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Port Phillip and Western PortLandcare Report Card2011-12
A snapshot of Landcare in the Port Phillip and Western Port Region
from 1st July 2011 to 30th June 2012
Balcombe & Moorooduc
Devil Bend
Merriang Dist
Arthurs Creek Dist
Bacchus Marshand Coimadai
Steels Ck
St Andrews
Toolern Vale Dunmoochin
Smiths Gully
Rowsley
Macclesfield
Ripplebrook
Dunns Ck
Blackwood/Barrys Reef
Pentland Hills
Sunbury
Brisbane Ranges (PPW)
Avalon (PPW)
Cardinia Catchment
Deep Ck Back Ck
Bunyip
Cannibal Ck
Labertouche
French Island
Bullengarook
Newham & Dist (PPW)
TriholmMt Lyall
Poowong
Loch-Nyora
Bass Valley
Westernport Swamp
Pinkerton
Phillip Island
Toomuc Valley
Riddells Ck
Main Ck
Jindivick
Lardner & Dist
Christmas Hills
Jumping Ck Catchment
Bessie/Ararat Ck
Upper Maribyrnong
Truganina
Macedon & Mt Macedon
SW Peninsula
Mt Toolebewong
The Patch
Clarkefield & Dist
Johns Hill
WhittleseaAg. Society
ParwanWonga Park
Deep Ck
Pearcedale
Monbulk
Upper Yarra
Merricks Coolart
Kinglake (PPW)
Neerim (PPW)
Corio (PPW)
Moorabool Catchment (PPW)Dixons Creek
Red Hill South
Watsons Ck
Manton & Stoney Ck
Thompsons Rd Area
Strathewen
Sth Dandenong Ranges
Olinda Creek
Nth W'dyte Osbourne Pen.
Mt Pleasant - Research
CottlesBridge
Cardinia Hills
Bend of Islands
Andersons Ck
LegendLandcare groups not in a network
Bass Coast Landcare Network
Jacksons Creek EcoNetwork
Middle Yarra Landcare Network
Moorabool Landcare Network
Nillumbik Landcare Network
Northern Yarra Landcare Network
South Gippsland Landcare Network
Upper Deep Creek Landcare Network
Western Melbourne Catchments Network
Western Port Catchment Landcare Network
Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Landcare Network
Public Land
Urban area
Waterways
PPWCMA region boundary
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Kilometres
Landcare Groups of the Port Phillip and Western Port Region
This map depicts the location of Landcare groups operating in theregion as at January 2013, and uses boundary information as
supplied by the groups
www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au
Reported changes in capacity during 2011-12
• Increased capacity to secure funds: 34% ‘Somewhat’; 22% ‘Considerably’
• Increased exposure or profile: 53% ‘Somewhat’; 25% ‘Considerably’
• Increased capacity to engage and influence: 52% ‘Somewhat’; 3% ‘Considerably’
Over 2,250 members managing 1,500 properties208 new members recruited in 2011-12, managing 135 properties
Other funding in 2011-12Australian Government Community Action Grants:10 groups received $185,060 for 11 projects
DSE’s Communities for Nature Grants:19 groups received $821,592 for 5 projects
Australian Government Caring for Our Country program:1 group received $226,930 for 1 project
2011-12 Victorian Landcare Grants$380,000 went to 61 groups for 30 projects and 33 support grants
65.8% of private rural land covered
Snapshot of Landcare - Port Phillip and Western Port region 2011-12
54 of the groups have formed 10 Landcare Networks
75 Landcare Groups covering 673,370 hectares (52.6% of the region)
The 2011-12 Victorian Landcare Grants delivered:
• 151 events attracting 1945 people
• 18.5 Ha of revegetation
• 623.5 Ha of weed control
• 9 Ha of remnant vegetation fenced
Volunteers contributed an estimated value of $498,000 (time and resources)
During 2011-12, landcare was supported by:
• 1 Regional Landcare Coordinator funded through DSE’s Victorian Landcare Program
• 7 Community NRM Coordinators (5.4 FTE) funded through a combination of Melbourne Water, Australian Government’s Regional Landcare Facilitator Initiative, and DSE’s Vision for Werribee Plains Initiative
• 7 Local Landcare Facilitators (3.5 FTE) funded through DSE’s Local Landcare Facilitator Initiative
• 3 local Landcare Facilitators funded through other sources such as local government and bushfire recovery
During 2011-12, the PPWCMA delivered the following support activities:
Regional• 2 “Give me some credit” seminars to help local landholders adapt their land management practices to a changing
climate (100 people)
• 1 “revitalise your landcare Group” workshop to develop the capacity of groups to engage and influence landholders and to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Landcare (53 people)
Local • 5 Catchment Action Round Tables to improve coordination and collaboration for natural resource management (83
people)
• 26 local events addressing such topics as grant writing, property planning, plant identification, horse property management, land management, platypus, erosion, fire-affected waterways, care and management of natural resources, revegetation, grazing of native pastures, river health and land slips (800+ people)
This report reflects the activities undertaken by Landcare groups and networks only. Additional work undertaken by volunteers, individuals and other community groups is extensive and beyond the scope of this report. Data is based on surveys completed by 31 Landcare groups, and PPWCMA Community Grant Project final reports for 1 July 2011 – 30 June 2012.
The Port Phillip and Westernport CMA (PPWCMA) is one of ten regional Catchment Management Authorities in Victoria. The PPWCMA provides leadership to a range of stakeholder groups and works to deliver integrated catchment management and sustainability of the region’s catchment assets by building cooperation, coordination and partnerships amongst these groups.
Landcare support in the Port Phillip and Western Port region
www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au
Group health in 2011-12 averaged 3.7 out of 5
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