The Queensland Government has called for more community-based environmental groups to apply for grants available to rehabilitate their local environment.

 

State Environment and Heritage Protection Minister, Andrew Powell, urged more groups that supply for the first round of the Everyone’s Environment grants.

 

The State Government will provide $12 million over the next three years for groups to tackle local conservation issues, with the second and third rounds of grants being made available in 2013 and 2014.

 

“Only weeks remain until applications close for the first round of these grants on 28 September.

 

“Individual grants between $2,000 and $100,000 are available for projects like tree-planting and restoring land, water quality improvement, land and waterway clean-ups, and monitoring pollutants in streams,” Mr Powell said.

 

Mr Powell said grants were open to community service organisations such as parents and citizens’ groups, Landcare, Coastcare, Bushcare, Rivercare and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups.