July 15, 2022
Applications for the latest round of the State Government’s “Looking After Country” funding program are now open.
Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations were invited to apply for grants for a variety of activities, including restoring country through revegetation or cultural burns and reconnecting with culture through on-country camps that provide knowledge transfer and site restoration.
“Projects funded by these grants also create jobs and provide another avenue for First Nations’ people to work on country,” she said.
“This is funding that will go directly to First Nations-led projects on country that look after the environment, create jobs and lay new pathways to gain meaningful skills and training.”
Minister Scanlon said previous funding had helping to create almost 80 jobs.
Further information is available by contacting the Grants Officer, Queensland Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers Program by email or by phoning (07) 3330-5553.
