We are excited to launch PanGaia Project in partnership with collaborative partners with a vision to create one of the largest rewilding projects on the planet, right here in Australia with our Indigenous partners. Rewilding outback Australia to its original savannah is a holistic and collaborative endeavour. By combining traditional knowledge, scientific research, community engagement ...
For the Love of Wildlife
PanGaia: Rewilding Outback Australia

GOAL
$700,000
RAISED
$3,000
Field of Interest
- Environment conservation and climate change
- Indigenous communities
Target Population
- Flora / fauna
- General population

For the Love of Wildlife (FLOW) has spearheaded several international campaigns to combat wildlife extinction and promote ethical conservation practices. Our collaborative efforts with governments, NGOs, tourism and global conservation networks have amplified the impact of our work, fostering cross-border cooperation in the preservation of wildlife.
Our Mission
To stay immobilised and silent whilst our natural world is under siege is a crime against nature. It seems that humans have lost their connection to the environment and the planet. If we’re to change the demise we have to be courageous to face ourselves, get real about what is happening and act from a place of deep compassion. It is no longer acceptable to “turn a blind eye”…we are all in this together and it’s our job to make a change, however small.
Our Aim
It is our vision to raise Australia’s presence to not only step up, but lead the world when it comes to our relationship with animals and wildlife.
Through leading the human animal relationship we can inspire the planet to live harmoniously, respectfully and in unity with all living beings.
Project Summary
We are excited to launch PanGaia Project in partnership with collaborative partners with a vision to create one of the largest rewilding projects on the planet, right here in Australia with our Indigenous partners.
Rewilding outback Australia to its original savannah is a holistic and collaborative endeavour. By combining traditional knowledge, scientific research, community engagement and sustainable practices, we can start to restore this vast, unique ecosystem. Our pioneering approach combines new tools and technologies with nature-based solutions with Indigenous principles to help dying lands flourish again.
We are living in a time of extreme weather events with urgent action required for audacious, large-scale solutions to mitigate climate change and environmental catastrophes.
Over 52 million hectares of Australia are degraded, costing the nation $224 billion in lost productive capacity. Nearly 50% of Australia’s forest cover has been cleared in the last two centuries and we have the worst mammal extinction rate in the world.
Australia has a unique opportunity to be a global leader in rehabilitating degraded lands, sequestering CO2 both in the soil and in the biomass on a scale that dwarfs any current sequestration methodology and will do so based on real verifiable data, not guesses from a computer model. Ultimately, the automation of the simplest ecological process has the potential to have the most profound and positive effect on mitigating the effects of climate change while restoring the country.
FLOW is seeking funding to carry out a pilot program to test that automating bioturbation using Mars style rovers, historically done by now extinct marsupials, has a positive effect on soil health. We are not researching the rover but the ecosystem services provided by the missing fauna. The pilot will provide evidence that doesn’t currently exist.
Josh Wilson MP spoke to Parliament on the Nature Repair Bill and called for new, rigorous, urgent and in many ways, uncompromising efforts to protect Australia’s environment and remarkable, but endangered biodiversity.
Everyone benefits from rewilding.
Project Outcomes
The project will aim to apply best-in-class Western scientific research in conjunction with Indigenous knowledge to complete a soil carbon and biodiversity trial using the rover at trial sites in Western Australia.
The primary objective of the project will be to undertake research on the mechanical simulation of natural ecological engineering activities of native Australian marsupials by way of digging foraging pits as a mechanism to improve soil health, hydration and over time organic soil carbon content and more generally soil and ecosystem biodiversity.
This project will provide proof of concept for ecological restoration by the use of foraging pits, whilst also supporting further work on the costs and associated community benefits from this ecological restoration in remote communities.
Following the proof of concept, the aim will be to commence working on an appropriate soil carbon methodology under the ERF and biodiversity methodology under the Nature Repair Bill and also consider VERRA methodology. Project deliverables will be a public good available to the community at large and in particular, traditional owners who can then implement their projects.
Rewilding (the large-scale restoration of nature until it can take care of itself) degraded Australian landscapes supports Australia in meeting its international commitments under the Global Biodiversity Framework and the High Ambition Coalition 30 by 30 by effectively conserving and managing at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030.
We intend that the research findings will be shared freely.
The communities that facilitate these trials will be connected with and care for Country and our natural heritage. As soil health improves, many opportunities will present over time including bush tucker, native nurseries, medicinal plants, eco-tourism, cultural experiences, etc.
Western Australia positions itself to be a leader in new thinking and innovation.
Soil health can be improved at scale leading to positive biodiversity and climate impacts (long-term outcomes).
Communities impact on the environment and wildlife is reduced.
Aligns with the Western Australian Government’s Nature Repair Bill.
Budget Breakdown
TOTAL BUDGET: $1,300,000
FUNDING
Funding source | Amount |
---|---|
Lotterywest (unconfirmed) | $600,000 |
Funding Gap (unconfirmed) | $675,000 |
EXPENSES
Expense item | Amount |
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Project team and on costs | $716,000 |
Project activity costs | $435,000 |
Project administration | $124,000 |
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