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Significant Environment Benefits Grants Application Form
Applications must be forwarded to:
Mark Morris
Community Landcare Coordinator
Natural Resources Centre KI
PO Box39
KINGSCOTE SA 5223
Closing date for the Significant
Environmental Benefit Grants:
5:00pm 31 March 2014
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Project number (admin use only)
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Project title (in 8 words or
less)
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NRM Region/s the project will be delivered in (please mark ‘X’ in appropriate box)
Kangaroo Island
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Specific project location
Include X and Y coordinates
Area of project site:
District Council (if applicable)
Please provide a map of the project location (i.e. http://www.naturemaps.sa.gov.au provides maps which
are user friendly) showing the area of on-ground works. It is also desirable that Shapefile/s that can be
added as a graphics layer (shp, .shx and .dbf.) are attached. Additional information such as maps, photos,
etc are not required but can be included as attachments if required.
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Applicant details
Name
Contact
ABN
person
Address
Is your group incorporated?
Yes
No
Phone
If no, please attach a signed letter of
endorsement from an incorporated
sponsoring organisation
Date incorporated
Mobile
Incorporation number
Is your group GST registered?
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Fax
Yes
No
Email
Applicant experience
List the names, qualifications and experience of person/s undertaking the work. Include details of previously
completed research or biodiversity conservation projects should be included and status of previous grants
indicated (Duplicate table or use attachment if necessary).
Name
Qualifications
Experience
Details of prior projects
Status of any prior grants
Name and contact details for two referees
Referee one
Referee two
Name
Name
Address
Address
Postcode
Postcode
Phone
Phone
Mobile
Mobile
Fax
Fax
Email
Email
Note: Delete/add in table rows as required.
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Project description
Include a detailed description of the project (attach additional sheets if required). The following headings are
provided as a guide to the type of information required. Please ensure that any acronyms used (i.e. Significant
Environmental Benefit – SEB) are defined.
7.1 Project summary (150 to 250 words)
Note: this will form part of an assessment used by the NVC to review applications
7.2 SEB information
Please explain how this proposal will achieve a significant environmental benefit over a landscape scale
7.3 Background information(150 to 250 words)
Include literature reviews, what is already known about the subject and what can be known.
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7.3 Aims and Objectives
Well written aims and objectives will help to provide a sound basis for identifying the content of the project and will assist in assessing whether or not the project has been
successful.
The aims of a project are broad statements of its purpose or intent. They encompass the purpose and philosophy of the project, specifying its overall direction and content.
Well written objectives are much more specific and should clarify the aims in more detail. Objectives give the project a clearly defined target and enable the applicant/s to
measure the progress towards to its stated aims. The most effective objectives meet the following criteria:
S – Specific – objectives are aimed at what the project does
M - Measurable – the project can put a value to the objective
A – Agreed - by all those concerned in trying to achieve the objective.
R - Realistic – the objective should be challenging, but it should also be able to be achieved by the resources available.
T- Time specific – they have a time limit of when the objective should be achieved, e.g. by the end of the year.
Performance indicators are measurable indicators that demonstrate the achievement of an outcome. They enable decision-makers to assess progress towards the achievement
of intended outputs, outcomes, goals, and objectives, and are chosen to reflect the critical success factors of a project.
Note: Delete/add in table rows as required.
Aim/s
e.g.: 1. Rehabilitate degraded areas to support healthy ecosystems and improve biodiversity
Objective 1:
e.g.: Restore biodiversity of plant community within specified area
Targets
No.
Key Performance
Person Responsible
Indicator
e.g. Plant 100,000 trees
1.
Number of trees planted
Environmental contractors
No.
Key Performance
Person Responsible
between 2010 and 2011
Objective 2:
Targets
Indicator
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7.4 Methodology
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7.5 Expected Outcomes
a. NVC & SOL priority (s) addressed
List all relevant NVC & SOL priority(s) and discuss how the project will address these.
Note: Delete/add in table rows as required.
NVC priority(s)
Discussion
b. Benefits of the project to regional vegetation conservation and management in South Australia
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Please provide appropriate output codes for your project activities (see Attachment 1)
Please quantify anticipated outputs against your project activities using output measure 1 and output measure 2 where applicable (see orange and green columns in
Attachment 1)
Project activity
Output code
Output measure 1
Output measure 2
12ha
10km
(see Attachment
1)
e.g. Revegetation of
degraded land
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c. Relevance to Regional biodiversity priorities
List all relevant Regional biodiversity priority(s) ( Regional NRM plans, Interim NRM plans and Biodiversity Plans) and discuss how the project will address these.
