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Paddy Pallin Foundation

Help us conserve Australia's ecosystems and wildlife for future generations.

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History

Our legacy is to nurture a love of the outdoors in all people with the hope that those who love natural places will be the activists who demand their conservation.

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Campaigns

Support the protection of Australia's environmentally significant lands, endangered plants, and animals, by donating to our current projects.

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Grant Programs

We support field-based, high-quality ecological research that will ultimately lead to tangible outcomes for conservation management.

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Creek flowing through Australian wilderness
Our mission

For outdoor enthusiasts, nature is our playground

For our own well-being we must protect and enhance it.

We thrive in biodiverse wilderness environments, and so it is our duty to protect every unique bird, plant, animal, and landscape.

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The scale of the problem

80% of Australia's most vulnerable plants and animals are being driven towards extinction by invasive plants and animals.

93
unique Australian Fauna species are now critically endangered
226
unique Australian Flora species are now critically endangered
2,700
invasive alien plants are causing havoc to our natural ecosystems

There is hope if we act now. By protecting and restoring Australia's ecosystems we have the opportunity to future-proof Australia against further extinction and revive our biodiversity.

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Dingo 2030 Network

Australia's top land predator — and a keystone species our ecosystems depend on.

The dingo is Australia's top land predator and a keystone species critical to healthy ecosystems. Decades of persecution have pushed populations to the brink — and the damage to our landscapes shows it.

Our campaign supports the re-establishment of dingo populations across Australia, restoring ecological balance and protecting the biodiversity that depends on it.

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Dingo in natural Australian habitat
Active campaigns

Projects we are passionate about

Dingo in natural habitat

Dingo 2030 Network

Supporting the re-establishment of dingo populations across Australia to restore ecological balance and protect biodiversity.

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Blue Mountains landscape

Protecting the Southern Blue Mountains

Conserving the unique biodiversity of the southern Blue Mountains, one of the world's great wilderness areas.

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Environmental weeds in bushland

Environmental Weeds

Tackling invasive plant species that threaten Australia's native flora and fauna across some of our most ecologically significant landscapes.

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Australian bat species

Australasian Bat Society Grants

Supporting the Australasian Bat Society's field research and conservation work for Australia's critically important bat populations.

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Paddy Pallin Science Grants research

Paddy Pallin Science Grants

Annual grants supporting field-based ecological research on threatened species and ecosystems, open to researchers across Australia.

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Paddy Pallin Reserve bushland

Paddy Pallin Reserve

A success story in bush regeneration — restoring an endangered Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest on Ku-ring-gai Council land to honour Paddy's love of the outdoors.

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takayna Tarkine ancient rainforest
Grant programs

Supporting conservation science

Funding field-based ecological research that leads to real outcomes for Australia's threatened species and ecosystems.

We run two annual grant programs — the Paddy Pallin Science Grants, open to researchers across Australia, and the Australasian Bat Society Grants, supporting bat research and conservation across Australia and New Zealand.

Both programs fund high-quality, field-based work that translates directly into conservation management outcomes.

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