2010 - 2011 Annual Report - Zoos South Australia

CONTENTSYear In ReviewWild TimesCommunications & PartnershipsCommunicationsPartnershipsCommunity PartnershipsFundraisingMarketingTourismMedia PartnershipsMembership And Animal AdoptionBequestsGrantsVisitor ExperiencesEvents ReportVolunteer ProgramsHuman ResourcesFinancial ReportAdmissionsFinalsGrantsMembers of Staff have pursued grants in many differentareas including revegetation, aboriginal employment,re-introduction/conservation and tourism development.With funding sources reduced in the community, manyNGOs are submitting highly competitive applications anddecision making by the grant providers subsequently adrawn out process. However Zoos SA has been successfulin most applications.The Conservation Programs have had a big year withgrant funded projects with more than $1 million comingin to support a range of projects across the country. Thisincluded funding for on-going projects and relationshipssuch as annual funding for yellow-footed rock wallabywork at Aroona from Alinta Energy, a second instalmentof support from Beach Energy, continued support from theIan Potter Foundation for brush-tailed rock wallaby workin the Grampians, along with payments for the FederalGovernment Jobs Fund Kimberley project.Wild Africa received funding from the Department ofEducation, Employment and Workplace Relations andthe South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NaturalResources Management Board to support the employmentof a supervisor and a further four aboriginal trainees.A further grant to support revegetation using native specieswas also received from the Eastern Hills & Murray PlainsCatchment Group.Zoos SA has continued their membership of the OurCommunity SA Easy Grants listing and this is used toresearch grants across a broad range of areas such asthose above and also the arts, festivals (for the SantosConservation Centre), equipment, tourism developmentand education.Several new projects and relationships were also fundedincluding; red-tailed black cockatoo conservation in the SEwith the local NRM Board, restoration work at Monartofunded by Murraylands NRM and Caring for our Country,wombat distribution and abundance work funded byDENR and Murraylands NRM, Tasmanian devil captivebreeding with University of Tasmania and continuing workon developing the Centre for Wildlife Health from the IanPotter Foundation.Grants – 1 of 1