Our vision

Well connected, resilient and thriving communities, landscapes and natural systems across 3,600km of eastern Australia.

Our work

Since 2007, the Great Eastern Ranges (GER) has been working with partners across eastern Australia to connect, protect and regenerate nature and provide dynamic solutions at the vast scale needed to meet our climate, biodiversity and wellbeing challenges.

GER provides the bold vision and coordination that brings people together in ways that contribute to conservation outcomes across public and private land to create impact at the whole-of-landscape, population and ecosystem level. By building long-term, inclusive partnerships with organisations and community groups, we provide a platform for driving greater regional coordination at the local level whilst creating corridors of effort across multiple landscapes.

Research has shown that the conventional approach of prioritising the conservation of isolated pockets of habitat while necessary is insufficient to ensure the long-term survival of species and the resilience of our ecosystems. By creating buffers, stepping stones and corridors of habitat to reconnect eastern Australia whilst managing key threats, we can stem the loss of native animals, aid the movement of wildlife, and maintain the health of the environmental services upon which we all rely.

In the future, these natural refuges will become even more critical for enabling species to move and adapt to a rapidly changing climate. Whilst protecting, expanding and restoring eastern Australia’s carbon-rich forests, woodlands and wetlands provide an integrated natural solution to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.

By coordinating and mobilising resources, research, capacity building and national leadership, GER helps to secure a healthier future for our communities, economies, landscapes and wildlife.