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An opportunity for landholders in Victoria's Goulburn Broken Catchment area to generate an alternative income through improved native vegetation management and benefit the environment at the same time. Expressions of Interest closed on the 19th of March 2010. Results of the project will be announced later in the year.
Approximately $1 million was available for landholders in this current bidding round.
BushTender - Goulburn Broken Victoria location map (PDF - 178 KB) For a more detail map please use this map.
BushTender - Goulburn Broken area location map (PDF - 277 KB) Further Information
BushTender allows landholders to nominate their own price in a competitive tender in return for providing services to better protect and improve their native vegetation.
The approach provides landholders with the freedom to choose management commitments that suit their individual circumstances. Participants may agree to a range of actions including fencing of native vegetation to exclude stock, weed and pest animal control and supplementary planting of native understorey.
The price is submitted as a bid. Successful bids are not necessarily the cheapest bids but those that offer the 'best value for money' in terms of native vegetation outcomes. Successful landholders receive periodic payments under management agreements for the five year period.
All landholders who register an Expression of Interest will be contacted by the BushTender Regional Implementation Manager to arrange an obligation-free site visit. The purpose of the site visit is to assess the significance and quality of the native vegetation on the property and discuss potential management commitments with the landholder. The field officer will help the landholder prepare an agreed management plan as the basis of the landholder’s bid.
Landholders have the option of a five-year fixed term management agreement or a five-year fixed term management agreement with an on title permanent agreement.
All bids are assessed on the basis of the current conservation significance of the site, the estimated improvement in vegetation condition and security resulting from the agreed landholder actions and the cost.
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BushTender benefits the landholder, the environment and the Victorian public
For the landholder:
- Freedom to tailor a bid to suit their individual circumstances
- Opportunity to generate a regular and reliable income stream from their native vegetation
- Flexibility to choose the management commitments that best suit their needs
- Longer-term benefits in land health from improved native vegetation.
- Improving the amount and quality of native vegetation leading to improved catchment health
- Native vegetation outcomes are targeted and secured in a cost-effective manner
- Increased level of landholder participation in active native vegetation management.
Information sheets:
BushTender Information sheet 1 - General informtaion (PDF - 330 KB) BushTender Information sheet 2 - Frequently asked questions (PDF - 134 KB) BushTender Information sheet 3 - The site visit (PDF - 112 KB) BushTender Information sheet 4 - Specifications for management (PDF - 78 KB) BushTender Information sheet 5 - Bidding process and assessment (PDF - 137 KB) BushTender Information sheet 6 - Permanent protection (PDF - 108 KB) BushTender Information sheet 7 - Standards for managment - Rabbits (PDF - 105 KB) BushTender Information sheet 8 - Standards for Management - Weeds (PDF - 110 KB) BushTender Information sheet 9 - Standards for Management - Fencing (PDF - 113 KB) BushTender Information sheet 10 - Standards for Management - Supplementary planting (PDF - 118 KB) BushTender Information sheet 11 - Standards for Management - Ecological burning (PDF - 100 KB) BushTender Information sheet 12 - Standards for Management - Ecological thinning of eucalypts (PDF - 111 KB) BushTender Information sheet 13 - Ecological grazing (PDF - 108 KB) BushTender Information sheet 14 - Grazing for biodiversity outcomes (PDF - 136 KB) BushTender Information sheet 15 - Submitting a bid (PDF - 152 KB) BushTender Information sheet 16 - Annual reporting (PDF - 127 KB) BushTender Information sheet 17 - Photopoint monitoring (PDF - 110 KB) This round of BushTender, funding has been provided by the Victorian Government's Natural Resource Investment Program (NRIP).
The word BushTender is a registered trademark of the State of Victoria (Department of Sustainability and Environment).
This Round of BushTender is supported by:
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