The values and principles which the group seeks to promote are:
(a) the importance for residents to know and value their natural environment;
(b) the obligation of each generation to preserve and/or restore the natural environment for future generations.
The broad objectives of the group are:
(a) to enhance the quality and availability of knowledge of the flora of the Aranda Bushland for both present and future generations; and
(b) to contribute to the knowledge of the flora of the A.C.T.
The specific objectives of the group are;
(a) to undertake field activities to maintain and/or restore the integrity of the indigenous flora;
(b) to secure such grants from public or private sources as are necessary to achieve the following;
(c) to establish comprehensive documentation of the flora of the Aranda Bushland, through photography and other means;
(d) to make the documentation widely available to interested groups of the local community, the A.C.T. and adjoining areas of N.S.W.;
(e) to make the resulting publication readily understood by and accessible to students and the general public;
(f) to encourage local participation in the group’s projects;
(g) to promote awareness of the group’s projects among local groups and others who might benefit;
(h) to arrange training where possible in the skills required in each project.