Environmental Restoration Fund should look to Tasmania, leading conservationist says

Wilderness Society acting campaign director Tom Allen welcomed one particular environmental initiative in the budget, which federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down on Tuesday night.

According to the Environment Department, the $100 million Environmental Restoration Fund will "mobilise" community groups, natural resource management organisations, councils and state governments to pursue projects with an eye to restoring the environment.

Despite embracing this part of the budget, Mr Allen wasn't entirely full of praise.

"A sustainable budget looks after vulnerable people in the same way it looks after the environment," he said. "I don't think this budget does either of these things well but there are bright spots in it."

Mr Allen said there were a number of areas in Tasmania that warranted special attention from those administering the fund, including in the Tarkine, on the East Coast and in the North-East.

"It'll be interesting to see what this money is for specifically and where it goes."

Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price said in a statement that the Environmental Restoration Fund would support "action on waste and recycling, the protection of rivers, waterways and coasts, and ... our threatened and migratory native species".

More will be known about the fund's guidelines come July.