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Paddy Pallin Foundation

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

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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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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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Take a stand today to make a positive change to conservation management in Australia. Together we can make a difference.

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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

Don't Bag The Environment

Tackling invasive plant species and the use of single-use plastics that threaten Australia's native flora and fauna.

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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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takayna Tarkine rainforest

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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takayna Tarkine wilderness rainforest
Featured campaign

takayna / Tarkine

The takayna / Tarkine wilderness in northwest Tasmania contains the largest area of cool temperate, Gondwana rainforest within Australia and it needs urgent protection.

Our campaign raises funds to save it from mining, logging, and off-road vehicles — preserving an irreplaceable piece of Australia's natural heritage.

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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.

Grant programs

Supporting conservation science

We support field-based, high-quality ecological research that leads to tangible outcomes for conservation management across Australia.

Research funding

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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Bat conservation

Australasian Bat Society Grants

Supporting bat research and conservation across Australia and New Zealand through the Australasian Bat Society's annual grant program.

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