The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife began in 1970 as a New South Wales based organisation. As a result the Foundation has strong links with the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage and has donated many hundreds of thousands of dollars to native species conservation programs in this state.
The Foundation became a national organisation in 2000 and since then we have begun expanding our threatened species and wildlife conservation programs to other states of Australia.
If you are interested in the Foundation funding a wildlife conservation project in your state, please contact us.
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has saved a number of species from extinction, including:
- Gould’s Petrel - Saved by a Foundation funding to control pests and establish a second colony.
- Lord Howe Island Woodhen - Saved by a Foundation-funded captive breeding program to increase numbers.
- Mallee Fowl - Saved by the Foundation's purchase of critical Mallee Fowl habitat for protection in the National Reserve System, and pest control actions.
- Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby - Saved by the Foundation's purchase of key habitat and pest control actions.
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has also funded projects to conserve many of Australia's incredible and unique species, including:
- Black-eared Miner
- Black-footed Rock-wallaby
- Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
- Bottle-nosed Dolphin
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby
- Brown Treecreeper
- Brush-tailed Phascogale
- Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
- Bush Stone-curlew
- Coastal Emu
- Corroborree Frog
- Coxen’s Double-eyed Fig-parrot
- Eastern Bristlebird
- Eastern Ground Parrot
- Eastern Quoll
- Falcon
- Green & Golden Bell Frog
- Green Tree Frog
- Grey-headed Flying Fox
- Hastings River Mouse
- Humpback Whale
- Koala
- Little Tern
- Little Penguin
- Long-footed Potoroo
- Long-nosed Bandicoot
- Lord Howe Island Currawong
- Lord Howe Island Land Snail
- Microbats
- Mitchell’s Rainforest Snail
- Mountain Pygmy-possum
- New Holland Mouse
- Osprey
- Platypus
- Regent Parrot
- Rufous Rat-kangaroo
- Rufous Scrub-bird
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Southern Brown Bandicoot
- Southern Cassowary
- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
- Spotted-tailed Quoll (aka Tiger Quoll)
- Superb Parrot
- Swamp Wallaby
- Wallum Froglet
- Western Pygmy-possum
Click the links to read more about each project.
