CONSERVATION PROGRAM

Since 2002 our focus has shifted to conservation projects and programs.

Our conservation commitments have included:

• supporting large-scale land acquisition for biodiversity through Bush Heritage Australia, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Trust for Nature and Greening Australia : eg Wongalara near Kakadu; Gondwana link in WA; Bookmark Biodiversity Reserve in South Australia; Murray River field station for ecological and cultural research;
• raising a further $20 million for land acquisitions through the David Thomas Challenge;
• encouraging The Nature Conservancy to establish an Australian presence in order to promote big-picture thinking in partners and others for biodiversity;
• encouraging an exchange of conservation management, communications and funding personnel between Australia and the USA leading to skills development and transfer under the Barbara Thomas Fellowship scheme; and
  
• supporting young scientists through the Ecological Society of Australia.