The funding will support the establishment of new long-rotation softwood and hardwood plantation forests and assist the sector to respond to the projected growth in demand for domestically sourced timber resources.

Through focusing on long-rotation plantation forests, the program’s key intended outcomes are to increase domestic timber supply, particularly construction and manufacturing timber resources, and to contribute to Australia’s carbon emissions reduction commitments.

The objectives of the program are to: 

• increase future plantation forest resources available for processing, as well as for plantation forest management, harvesting and haulage employment 
• support private industry, First Nations businesses, farm foresters and state and territory forestry bodies to expand the Australian plantation forest estate
• contribute to meeting Australia’s carbon emission reduction targets, including under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention.

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Partnership
• Sole Trader.

We can only accept applications from entities that:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
• are permanent residents or citizens of Australia
• have an account with an Australian financial institution.

• Phone: 1800 020 283 (option 1)
• Email: support@communitygrants.gov.au