Grow me the money

Local Land Services works with landholders to:

• develop a profile for their property
• assess, map and document the natural assets of their property.

Local Land Services supplied recommendations to help landholders improve their property’s assets and provide a pathway to potential financial gains.

Project objectives

This project will help landholders to:

• set sustainability goals for farm businesses
• prioritise actions to improve on ground management
• utilise baseline data as an evidence base for environmental reporting requirements such as ESG, supply chain accreditation and/or, industry reporting
• recognise the environmental services potentially being provided on-farm
• recognise opportunities to monetise these assets and environmental services
• identify where there may be environmental risks to businesses.

Project background

Natural assets include:

• farm waterways
• native vegetation
• rocky outcrops
• soils
• cultural heritage.

Project delivery

This project developed a profile and baseline condition of the natural capital assets and included:

• online learning
• desktop mapping  
• site visits.

Project outcomes

• Development of natural capital profiles for participating landholders.
• Support for landholders to commence benchmarking sustainability initiatives and measure carbon.
• Recommendations to landholders to encourage holistic management.

Funding and partnerships

This project is funded as a part of NSW Government’s Saving our Species project and the NSW Government’s National Landcare Program.