Funding available for environmental projects
ASB: Rural Sustainability Loan
Wherever you are on your journey to sustainable farming, our Rural Sustainability Loan is here to help.
PROVIDER
ASB
Matariki Tu Rakau Funding
Your community can apply for funding to plant trees as living memorials to honour New Zealand’s heroes.
PROVIDER
Ministry for Primary Industries
Environmental Enhancement Fund
This funding assistance is now available for Southlanders working to protect and enhance the region’s native biodiversity. The fund has been boosted by Jobs for Nature, and now provides up to $300,000 per year for the next four years. The increase in funding is part of our Biodiversity Action on the Ground programme, which received $4.25m from the Ministry for the Environment through Jobs for Nature in 2020.
PROVIDER
Environment Southland
Funding options for plant conservation
There are many sources of funding available to people involved in plant conservation. This website identifies a number of funding sources available for plant conservation.
PROVIDER
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
Native trees for planting projects
Trees That Count is a movement helping Kiwis plant more native trees across Aotearoa New Zealand. Grow the count by planting native trees and apply for free native trees from our marketplace.
PROVIDER
Project Crimson
The Stephenson fund for covenant enhancement
The Stephenson Fund was established in 2017 with the overarching objective of providing support for enhanced stewardship of covenants and to enhance our partnerships with covenantors. The fund is named after Gordon and Celia Stephenson, key founders of QEII National Trust (QEII).
PROVIDER
QEII
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Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao – Open Waters Aotearoa | EPA
Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao is a community science programme run by the Environmental Protection Authority. We provide environmental DNA testing kits and resources to community groups, iwi, hapū, schools and kura. This year we received Unlocking Curious Minds funding which enables us to offer up to 1000 eDNA kits to participants to support them to restore, monitor, and explore their waterways.
PROVIDER
Environmental Protection Authority
Thriving Southland is a community-led group with a vision to create a prosperous Southland, healthy people, healthy environment from the mountains to the sea.
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