About Us

The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife exists to help save the environment.

Our vision is to be Australia's foremost philanthropic partner for national parks.

Our mission is to care for Australia's native plants, animals and cultural heritage through environmental education and conservation projects.

We achieve this by purchasing land for conservation, funding threatened species recovery actions and involving the community in the conservation of Australia's natural and cultural heritage.

We are not-for-profit, non-controversial, a-political and independent. With our supporters we look back on over three decades of creating a living legacy through:

• Purchase of over 350,000 hectares of habitat and places of natural beauty for 26 national parks and nature reserves
• Threatened Species Recovery and research for more than 32 species of birds, reptiles, mammals, amphibians and plants, many of which were saved from extinction
• Cultural Heritage Conservation for more than ten Aboriginal and European historical sites, including Fort Denison and Hill End
• Education and awareness raising for schools and the wider community
• Walking tracks, viewing platforms, interpretive signage and disabled access in many national parks.

Working in Partnership

To achieve our objectives the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife liaises with like-minded organisations across Australia.

The Foundation is a private charity, separate from the 'National Parks and Wildlife Service', which is part of the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC).

Our conservation projects are often located in national parks and managed by rangers and scientists who may be employed by government agencies, such as the DECC. The Foundation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as a framework for the DECC administration and management of projects funded by the Foundation.

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