Green Links is a $10 million investment to improve habitat, water quality, and provide cool green spaces for communities around our urban creeks, rivers and waterways.

The program aims to deliver up to 200 hectares of revegetation projects over three years. Green Links builds on work underway to protect our iconic urban waterways from inappropriate development and complements the aspirations of Traditional Owners and the community for our waterways.

In 2024, the program area has been expanded to encompass all urban waterways within the State of Victoria.

Projects can be located along or adjacent to any waterway (excluding marine areas) that passes through an urban area or receives stormwater run-off from an urbanised catchment. This includes waterways outside the Melbourne Growth Boundary which are impacted by urbanisation from regional cities/centres, such as for example Bendigo and Ballarat.

Green Links will be delivered in partnership with Traditional Owners and local communities and will strengthen communities’ connection with their local waterways.

The following organisations can apply for funding under Round 2:

• Community or environmental volunteer groups and networks that are not-for-profit and have a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work. This includes Landcare groups and networks, Friends of groups, Riverkeeper/ association groups, Conservation Management Networks and Coastcare groups.
• Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs)
• Schools
• Local government authorities
• Land and/or water management authorities.

• Email: urban.waterways@deeca.vic.gov.au