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Grey-headed flying fox

Grey-headed flying fox

The Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society work tirelessly to conserve the grey-headed flying foxes they share their neighborhood with. In 2007 they were granted a Threatened Species Network Community Grant to conduct vital conservation work and find out more about these threatened bats.

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Ice Breaker: Pushing the boundaries for Whales

Ice Breaker: Pushing the boundaries for Whales

Mean global temperature could reach 2°C above pre- industrial levels by 2042, leading to significant impacts on Southern Ocean whales. According to state-of-the-art climate models, under 2°C global warming, the area of the Southern Ocean covered by sea ice is projected to shrink by an average of 10-15%. This reduction could be up to 30% in some regions, meaning that species that are heavily dependent on sea ice, such as the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) are projected to lose between 5-30% of ice-associated habitat within 40 years - little more than the life time of an individual whale.

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Jul 04

Back Garnaut or back off, WWF tells Opposition

WWF has urged the Federal Opposition to end the cheap, political point-scoring and adopt a bipartisan approach to tackling the serious threat of climate change.

Jul 02

No compensation for electricity generators under ETS

Electricity generators and other big polluters have known for nearly 20 years that they would have to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and they should not receive favourable treatment under an emissions trading scheme, WWF said today.

Jun 20

Whales set to chase shrinking feed zones as Southern Ocean warms

Endangered migratory whales will be faced with shrinking crucial Antarctic foraging zones which will contain less food and will be further away, a new analysis of the impacts of climate change on Southern Ocean whales has found.