The ACT Land Keepers project is a recent winner of the Banksia Awards.

ACT Land Keepers is funded by the ACT and Australian Governments and delivered by Greening Australian Capital Region.

The Project is delivered through 6 sub-projects:

• Biodiversity Incentives - working with landholders to achieve on-ground conservation work on rural and non-urban land;
• Greening Industry - working with agricultural and horticultural enterprises to improve environmental outcomes on local grape, olive, lavender and other horticultural farms;
• Seeds for Survival - developing a community seedbank to help address the native seed supply needs of the ACT and region through coordination, education and training in seed collection;
• VegLink - involves community volunteers in on-ground native vegetation management including seed collection, seedling propagation and establishment;
• Indigenous Community Nursery Network (ICNN) - responds to the demand for provenance plants from NRM land managers and to adheres to the revegetation guidelines by propagation, growing and distributing plants with known provenance;
• ACT River Rescue - implements riparian habitat recovery along priority streams in the ACT to address biodiversity and water quality issues. Works include fencing, erosion control, weed management and revegetation.

The ACT Land Keepers report for 2005-2008 is attached below. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read this file.