Our Work

Here are just some of the ways we are helping Nature - thanks to people like you!

Creates grants for conservation research and on-ground conservation projects.
Creates grants to assist with the purchase of land for the National Parks Reserve System.
Supports our conservationists of the future through grants and post-graduate scholarships at the three SA universities.
Learn more about our Grants.

Contributes to the protection of native vegetation on private land through the BushbankSA revolving fund program;
NFSA has a $1.5 million 'revolving' fund through which we purchase, protect and on-sell private land with significant conservation value.
Visit the BushbankSA Website for more information.

Generates donations of water and funds to buy water to deliver to thirsty River Murray wetlands.
Visit the Water for Nature Website for more information.

Reclaims and revegetates the Para Woodlands grazing and cropping property through a 10-year, $1.2m project with a long term goal to restore native vegetation resembling its pre-clearing condition. This is a project in partnership with the State Government.
Learn more about the Para Woodlands Restoration.

Develops opportunities for business to either make voluntary commitments to conservation or meet environmental obligations under legislation.

Halts the decline of our native species through funding research, on-the-ground projects, surveys and community programs, in partnership with universities, government departments, private companies, the SA Museum and our zoos.
Engages and educates the community through activities wherever possible.
Favours those projects linked into regional programs that extend across the National Park/Reserve System and private landholdings.
See our past achievements.

Raises funds for the purchase of land to establish or extend national parks, conservation parks and wetlands.

Map of Nature Foundation SA influence on conserved land (PDF)

Manages land donated to us for restoration and revegetation.
Operates BushbankSA – a fund established with Commonwealth and State Government money to buy private property with habitat value, protect it and on-sell it to private owners who care.
Funds surveys and research that identify and map the distribution of some of our rarest plants and helps us to better understand their ecology.
See our past achievements.

Works to raise community awareness of the importance of nature conservation and responsibility for protecting the environment.
Develops and participates in cooperative ventures and projects with other conservation bodies.
Creates networks between researchers, Nature Foundation SA members and the conservation community to pass on their knowledge.
See our past achievements.