Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife

Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife By working in partnership, we can protect natural Australia for future generations.

We are Australia’s leading conservation partner that unites Indigenous groups, governments, corporates, and passionate citizens to restore and protect our Country’s biodiversity through innovative, community-driven projects. For over 50 years, FNPW has worked with local, state and federal governments to gain permanent protection for habitats and species to grow Australia’s national parks system. We execute this work in partnership with scientists, indigenous and community groups, as well as corporates and individuals working to conserve Australia’s unique habitats, species and cultural heritage.

What does a wildlife corridor actually look like?Right now, in parts of the Yarra Valley, it looks like a strip of young...
06/10/2026

What does a wildlife corridor actually look like?

Right now, in parts of the Yarra Valley, it looks like a strip of young plants along the Yarra Valley Trail at Woori Yallock, running beside the Birrarung.

Give it two decades and it looks like bush. And Koalas, Gang-gang Cockatoos, Powerful Owls and Greater Gliders can move through country that was too open for them to cross.

Yarra Ranges Council has been building this corridor since 2021, growing from 9,000 plants that year to around 70,000 by 2025, with a 92% survival rate. That figure is worth pausing on. It means these aren't trees that go in the ground for a photo. They're trees that live.

On Saturday 1 August, our partnership with Veritree added 2,000 more, part of a 15,000-tree commitment for this site.

The project has brought in 25 schools, over 1,000 students and nine community groups. It's a genuinely local piece of work and we're glad to be helping it along.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, of the Woiwurrung language group of the Kulin Nation, as Traditional Owners of this Country.

Today is World Animal Day and we want to say a few names out loud 🐾The bandicoots digging life back into the soil. The w...
03/10/2026

Today is World Animal Day and we want to say a few names out loud 🐾

The bandicoots digging life back into the soil. The woodland birds that need old trees and flowering shrubs to survive. The tiny, fierce marsupials of the WA Wheatbelt.

Every one of them is the reason our supporters do what they do, and every one of them depends on habitat that's still there tomorrow.

This is the work you make possible by funding on-ground projects with landholders, scientists and community groups so these animals have somewhere to live, feed and raise their young.

If an Australian animal has ever stopped you in your tracks, today's a good day to stand up for it.

Donate via the link in the comments, and tell us: which animal would you stand up for?

Look out your window. Are Mynas and Noisy Miners running the show? 🐦Small birds like fairy-wrens, finches and silvereyes...
02/10/2026

Look out your window. Are Mynas and Noisy Miners running the show? 🐦

Small birds like fairy-wrens, finches and silvereyes need somewhere to hid but tidy lawns and paving don't give them much to work with.

You don't need to rip up your whole garden but there's a few simple changes you can make to keep their habitat safe.

🌿 Plant local natives in layers
🌵 Add a few spiky shrubs to keep the bullies out
💧 Put a birdbath next to a dense bush
🍂 Leave the leaf litter (yes, really!)

Every backyard like this becomes a stepping stone that helps small birds move safely through the suburbs.

Who's spotted a fairy-wren in their garden lately? Share your backyard visitors in the comments 👇

🐨 Did you know koalas get almost all the water they need from the leaves they eat?It's a brilliant system……just as long ...
24/09/2026

🐨 Did you know koalas get almost all the water they need from the leaves they eat?

It's a brilliant system…

…just as long as the eucalyptus trees are still standing.

When we lose the bush, koalas lose their homes and their main source of food and water, all at once.

That's why habitat loss is one of the biggest threats they face and why it's so important to both protect and restore their landscapes.

💚 Today Friday is Save the Koala Day and we're celebrating this iconic animal. Head to the link below for more quirky koala facts and drop your favourite one in the comments!

http://bit.fnpw.org.au/4z2cZ8p

What species, habitat or place in nature deserves greater recognition and protection? 🤔Regional ResourceSmart Schools of...
24/09/2026

What species, habitat or place in nature deserves greater recognition and protection? 🤔

Regional ResourceSmart Schools of Victoria is inviting Victorian students to answer that question through photography and storytelling.

Enter the Sustainability Through Your Own Lens schools photography competition and showcase your local biodiversity.

Entries close 16 October 2026. Find resources and entry details at:
http://bit.fnpw.org.au/4jj7FIU.

3,000 native trees went into Victorian ground in two days. Here’s why.We’ve partnered with Veritree to plant and verify ...
22/09/2026

3,000 native trees went into Victorian ground in two days. Here’s why.

We’ve partnered with Veritree to plant and verify 100,000 native trees across Australia: 30,000 across two Victorian sites in the Yarra Valley and South Gippsland, and 70,000 in Hindmarsh Valley, South Australia.

On Friday 31 July, more than 1,000 trees were planted in South Gippsland with the Nerrena/Tarwin Valley Landcare Group at a wetland restoration at the confluence of the Tarwin River and Black Spur Creek.

On Saturday 1 August, 2,000 more went in at Woori Yallock with Yarra Ranges Council, along a wildlife corridor beside the Birrarung (Yarra River). That planting is part of a 15,000-tree commitment for the site.

Every planting session of those trees is triple-verified through veritree, using field data and satellite imaging to check they’re growing. Not just planted; growing.

To everyone who turned up across those two days: thank you.

🌱 Which of these landscapes is closest to home for you?

🌱 3,330 stems, and a species list to go with every one of them. That is what separates restoration from good intentions,...
08/09/2026

🌱 3,330 stems, and a species list to go with every one of them. That is what separates restoration from good intentions, and it is why we back community nurseries like the Armidale Tree Group 💚

There is a parrot that crosses Bass Strait twice a year, and a glider that steers a hundred metres between treetops in t...
06/09/2026

There is a parrot that crosses Bass Strait twice a year, and a glider that steers a hundred metres between treetops in the dark without ever touching the ground. There is a cockatoo so particular about its food that it eats almost nothing but she-oak seed.

Today is National Threatened Species Day, and these three are among the Australians we are fighting for.'

They live thousands of kilometres apart and will never meet, but they are all running short of the same thing. Old trees with hollows the forest takes a century to make, canopy to feed in, and the scruffy understorey underneath where the small things hide.

That is the part we can put back. Bring Back the Bush replants the habitat these species depend on, and every donation goes into the ground as living, growing bush.

Swipe through to meet all five, then join us at the link below.💚

1520 seedlings planted! 🌱
20/08/2026

1520 seedlings planted! 🌱

With restoration work comes a lot of science. National science week is here, and we're sharing the sience of plant selec...
20/08/2026

With restoration work comes a lot of science. National science week is here, and we're sharing the sience of plant selection and why species matter.

A Glossy Black-Cockatoo can starve in a perfectly healthy forest. Not a damaged one. A healthy one. It just has to be the wrong trees.

Frogs are a completely different puzzle. They don't eat the plants at all. They need them for cover, and they need the gaps between them just as much, because basking in the sun raises their body temperature and helps them fight off a fungal disease.

Plant too little cover and there's nowhere to hide.
Plant too much and there's nowhere to warm up.

We've written up what actually goes into choosing what to plant, and who it's for 👇

http://bit.fnpw.org.au/4gGMv5S

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