ARU research partners

The ARU is an active member of the International Mountain Society and also actively engages with the following international mountain groups:

• Association Vahatra

• Technical University of Dresden

• Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge (South Africa)

• African Mountain Research Foundation
  
  
• Biodiversity Foundation for Africa

• Centre for Appalachian Studies

• Centre for Mountain Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands

• Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)

• Global Mountain Safeguard Research programme (GLOMOS)

• Mountain Invasion Research Network (MIREN)

• Mountain Research Initiative (MRI)

• The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) network

The ARU has active research projects with a wide range of local and international partners:

• Akita International University
  

• BirdLife South Africa

• Centre for Biological Control and Centre for Invasion Biology

• ETH Zürich

• Eurac Research

• Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife/uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Lajuma Research Centre

• Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Programme

• Nanjing University

• National University of Lesotho

• Northern Drakensberg Collaborative

• Smithsonian Institution

• South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)

• South African National Parks (SANParks)

• United Nations University

• Universities of KwaZulu-Natal, Pretoria, Venda, and Witwatersrand; Rhodes and Stellenbosch Universities

Financial support

The ARU greatly appreciates the financial support received from the following organisations:

• The Peaks Foundation

• Centre for Biological Control (South Africa)

• Centre for Invasion Biology (South Africa)

• Department of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)

• Department of Science and Innovation (South Africa)

• National Research Foundation (South Africa)

• South African National Biodiversity Assessment (South Africa)

• Wildlife Acoustics (United States)

• United States Government (United States)

• Water Research Commission (South Africa)