FAME exists to prevent the extinction of Australia’s most endangered species
Australia has one of the highest extinction rates in the world. Since European settlement, more than 100 species have been lost and many more are at immediate risk.
Habitat loss, invasive predators, altered fire regimes and climate instability are intersecting pressures. Without targeted, well-designed intervention, extinction is not theoretical, it is inevitable.
That is where FAME works.
For more than 30 years, the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species (FAME) has funded practical, science-based conservation projects designed to reduce extinction risk and stabilise vulnerable populations before they are lost.
FAME emerged from the early vision of Dr John Wamsley, founder of Earth Sanctuaries Limited, whose pioneering work in the 1990s reshaped thinking around fenced reserves and predator control in Australia. Established in 1993 as the Earth Sanctuaries Foundation, the organisation evolved into the Foundation for Australia’s Most Endangered Species Ltd, a Company Limited by Guarantee, and today invests more than $1 million annually in targeted conservation initiatives across the country.
Our focus remains clear: direct funding to on-ground action that measurably reduces extinction risk.
We do not fund awareness campaigns.
We fund outcomes.
