Bush Returns
Bush Returns is an incentive program aimed at encouraging large-scale natural regeneration of native vegetation on private land.
Annual stewardship payments are provided to successful landholders to undertake actions (typically grazing exclusion and pest plant & animal control) to improve the extent and condition of native vegetation. The program was trialled by the GBCMA in 2004 / 2005 and is now being delivered by the Department of Primary Industries in the dryland region of the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
A paper on Bush Returns was presented at a national biodiversity conference in Launceston in June 2007. The paper "Testing market-based instruments for conservation in northern Victoria" authored by Carla Miles, can be found as a chapter in the CSIRO publication, "Biodiversity: integrating conservation and production, case studies from Australian Farms, Forests and Fisheries" or request a copy from Carla Miles at carlam@gbcma.vic.gov.au.
The 2008/09 expression of interest period has closed. Future rounds of Bush Returns are expected pending funding.
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Additional Information
- View the Department of Primary Industries' natural regeneration information notes
- For further information email bushreturns@dpi.vic.gov.au or telephone Brad Costin at DPI on (03) 57840609.
