Grow Towards Zero – Cultivating community Carbon in Central Victoria

Posted on 3 December, 2024 by Lori

Grow Towards Zero supports habitat restoration in Central Victoria, enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem resilience while meeting partners’ carbon offset needs.

The North Central Catchment Management Authority, together with the City of Greater Bendigo and the shire councils of Macedon Ranges, Hepburn, and Mount Alexander, are seeking local landholders looking to enjoy the benefits of large-scale revegetation works on their properties.

Undertaking large-scale revegetation on private property can be costly. This program helps address this. It uses councils’ carbon offset needs to cover costs for tubestock, seeds, and planting, including maintenance for two years.

Landholders will then be able to enjoy a multitude of benefits, including:

Attracting diverse wildlife
Improving the appearance of their property
Reducing soil erosion
Improving soil health
Enhancing water quality.

Expressions of interest for this exciting program are now open!

They are looking for:

Individual sites where the combined planting area is five hectares or more, or
Neighbours looking to work together to create corridors of native vegetation across adjoining properties, provided the total area covers five hectares or more.

Round One is open until 31 March 2025.

Find out more!

For more information, including eligibility criteria:

Visit: www.nccma.vic.gov.au/grow-towards-zero

Email – GrowTowardsZero@nccma.vic.gov.au

Phone – (03) 5448 7124