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Great Eastern Ranges Initiative

'A continental-scale lifeline to engage people with nature'

Photo: B. Webster, DECC

 

The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative is a globally significant and internationally recognised program that will help people, plants and animals adapt to future environmental threats by maintaining, improving and reconnecting 'islands' of natural vegetation along the great eastern ranges. These ranges are 2800 km long and extend from the Australian Alps north of Melbourne, Victoria to the Atherton Tablelands to the west and north of Cairns in far north Queensland.

DECCW will work with a wide range of voluntary partners to improve the conservation management and connectivity of these natural areas.

Get involved in the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative

• Become a partner
• Get involved in a conservation program

Want to know more?

• Visit the Great Eastern Ranges website.
• Find out how and why the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative was set up.
• Learn about conservation science.
• Contact us for more information.
• Read our business plan for 2007-2010 (alpstoathbuspl07408.pdf, 636KB). Please note that this plan was published under the previous name of the program.
• Read the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative annual progress report for 2008-09 (201074gerprogrep0809.pdf, 701KB).
• Read the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative annual progress report for 2007-08 (0941gerannrep0708.pdf, 1.1MB).