We urgently need your help to stop the devastation and protect our most vulnerable native animals before it's too late.
The Australian Conservation Foundation's Investigations unit has exposed the government-approved destruction of more than 200,000 hectares of threatened species habitat over the last decade, an area almost the size of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
We now need your help to ensure our work exposing the truth can continue over the next 12 months.
Your tax-deductible gift today will help secure the future of our Investigations unit and allow us to pursue every lead, no matter how long it takes.
Please show your support with a donation today.
Image: Eastern Quoll, Annette Ruzicka.
Your support in action
The ACF Investigations unit follow tip-offs from the community, monitor irreplaceable habitats and high-risk pollution zones, and keep a watchful eye on the systems and decisions we expect to protect nature, climate and our democracy.
We look at aerial imagery, analyse public data, and obtain documents through targeted Freedom of Information requests. We speak with communities and scientists, go spotlighting with field experts, fly drones to gather evidence and spot threatened animals with infrared.
Once we’ve finished investigating a case, we assess the most impactful way to respond – including legal action, publicity, or advocacy.
In March, ACF's Investigations unit published the results of a months long examination of federally-approved habitat destruction that is pushing our most vulnerable and endangered species to the brink of extinction.
What we uncovered does not make for easy reading.
This destruction was only exposed thanks to your support which allowed us to expand the ACF Investigations unit last year.
The ACF Investigations unit is 100% funded by donations from people like you.
We only exist because of the commitment and shared belief of the ACF community that our precious wildlife and habitat deserves protection.
From under-cover-of-darkness investigations to the submission of hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, your tax-deductible gift will support every aspect of our work.
With your help today, we will hold those in power to account and give nature a voice.
Please, give a generous gift today.