Caring for our Country Open Grants funding will provide up to $25 million in 2008-2009. This funding is targeted to the following Caring for our Country priority areas:

* biodiversity and natural icons
* coastal environments and critical aquatic habitats
* sustainable farm practices

Projects that address environmental and sustainable land management outcomes in remote and northern Australia, improvements to the national reserve system or community skills, knowledge and engagement issues can also be addressed within these priority areas.

See:
http://www.nrm.gov.au/funding/open.html [1]