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Australia
A Land That Inspires the Imagination
When you join Nature's Future, the Conservancy's monthly giving program in Australia, you take part in a partnership that's helped conserve millions of hectares across Australia. Become a regular supporter or make a one-off donation today.
You can also Adopt an Acre and help protect the rare natural treasures of the Gondwana Link in southwestern Australia, including 10,000 plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth.
Your gift of $50 or more per acre includes an adoption certificate and a factsheet. It's a great gift idea for the holidays! Adopt an acre today!
The Conservancy’s groundbreaking programs in the northern grasslands and in the Great Western Woodlands are protecting Australia’s vast natural areas. Learn more.
Explore Australia
Conserving Tradition in Fish River Station
An unused cattle ranch in northern Australia is the site of a groundbreaking conservation partnership.
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Indigenous Australians Protect the Past
The Conservancy has teamed up with local Indigenous Landholders and the Australian Government to conserve over 5 million acres.
Dr. Geoff Lipsett Moore: Close Calls and Clothes Catalogues
North Australia Program Director Geoff Lipsett-Moore is no stranger to danger — learn about the sacrifices he’s made for science.
The Conservancy is helping Australia's Indigenous people reconnect with their ancestral lands for the sake of nature and communities.
Kalamurina: Australia's Vast Desert Oasis
In the heart of central Australia, the Conservancy helped purchase nearly 1.7 million acres of critical habitat.
Covering more than 247 million acres, Northern Australia is one of the few remaining vast natural areas left on Earth.
Located in the southwestern corner of Australia, this "mega-diverse" habitat comprises the world's largest remaining piece of mediterranean woodland.
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Learn how fire is improving lives and saving nature at Fish River Station.
Indigenous Australians Saving a Cultural Landscape
Teaming up to protect over 5 million acres of land in Australia.
Learning to Live in Two Worlds
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann is an Aboriginal elder, artist and retired educator. She has played a pivotal role in land conservation for her community.
Wade Davis's Captivating Oration
Watch as National Geographic's Explorer-in-Residence explains a life's adventures and why conservation is linked to dying languages.
Science, Fire and People in Fish River, Australia
Traditional land management practices in Northern Australia have included burning the landscape to replenish the land and reduce the chance of devastating wildfire.
Map of Australia Project Sites
Map with the locations of Australia project sites and priority areas
How We Work
Since first arriving in Australia more than a decade ago, The Nature Conservancy has worked closely with the government, local partners and Indigenous communities to protect some of the world's rarest, most delicate natural areas. Our wide-ranging expertise leaves us perfectly suited to deliver large-scale, on-the-ground conservation projects across Australia. Learn how we're conserving our lands and waters and keeping plants, animals and people healthy.
Join the Great Places Network
Keep up to date on the latest conservation news and information from Australia and around the globe. Sign up today!
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Adopt-an-Acre® in Australia
Help the Conservancy protect and restore one of the world's most extraordinary yet highly threatened regions.