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Conservation programs

Photo: S. Cohen, DECC

Many organisations and individuals are already involved in programs to restore environmental health. The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative is working to integrate these local and regional achievements into the larger vision for reconnecting the ecosystems and habitats of the great eastern ranges.

• Kosciuszko to Coast (K2C)
• Slopes to Summit (S2S)

Kosciuszko to Coast section

Kosciuszko to Coast involves ten partner organisations working together to link natural areas of the Great Dividing Range in Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks with the forests and woodlands of the tablelands and Great Escarpment on the south coast of NSW.

Slopes to Summit section

The Slopes to Summit Initiative involves several partners working together to link natural areas between the western slopes near Albury and Kosciuszko National Park.

Other regional partnerships

Three other regional partnerships are in the process of formation in the Border Ranges, Hunter Valley and the Southern Highlands.

Getting results

Through connectivity conservation programs along the great eastern ranges, partners will be able to work together on land management activities which:

• aim to improve the resilience of ecosystems and the habitats of plants and animals
• enable plants and animals to adapt, migrate, spread or move to alternative locations as conditions change
• maintain headwaters that are the most important source of clean water for eastern Australia's growing population
• conserve and interconnect unique natural landscapes and ecosystems, and help to ensure the wellbeing of the human communities that depend on them
• conserve the highest concentrations of Australia's tall eucalypt forests, rich rainforests, primitive flowering plants and natural ecosystems that provide refuge for many unique native plants and animals
• complement other private and government initiatives responding to droughts, soil loss, rising salt levels, water shortages, habitat degradation and loss, and declining agricultural productivity
• enable the intact natural habitats of the great eastern ranges to continue to provide for many human activities including sustainable agriculture, nature-based tourism and outdoor recreation.