Please provide hyperlinks where applicable of cited priorities.
Relevant regional
Description
Discussion
hyperlink
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species
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biodiversity priority
e.g. State Strategic Plan
d. Publication
Will the project’s results be published, and if so, where?
Publication type
Name of publication
Estimated date of publication
(where relevant)
E.g. Scientific Journal, fact
sheet, website
e. Does this project fall within the National Reserve
Please specify…
system?
f.
Does this project form part of a regional project?
g. Community Engagement
Please provide any documentation or description of
community engagement.
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Please specify…
Please specify…
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Work schedule
Project activity
Person
Year
responsible
Jan
a.
b.
c.
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring project performance and environmental change - describe how you will measure and evaluate the success of your projects.
On ground monitoring programs should be discussed with Regional NRM Boards to minimise the potential duplication for resources and maximise
the potential for information to support other projects across a region.
General monitoring datasheets are available from the Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Management Unit if required
Monitoring activity
Method used
1. e.g. Native Vegetation cover
1. Photopoints
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Person responsible
Frequency
1. Annually
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Risk Management
Risk management involves identifying, assessing and responding to project risks in order to minimise the likelihood and impact of the
consequences of adverse events in the achievement of the projects’ objectives.
Risk
Consequence
e.g. Rain on day of
volunteer event
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Incur
financial loss
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Chance of
Occurrence
(L,M,H)
M
application
Impact
(L,M,H)
H
Action
Trigger
Weather
forecast
two days
before
event
Responsibility
Response plan
Revegetation
Consultant
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Reserve indoor
space
Recruit
extra volunteers
Develop
detailed plan
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Detailed budget summary and work plan timetable
Refer to attachment 2. for list of activities.
Project costs (for each activity to be undertaken, please itemise the costs involved) for salaries, materials, travel, accommodation etc. Include also the
value of donated resources. When filling out this table please separate different types of expenditure. e.g. equipment and consumables, travel and
accommodation, salaries etc. The aim of the table is to separate out those items where GST is payable and those where there is not a GST component.
Vehicle costs to be computed for: motor car, station wagons and utilities (petrol, diesel or LPG) at 83 cents/km and motorcycles at 33 cents/km
(adapted from the Commissioners Determination 3.2). Accommodation outside metropolitan Adelaide to be calculated at $117.00/night and
camping at $24.80/day (adapted from the Commissioners Determination 3.2).
Please note: Salary costs must be justified. Funding will not be provided to support the establishment of new positions. Funding that will contribute to
support portions of existing positions that assist in achieving the agreed outcomes may be considered. The hourly rates must be itemised and justified
using up to $27.50/hour as a guide. Academic supervision will be considered an ‘in kind’ contribution of the applying body.
Administrative costs and in-house expenditures will be seen by the NVC as an ‘in kind’ contribution of the applying body and should not form part of
the funding sought in the grant application. Please refer to the ‘Guidelines’ for further information in relation to budgetary requirements.
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Describe what will be done, how, the estimated cost and the timing of each
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activity (refer to table 8)
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Clearly identify the intended use of the funding sought from the SEB
grants. See the guidelines for items that cannot be funded through
Itemise contributions from all sources, including all cash and ‘in kind’
this grants program.
contributions. Volunteer time to be costed at $20 per hour.
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Provide totals for each activity.
All costing is to be GST exclusive.
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Provide totals for each column.
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Milestone period – initial payment, 6 months, 12 months, beyond 12
months.
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Project activity (refer to Table
8)
Start
Mth/Yr
Timing
Finish
Mth/Yr
a.
Volunteer
hours
Your group
contribution
inc. ‘in-kind’
($)
Other
contributions
inc.
‘in-kind’
($)
SEB grant
funding
sought ($)
Total
activity
costs
($)
Mile
Stone
period
Initial
payment
Column totals
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Project status
Is this work part of a larger project?
Yes
No
Has the project commenced? (If yes when?)
Yes
No
Proposed commencement date:
Proposed completion date:
If Yes, please provide further details, including project partners and any links to other current or planned future projects. Please attach
any letters of support.
Other contributing organisations
Please provide details of all other contributors to this project, including the applicant
Name of contributing organisation
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Name of representative
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Position in
organisation
Phone number
PROJECT SITE APPROVALS
If the project involves works on properties other than those owned by the applicant all landowners and land managers
must agree to the proposed activities occurring on their property. Please provide details of each property and a
contact and signature for each landowner or manager. For example, if the project works will be undertaken on
roadsides, which is managed by the local government and on adjoining privately owned land or land under the control
of the state government in another section, you must provide contact details and a signature from an authorised
representative from both the local and state governments and any private landowners involved.
