A project built on partnerships

The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative is a concept bringing people and organisations together to focus efforts on establishing a conservation corridor along the 1,200 km New South Wales section of the Great Eastern Ranges. It is a project that will be built and improved on over many generations.

The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative is built on a foundation of community partnerships. It aims to raise community awareness and support, and connect land owners with on-ground delivery programs using a variety of mechanisms for conservation on private land.

In 2008 the NSW Government, through the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and the NSW Environmental Trust provided more than $7 million, over 3 years, to establish the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative.

Leadership

Leading the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative is a collaboration between a range of established, well-respected conservation organisations who will work together to make the Great Eastern Ranges vision a reality. They are:

• Bush Heritage Australia
• Greening Australia
• National Parks Association of NSW
• Nature Conservation Trust of NSW
• NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

• OzGREEN.

Regional Partnerships

In each of the 5 Regional Partnerships a Facilitator brings together a range of local stakeholders, many of whom are already working together, to focus conservation efforts in the region.