The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environment organisation. We are half a million people who speak out for a world where forests, rivers, people and wildlife thrive. We are proudly independent, non-partisan and funded by donations from our community.

Our challenge
Right now, a pollution and extinction crisis threatens our living world. Climate damage and habitat destruction are our biggest challenges.
We’re living with the consequences of bad decisions, discredited ideas and short-term thinking. The big polluters. The rigged rules. The politicians who forget they represent the people.
But we don’t accept the story we must sacrifice nature for a quick buck. People made this crisis and together we can solve it.

Our history
A handful of people formed the Australian Conservation Foundation 53 years ago when oil drilling and mining first threatened the Great Barrier Reef. Since then, the ACF community has protected the places Australians love – like the reef, the Kimberley, the Daintree, Kakadu and Fraser Island.

People power our campaigns, and always have
People like the scientists who realised the consequences of limestone mining on the reef. Poets who spoke out for our forests. Builders who refused to wreck urban green spaces. Farmers who love the land. Traditional Owners who protect country from uranium mining and toxic pollution. The volunteers who make banners, write letters and run events, over decades.

Our wins
Over 50 years, ACF and our community have had some incredible wins. We advocated against polluting projects like the Jabiluka uranium lease. We won World Heritage listing for the Reef and Kakadu. We protected places we all love, like the Franklin River, Antarctica and the Murray-Darling. We stood with Traditional Owners to hand back country and farmers to pioneer Landcare. We won billions for clean energy and led Australia's biggest climate march, helping to win a global pollution agreement.

Our vision
Imagine a world where water flows clean. Where everyone shares abundant energy from the sun and wind. A world where forests, rivers, people, oceans and wildlife thrive – a tomorrow even more beautiful than today.  This is the world that we can see. This is the world that we’re creating.  Join us today.