WCLN has a plan to deliver large-scale revegetation across our 5,600 square kilometre region, linking existing vegetation from east to west, and north towards the Grampians region. This would provide a range of benefits – such as increasing canopy cover and carbon sinks in urban areas, improving soil and animal health for farmers, improving run-off ...
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network
LandLife SouthWest
GOAL
$70,000
Australia > VIC > Regional
Field of Interest
- Community and economic development
- Environment conservation and climate change
Target Population
- General population
- Flora / fauna
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network Inc (WCLN) is part of a nationwide movement of community-based volunteer groups working to repair the natural environment. Our activities cover a region of over 5,600 km2 encompassed by the Warrnambool and Moyne local government areas in the heart of southwest Victoria. We attract volunteers both locally and from across Victoria to work on a diverse range of projects focused on protection of the natural environment, biodiversity and sustainability. We support farmers to implement regenerative agricultural practices and landholders establishing revegetation projects. We foster community participation and education in biodiversity and environmental restoration actions, and advocate for protection of our terrestrial and marine ecosystems. WCLN has a plan to deliver large-scale revegetation across the region, linking existing vegetation from east to west, and north towards the Grampians.
Our vision
People in Warrnambool and the wider region enjoy and support a sustainable and biodiverse natural environment
Our mission ……..is to
Improve biodiversity in Warrnambool and the wider region
Inform, advocate and act for the protection of our natural environment
Our goals …………are to
Foster connections between people and their local environment
Increase community awareness of key environmental issues
Provide opportunities for people to participate in and learn from community environment projects
Work with traditional owners, landholders, community groups, government and non-government agencies towards shared goals
Lead and participate in native revegetation and regenerative environmental work that improves biodiversity
Influence policy for positive impacts on our natural environment.
Project Summary
WCLN has a plan to deliver large-scale revegetation across our 5,600 square kilometre region, linking existing vegetation from east to west, and north towards the Grampians region. This would provide a range of benefits – such as increasing canopy cover and carbon sinks in urban areas, improving soil and animal health for farmers, improving run-off and water quality outcomes in local rivers, and providing wildlife corridors to connect isolated flora and fauna populations.
We have commenced an annual program of grants to landowners to achieve the above. Working with landholders, we design revegetation and other biodiversity improvement projects that the landowners then implement. Typical projects might attract an investment of $2,500 – $5,000 from us that leverages three or four times as much in cash and in-kind contributions from landowners. In 2025 we are funding 12 projects. We aim to increase this to at least 25 projects annually. Using nationally recognised biodiversity baseline data, we will demonstrate over time the positive impact of our projects over several years and ultimately over decades. To fund LandLife SouthWest we have an annual program seeking corporate and philanthropic donations.
Project Outcomes
Through demonstration sites, field days and direct project funding, we will support farmers and other landowners to: convert monocultural pastures to more resilient and productive multispecies pastures; increase the capacity of soils to store water and carbon and be more drought resistant; provide shade and shelter to stock and pastures by planting native shelterbelts; protect waterways, wetlands and springs through fencing and native plantings; support farmer wellbeing and resilience in partnership with regional agricultural sector and health organisations; through the above interventions and over time we will connect the fragmented natural landscape, providing biodiversity corridors that link the coast to Gariwerd/The Grampians and the Otway Ranges to Budj Bim.
Budget Breakdown
TOTAL BUDGET: $110,000
FUNDING
| Funding source | Amount |
|---|---|
| Fletcher Jones Families Foundations | $15,000 |
| Gwen & Edna Jones Foundation | $5,000 |
| William & Thomas Brodie Foundation | $10,000 |
| Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network | $10,000 |
| Funding gap | $70,000 |
EXPENSES
| Expense item | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026 Seedlings for 25 properties | $51,000 |
| 2026 Fencing part-rebates | $22,000 |
| 2026 LandLife SouthWest corporate prospectus development and marketing | $7,500 |
| 2026 LandLife SouthWest Corporate and Philanthropic launch event April 2026 | $2,500 |
| 2026 LandLife SouthWest Landowner Engagement | $27,000 |
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