberland Plain including the Barking Owl, Powerful Owl, Koala, Yellow-bellied Glider and Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat.

Londonderry is managed in perpetuity for conservation purposes under a Plan of Management implemented by Conservation Volunteers Australia. Management of the land includes activities such as the removal of identified weeds, replacement and new planting, protection of threatened species as well as community education events.

For more information on Conservation Volunteers please visit www.conservationvolunteers.com.au.

Mulgoa

Wallaroo is a 38 hectare property managed in perpetuity for the protection of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) listed critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland and endangered Cumberland River-flat Eucalypt Forest. The property has good connectivity with Mulgoa Creek and forms an important corridor from Mulgoa Nature Reserve and the Wearn Biobank to the north through to Cumberland Plain Woodland located on private property to the south.

Over 70 fauna species have been identified on the property including the vulnerable listed Chalinolobus dwyeri (Large-eared Pied Bat) and 66 native flora species.

Wallaroo is managed in perpetuity for conservation purposes under a Plan of Management implemented by the Cumberland Land Conservancy. Priority actions on the property include removal of debris, management of exotic species, access management and revegetation. Community events and educational activities are also held on the Mulgoa property.

For information regarding the Cumberland Conservation Corridor please visit www.cumberlandlc.org.au.

In 2015, the government announced that funding of up to $5 million was available to plant one million trees across the west of Melbourne. Leadwest is the organisation contracted to deliver the project and works with Melbourne’s six western municipalities, and around 30 local stakeholder groups, to contribute to sustainable, liveable, healthy communities through urban and peri-urban revegetation activities in west Melbourne. Projects need to occur within the Local Government Areas of Brimbank, Hobson’s Bay, Maribyrnong, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham, including Point Cook Coastal Park,

The project will run to October 2018.

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• $4.5 million for greening our cities and communities - Media release 17 December 2014

Projects under Tranche 2 of the Service Provider stream commenced mid 2016. Under this tranche ten projects will deliver 2.5 million trees with funding of $7.286 million (GST exclusive).

• South Australia secures $3.2 million in 20 Million Trees funding - media release 9 March 2016

• Restoring Habitat for the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater in Southern Queensland
• Swan Reach, SA - From Murray to Mallee, creating landscape vegetation linkages for preservation of threatened species and the habitat enhancement
• Increasing the Extent and Connectivity of Habitat for Mallee Fowl and other Nationally Threatened Species in the Yarra Yarra Catchment, WA
• Restoring Glossy Black-Cockatoo habitat on Kangaroo Island and the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
• Goolwa to Wellington, SA - Creating Critical Catchment to Coast Connectivity
• Restoring Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia in South-east Queensland
• Kanmantoo to Wattle Flat – Increasing connectivity of the endangered Peppermint Box Woodlands of South Australia
• Revegetation to buffer EPBC-listed Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh habitats and nationally threatened orchid populations on Narrung Peninsula indigenous lands, SA
• Increasing Critical Food Supply for the Endangered South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo (SE-RTBC)
• Habitat establishment to support threatened mammal reintroductions on Wardang Island (Indigenous Protected Area), SA

Projects under Tranche 1 of the Service Provider stream commenced mid 2015. Under this tranche 22 projects will deliver 6.755 million trees with funding of $16.321 million (GST exclusive).

• Gippsland's National Parks and Reserves (Parks Victoria) – Connecting and Expanding Habitat
• Banrock Station Ramsar Wetland native vegetation restoration
• Booroopki - bankmecu Conservation Landbank
• Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Dakalanta revegetation
• Strzelecki Ranges, the Land of the Lyrebird
• Marlak Niran (Nyungar language: Returning Country to bush)
• Strategic Revegetation in the Central Zone of Gondwana Link on the South Coast of WA
• Stirling Range NP to Fitzgerald River NP - Landscape-Scale Restoration in Gondwana Link
• North-western Victoria – Establishing endangered woodlands on conservation land
• Central NSW - Restoring endangered Grey Box woodlands
• Murrumbidgee Catchment NSW - Restoring endangered ecological communities
• Fitzgerald Biosphere WA – Reconnecting and protecting with targeted revegetation
• Northern Tablelands NSW - Priority revegetation within the conservation estate
• Coffin Bay National Park - Restoring Vegetation in a Wildlife Refuge
• Ridgefield, Uni of WA Future Farm: Demonstrating Ecosystem and Biodiversity Management
• Yellingbo and surrounding reserves habitat for endangered faunal species
• Southern Yorke Peninsula - Reinstating Critical Woodland Bird Habitat
• Western Victoria - Securing Habitat for Threatened Woodland Fauna
• Revegetation of strategic Travelling Stock Reserves across NSW to connect and Enhance Remnant Vegetation
• NSW National Parks and reserves - Connecting and Expanding Habitat
• Connecting and Expanding Habitat on Crown Lands in SE NSW
• South West Victoria Red-Tailed Black-Cockatoo habitat re-instatement