The Earthwatch Institute, Victoria

$20,000 to the Student Challenge

Alice Molan, Partnerships Manager www.earthwatch.org.au

Challengers

Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales

$15,000 towards Engaging Private Enterprises in Recovering Threatened Species

Ms Cate Faehrmann, Director www.nccnsw.org.au

With assistance from The George Alexander Foundation, the Nature Conservation Council (NCC) of NSW is aiming to enlist a large and enthusiastic group of corporate workers who do not traditionally participate in environmental conservation activities. This project is about more than just planting trees, it is about education and increasing the number of volunteers assisting in on-ground threatened species recovery activities. With over 1,000 native plants, animals and ecological communities in New South Wales threatened or facing extinction, it is important that communities find different ways to work together to save them.

The NCC corporate programs include presentations from NCC staff, field days with experts and a follow-up program which includes updates, newsletters and photographs detailing the ongoing progress of programs of interest.