An independent foundation

Building the technical foundations Australia's nature markets are missing.

The opportunity in Australian nature markets is real. Demand is mandated. Capital is increasingly available. What is missing is the technical, institutional and relational infrastructure to convert that demand into high-integrity projects on the ground. That is what we are building.

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Acknowledgement of Country

First Nations leadership is the architecture, not a foot note.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters where this work occurs, and the many other First Nations across Western Australia. We recognise enduring connection to Country, culture, and community, and we are committed to enabling First Nations leadership in the design, governance, and delivery of the Biome Foundation: as principals, not as participants in someone else's plan.

This Country has carried our people for sixty thousand years. The work ahead is to build the institutions that let our people carry it forward: with the authority, the capital, and the technical infrastructure to lead, not to be consulted.
Glen Kelly Chair of the Foundation Board · Noongar
Three doors in

Choose where you'd like to begin.

The Foundation can be read three ways: through the work itself, through the people building it, or through the first invitation to walk in.

i · The substance

The Work

The problem. The four activity areas. The Theory of Change with what you'll see in Year 1 and Year 3. The capability institution Australia's nature markets are missing, in full.

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ii · The people

The Team

Glen Kelly as Chair. Oliver Bolton and Lorenzo Curci as Co-Founders. Nicole Lockwood on the Board. The Traditional Owner partners. The advisory body and the governance architecture.

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iii · The invitation

The Campfire

A working day on 3 June 2026 at Perth Zoo. The first in a series of Foundation convenings. Anonymised insight reports published as public goods. The room you'd want to be in.

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Partner with us

Three ways in.

Receive the Campfire briefing. Request a private conversation. Become a Foundational Partner. All three are open. The depth is your choice.

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