The Enhancing Remnant Vegetation Pilot had 5 core elements:

1. Participation - The Pilot provided incentives for farmers to manage remnant native vegetation on their properties and was run in the six Agriculture Stewardship Pilot Natural Resource Management regions (which includes the NRM North region).
2. Active management- Participating farmers are required to actively manage the vegetation over and above existing legal requirements, including through activities such as installing fencing, managing weeds and pest animals, and a degree of replanting. They may have also undertaken a degree of revegetation in adjoining or nearby areas where it supported improved biodiversity outcomes.
3. Long term biodiversity outcomes - Farmers involved in the program entered into contractual agreements with the Australian Government to protect and manage specific areas of remnant native vegetation.
4. Monitoring and reporting - In addition to the management activities, farmers are required to assist in monitoring and reporting on the condition of the vegetation for biodiversity in the protected area.
5. Upfront plus ongoing payments - Farmers will receive regular payments to account for project costs, based on a pricing model developed by ANU. Details of this model were detailed in the pilot guidelines.