The Victorian Government is enhancing Victoria’s local waterways with projects that protect the environment and create more green open spaces for the community to get out and enjoy the great outdoors.
Minister for Water Harriet Shing today opened the second round of the Green Links Grant Program, with $2 million to be invested across projects that help to restore and improve local waterways all over Victoria.
“As our communities grow, it’s so important to respect and protect our precious waterways and the environments that we know and love – the Green Links Grants are helping more people to get involved, and to make a positive and lasting difference,” Ms Shing said.
Under round two, eligibility has been extended to also include projects delivered by schools – giving young people more opportunities to get involved in restoring and safeguarding the state’s precious rivers and creeks.
Community groups, water and land managers, Traditional Owners, local councils and now schools are encouraged to apply for project funding between $20,000 and $350,000.
Victoria’s waterways are home to more than 1,800 species of native plants and 600 species of native animals and revegetation projects are essential for the health of our waterways and their parkland corridors.
Projects funded through the Green Links Grants are creating more environmental corridors and helping native plants flourish. Funding will help target urban areas that have experienced a loss of green spaces.