Name of property
Area of property (ha)
Name of project site
Landowner or manager
Name of contact
Signature certifying
agreement for proposed
activities
Area of project site
(ha) number
Phone
Name of property
Area of property (ha)
Name of project site
Landowner or manager
Name of contact
Area of project site
(ha) number
Phone
Signature certifying
agreement for proposed
activities
Date
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FOR ALL APPLICANTS, INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND SPONSORS
by signing below you certify your agreement to the following:
I certify that -·to the best of my knowledge, the information provided in this application is complete and correct and no
information is false or misleading.
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I have the agreement of all parties identified in the application to include their details within this application;
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I/the organisation I represent supports this application and if successful agree to enter into a contract with
the South Australian Government to manage the project and administer the project funding;
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I have obtained the agreement from other organisation(s), if any, to contribute the resources outlined in the
project budget.
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I will spend the funding and implement the project in the ways described in the application, unless otherwise
agreed by all parties; the project has not already received funding in part or in full by any other funding
source, unless identified within the application; the project will not commence until all relevant conditions
have been met and permits or approvals obtained.
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I consent, on behalf of all parties, to this application being referred to third parties for assessment purposes.
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I understand that the information provided in this application may be disclosed to various parties as deemed
necessary by the Native Vegetation Council, and
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I understand it is an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995 to provide false or misleading information.
APPLICANT GROUP/INDIVIDUAL
Name of representative
Position
Signature
Phone number
Date
NRM BOARD POLICIES AND REGIONAL PLANS
The Regional Manager of the NRM Board supports/does not support the alignment of this application with
the priorities and the regional plans of the NRM Board.
Endorsed
Not endorsed
Name
Position/NRM Board
Signed
Dated
AUTHORISATION
To be completed by the Department Head or Chief Executive Officer or delegate or by the applicant if
the application is a private project.
If the Native Vegetation Council awards the SEB grant, work will be undertaken pursuant to grant
conditions.
The Native Vegetation Council’s SEB Grant Conditions have been read and accepted by the
organisation requesting SEB funds.
Total amount sought from Native Vegetation
Fund (GST Exclusive)
Total value of contributions from other
sources, including ‘in-kind’ (GST Exclusive)
Name:
Position/Organisation:
Signed:
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Attachment 1
Outputs for SEB Grant Applications
Please note: some activities will not fit into the outputs below. This list is not designed to report on every activity, but to capture the most
common outputs.
Codes
Output
Output description/ examples Output measure 1
(if applicable)
A
Resource Assessment
A1
Decision support tool/information
management systems/models
Number of systems/tools/models
completed
A2
Studies/reports/research
Number of studies/reports completed
A3
Monitoring programs
A4
Mapping
Number of new monitoring programs
established
Area (ha)
B
Planning
B1
resource management
plans/strategies/best practice
guidelines
C
Capacity Building
C1
Training/awareness raising events
C2
Awareness raising materials e.g.
factsheet, new websites
D
On-ground works
D1
Conservation agreements
Includes biophysical,
economic, social, specie
recovery, property,
catchment etc plans and
strategies
Output measure 2
(if applicable)
Number of plans/strategies/guidelines
completed
Includes field days, study tours, Number of events
workshops
No of participants
Number of Awareness raising materials
developed
Includes voluntary
agreements
Native vegetation
Includes fire management
protected/enhanced/rehabilitate practice, exclusion fencing
d/managed
etc.
Number of agreements
Area protected
Area (ha) protected
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
D3
Cultural Heritage Site protection
and maintenance
e.g rock holes
No. of sites
Area (ha) (if applicable)
D4
Revegetation
Includes native pastures
Area (ha) revegetated
D5
e.g fencing, translocation
programs,
Area (ha) managed
D6
Management of native animal
species
Pest plant control
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
Km of fencing (if
applicable)
Species
D7
Pest animal control
D8
Sustainable land management
D9
Improving water quality
D10
Improved water use efficiency
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Area (ha) where pest plant control
measures implemented
Area (ha) where pest animal control
measures implemented
species
Includes public and private
Area (ha) treated
land, soil and wind erosion
management
Includes sewage plants,
Number of construction works
stormwater quality control
devises, constructed wetlands
No. of landholders
involved (if applicable)
Includes improved irrigation
practices, capping
groundwater bores, new
stormwater reuse systems.
No of landholders
involved (if applicable)
application
Volume (ML) of water saved per year
Volume (ML) of water
that is improved in
quality per year