FNCV Environment Fund

The FNCV Environment Fund has been set up to support the objectives of the Club in relation to the environment.

The FNCV Environment Fund has the following purposes:

• to support and finance environmental research, in particular research into the biodiversity of Victoria.

• to support and finance dissemination of information on the natural environment by any legitimate means, including public lectures, seminars, field trips, courses and publications.

• to support and finance practical projects aimed at preserving and enhancing the biodiversity of Victoria.

Grants are awarded annually and applications are due by the 15 April each year. Details on grant applications can be downloaded here and are also available by request from the FNCV Office.

The amount of financial support we can give to reseach projects depends on the amount of donations received to the Fund. Donations of $2 and more to the FNCV Environment Fund are tax deductible, and a tax receipt will be issued. A donation form can be downloaded here and is also available on request from the FNCV Office.

In the past 2 years the FNCV Environment Fund supported the following projects:

2010

• FNCV Botany Group, First aid kit & Group library, $489
• FNCV Marine Research Group, Group library, $590.00
• FNCV Fauna Survey Group, Wildlife camera, $523
• Gary Presland Archivist FNCV, Compilation of FNCV oral histories, recording tapes  & batteries, travel costs, Honorarium   $1000
• Christmas Hills Rural Fire Brigade, Local indigenous plants for creation of fire-Smart  Landscaping around fire station  $280.00.

2011

• FNCV Fauna Survey Group, 2 sets of electronic scales, $160
• Wildlife Victoria, Grey-headed Flying-fox rescue kits, $522
• Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater, Garmin GPS62S unit, $465
• Patrick-Jean Guay, Victoria University, Two taxidermed ducks – One Black Duck and one Mallard -  to be used in talks discussing the hybridisation of these 2 species, $885.

We look forward to receiving many more interesting and exciting project proposals in 2012.