Looking after Country Grant program
About the program
The Looking after Country Grant Program provides funding of up to $75,000 to First Nations communities to conserve and manage environmental and cultural heritage on country.
The program supports projects that engage First Nations communities to prepare for and deliver on-ground conservation work on Country and to build organisational capacity to care for Country through strengthened skills, knowledge, and collaborative partnerships.
Project activities funded through the program include (but are not limited to):
- cultural site management
- protected species monitoring and conservation
- revegetation and habitat restoration
- fire management
- erosion control
- inter-generational knowledge exchange on country
- the development and implementation of country management plans.
Current round
The 2024 funding round is now closed.
The assessment of the 2024 applications submitted by the closing date is currently underway.
Further information about the assessment process is available in the Guidelines .
More information
If you have questions about the grant program, please contact the Grants Officer on (07) 3330 5553 or email landandsea@des.qld.gov.au.