For the Love of Wildlife is excited to launch Project PanGaia in partnership with collaborative partners with a vision to create one of the largest rewilding projects on the planet, right here in Australia.

Rewilding inner Australia to its original savannah state 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 co-designed with Indigenous principles to help dying lands flourish again.

Using solar-powered, lightweight, autonomous rovers to do the soil pitting, which is a crucial technique for creating small holes in the soil crust where nutrients, plant litter, seeds, and water can collect, providing a favourable environment for the germination and growth of seedlings. This natural process, known as bioturbation, was historically carried out by millions of native Australian marsupials. Unfortunately, these marsupials have been severely diminished or entirely lost from the landscape due to overstocking, leading to habitat loss and increased predation by invasive species.

Numerous studies have documented the essential role of native burrowing animals in bioturbation. We aim to emulate this natural process by drilling shallow, angled holes or soil pits in patterns. This process increases biodiversity and initiates a return to the original ecological cycle. Additionally, the accelerated plant growth above and below ground facilitates the natural sequestration of CO2.

The nature-based dividends of our strategy – soil hydration to create healthier soils with enhanced capacity to absorb damaging carbon - creating a flourishing environment, help tackle climate change and deliver opportunities for biodiversity stabilisation, halting extinction in many species with economic development for Indigenous communities.