We have been overwhelmed by the support we have received over the last financial year from our members, donors, granting bodies, associates and volunteers.

Thanks to their generous contributions, we have been able to keep operating throughout the pandemic and deliver important research outcomes in the critical aftermath of the bushfires.

We’d like to take a moment to formally acknowledge all our supporters and express our sincere gratitude to our entire giving community.

OUR MEMBERS

The Institute was founded in 2004 by a consortium of agencies and universities, including two current members who have stayed with us over the last 17 years.

Thank you to the Blue Mountains City Council and the Blue Mountains National Parks and Wildlife Service who have provided us with ongoing financial support since 2004.

Thank you also for your ongoing involvement and contributions to our research, education and community engagement programs.

PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS

Over the past year we have received financial support from several philanthropic foundations helping to fund our fire recovery efforts and our three ecological monitoring programs.

Thank you to the Peter und Luise Hager Foundation, The Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, the Coca Cola Australia Foundation and to the Howarth Foundation for making significant contributions to the Institute in 20-21.

PROJECT SPONSORS

Thank you to the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources for funding both our Upland Swamps project and our Grose Valley Fire Recovery project.

Thank you to the Australia Council for the Arts for funding our Recovery Creative Arts project.

Thank you to the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment for helping to fund our ecological monitoring programs.

And thank you to Scenic World for continuing to fund our project exploring the mining heritage of Nellie’s Glen and the Ruined Castle sites in the Jamison Valley.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

We also received support from several generous individual donors, who gave selflessly to the Institute in 2020-2021. Thank you sincerely to Peter Cochrane, Josh Van Helsdingen, Jenny Quealy, John French, Chiquita King, Jeff Maranciak, Gwynedd Duncan-Jones, Benjamin Mulhall, Annette Blake, Thomas McCrary, Ying Swan Ong, Tony Mossfield, Arthur Saunders, Charlie Solomon, Lucas Dobrolot, Julian Crawford, Duncan Baigent and Megabell Djmegabell.

Thank you also to those who chose to donate anonymously or through the Paypal Giving Fund. We are unable to publish their names here but we hope they know we are enormously grateful.

VOLUNTEERS

Our ecological monitoring programs are powered by the dedication and enthusiasm of citizen scientists and academics who donate their time to us.

Thanks to everyone who has gifted us their time, energy and expertise over the years. Volunteers have enabled us to significantly expand our ecological monitoring program to 28 sites from Springwood to Blackheath, and include the monitoring of endangered upland swamps into our program.

Thank you to our citizen scientists Richard Lowson, Frank Furlong, Paul Vale, Jane Ulman, Chia Moan, Wyn Jones, Leona Keiran, Keith Brister, Lorraine Brister, Tamara Brooks-Venables, Emma Koch, Louise Macdonald, Chris Webber, Fiona Lumsden, John French, Peter Schefe, Melinda Kerr, Bill Dixon, Vic Giniunas, Margaret Sky, Clare Jay, Brooklyn Sulaeman, Fiona Vaughan and of course our volunteers coordinator, Monica Nugent.

SCIENTIFIC PARTNERS AND ASSOCIATES

Thank you to our research partners at BioCollect and the Atlas of Living Australia, UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University, University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, University of Technology Sydney, Local Land Services and Water NSW.

Thank you to our scientific associates Dr Aaron Greenville, Dr Ian Wright, Associate Professor Martin Andersen, Professor Grant Hose, Professor Kirstie Fryirs, Associate Professor Scott Mooney, Professor Will Glamore, Professor Glenda Wardle, Professor Chris Dickman, Dr Floris van Ogtrop, Dr Martin Krogh, Holly Nettle, Simona Ermilova and Peter Brenton for lending us their expertise and helping us deliver important research outcomes for the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Last but not least we must thank our Board of Directors who selflessly gift us their time, expertise, energy, encouragement, advice and advocacy.