Current Projects
Current Projects
Funding Body: Regional Development Australia Great Southern
Funds: $100,000
A legacy generously left by Graeme Jones, greening the Great Southern region aiding much needed landscape restoration, beautification, and marginal land improvement. Gillamii will work with the local community and co-ordinate and collaborate with the catchment groups and local shires to establish seedlings and ensure positive outcomes for environmental and agricultural sustainability within the region. The funding enables a range of plantings to be undertaken by land managers including shelter belts, salt land mitigation and fodder systems, and native revegetation, while adequately supporting our regional NRM groups to execute these essential activities.
Funding Body: State NRM
Funds: $34,046
The Saltland Genie WebApp contains a set of interactive tools designed to assist land managers understand salinity and utilise plant-based systems to remediate salt affected land. One of the resources integrated into the Genie is the SALTdeck, containing information on salt-tolerant pasture species and their potential uses.
Funding Body: Grains Research and Development Corporation
Funds: $42,000
This project engages government, agribusiness, researchers and end-users to work collaboratively to address the poor rate of adoption of grain legumes in WA farming systems.
Funding Body: State NRM
Funds: $27,550
This project will develop a series of protocols enabling organisations to process and consolidate project data, digitisation of NRM in the Kent-Frankland region, and consulting our Menang community to acknowledge caring for country. Good data management allows organisations to establish baselines, benchmarks, and goals to keep moving forward.
Funding Body: Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)
Funds: $145,619.00
This PDS Project aims to improve members’ knowledge and skills in the establishment, management, and benefits (profitability, productivity, and sustainability) of salt-tolerant forage systems on moderately salt-affected land.
Funding Body: SoC
Funds: $210,000
The primary purpose of the project is to ensure that agricultural and environmental services are provided across the Shire of Cranbrook by making a financial contribution to the employment for
Funding Body: BB, MBCo, GC
Funds: $2,000
To nurture a lifelong interest in the Australian environment from the participants. On completion of the two day camp at one of three local wildlife sanctuaries (Barna Mia Narrogin, Perup Manjimup