ARU research partners

The ARU gratefully acknowledges the financial and in-kind support, collaboration, partnerships, and services of the following funders, institutions, organisations, and service providers: 

Academic collaborators across Africa and globally; African Mountain Research Foundation (AMRF); Agricultural Research Council; Akita International University; Albany Museum; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Appalachian State University; Association Vahatra; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Bakoena Traditional Authority; Batlokoa Traditional Authority; BergFlying; Biodiversity Foundation for Africa; BirdLife South Africa; BirdLife Zimbabwe; BNQ Services; Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); Botanical Society of South Africa; Brand South Africa; British Council; British Ecological Society (BES); Campbell Scientific; Cape Nature; Centre for Appalachian Studies; Centre for Biological Control (CBC); Centre for Development and Environment; Centre for Global Change (CGC, at the UFS); Centre for Graduate Support (UFS); Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB); Centre for Mountain Studies; Centre for Teaching and Learning (UFS); Champagne Sports Resort; Conservation Exposure Education and Training (CEET); Cornell University; David Weaver; Directorate Research Development (UFS); Dresden University of Technology; Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism; Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency; Embassy of Switzerland to South Africa; Endangered Wildlife Trust; ETH Zürich; Eurac Research; European Union; Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, including uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park; Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (UFS); Free State Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DESTEA); Future Professors Programme; GEOMountains; German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); German Cooperation – Deutsche Zusammenarbeit; GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH; Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA); Global Mountain Safeguard Research Programme (GLOMOS); Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA); Government of Lesotho; Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA); Hans Hoheisen Trust; IdeaWild; Institutional Advancement (UFS); International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER); International Mountain Society (IMS); Lajuma Research Centre; Leipzig University; Leonie Bolleurs; Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHDA); Lesotho Northern Parks; Leuphana University; Madagascar National Parks; Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Project (MDTP); Meat Naturally; Metano Media Advertising; Mountain Club South Africa (MCSA); Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN); Mountain Partnership; Mountain Research Initiative (MRI); Mozambique Mountain Initiative; Mozambique National Parks; Nanjing University; National Conventions Bureau; National Science Foundation (United States); National University of Lesotho; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (Australia); Northern Drakensberg Collaborative (NDC); Office for International Affairs (UFS); Piggs Peak Hotel; Private landowners; Qwaqwa Campus Management Committee (QCMC); ReNOKA Transboundary Water Initiative; Rhodes University; Seldom Seen; Smithsonian Institution; Social Innovation Exchange (SIX); South African Association of Botanists (SAAB); South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment; South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET); South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI); South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), including the Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON); South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI); South African National Botanical Gardens; South African National Parks (SANParks), including Golden Gate Highlands National Park; South African National Research Foundation (NRF); Southern African Development Community (SADC); Swiss National Science Foundation; The Mind Refinery; The Peaks Foundation; Transfrontier Conservation Areas; Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFPD); Travel Counsellors; UJ Press; UNESCO; United Nations University; United States Embassy to South Africa; University of Antananarivo; University of Basel; University of Bergen; University of Bern; University of Bologna; University of Cape Town; University of Innsbruck and the International Mountain Conference series; University of Johannesburg; University of KwaZulu-Natal; University of Mpumalanga; University of Passau; University of Pretoria; University of the Western Cape; University of the Witwatersrand; University of Tokyo; University of Venda; University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; University of York; Utah State University; Vhembe Biosphere Reserve; Water Research Commission; Wildlife Acoustics; Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge; Working for Water Programme; World Wildlife Fund (WWF); Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority; Zoological Society of Southern Africa.