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BushTender

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There is over a million hectares of native vegetation remaining on private land in Victoria. Much of it is of high conservation significance and is important for salinity control, water quality, land protection, greenhouse and landscape reasons. The management of native vegetation on private land is also important for the conservation of native flora and fauna as:

• 12% of Victoria’s remaining native vegetation is on private land but it supports 30% of Victoria’s threatened species “populations”
• 60% of the native vegetation remaining on private land is a threatened vegetation type (ie its conservation status is endangered, vulnerable or depleted).

The management of native vegetation depends on the already substantial efforts of private landholders who are supported by a range of incentive and extension schemes. However, additional tools are now available to support these current approaches in order to:

• increase the level of landholder participation in active native vegetation management
• target priority native vegetation in a cost-effective manner.

BushTender is an auction-based approach to improving the management of native vegetation on private land. Under this system, landholders competitively tender for contracts to better protect and improve their native vegetation. Successful bids are those that offer the best value for money, with successful landholders receiving periodic payments for their management actions under agreements signed with DSE. These actions are based on management commitments over and above those required by current obligations and legislation.

Other market based incentives include BushBroker, EcoTender (through the ecoMarkets program) and CarbonTender.

The BushTender approach is primarily about improving the management of existing patches of native vegetation on private land.
Read more about Native Vegetation Information for Victoria.

Assistance with BushTender projects

Organisations contemplating running an auction-based project for natural resource management outcomes can obtain advice from DSE - Ecosystem Services Branch on these matters.

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