News Archive (01 Nov 2006 - 30 Nov 2006)
Plan to bury Gorgon's greenhouse gas too risky
A senior WWF scientist today raised serious concerns about Senator Ian Campbell's announcement of $60 million to support the Gorgon development's plan to bury vast quantities of greenhouse gases from Western Australia's Gorgon gas fields in leaky formations beneath Barrow Island.
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Grey-headed albatross face extinction on Macquarie Island
The grey-headed albatross faces the immediate risk of extinction in Australia due to the destruction by rabbits of the birds' only known Australian breeding site on Macquarie Island's Petrel Peak, says WWF, the global conservation organisation.
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ANZ and WWF join forces to change business decision-making
ANZ and WWF-Australia today launched a strategic three-year partnership that aims to change the way business decisions are made.
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Climate change has birds out on a limb
A new report released today by WWF finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world, suggesting a trend towards a major bird extinction from global warming.
Use your power to go green: How you can help fight climate change TODAY
Green Electricity Watch 2006 is an independent ranking of Green Power electricity products offered by Australian electricity retailers, providing consumers with a simple guide to all the Green Power products available and which ones make a real difference in reducing global warming. Origin Energy and TRUenergy emerge as the electricity retailers with the best Green Power products.
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European Community pulls the rug on South Pacific negotiations
Today a number of fishing nations led by the European Community refused to agree to any responsible fishing management measures in the South Pacific Ocean as the negotiations associated with the interim management of the high seas in the region foundered.
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WWF welcomes Tassie fox plan
WWF welcomes the Tasmanian Government's $56 million plan to eradicate foxes from the state.
Report urges greater effort for Australia's parks
Australia must urgently boost its funding for national parks and reserves if it is to meet key biodiversity protection targets set by State and Federal governments a year ago, a new report by WWF-Australia says.
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Environment Minister leaves endangered species on the menu
Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell must act immediately to recognise the orange roughy as an endangered species, according to global conservation organisation WWF.
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WWF calls for Australian Government to lead fisheries management on the high seas
The Australian Government must take the lead on regional fisheries management in the southern Pacific Ocean before stocks of more fish species are decimated.
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Water planning fails internationally-recognised wetlands
Calls by graziers in the Gwydir for the reversal of the international listing of Ramsar wetlands, reported in today's Australian newspaper, underline the urgent need to buy water for high conservation value freshwater assets due to the failure of water planning regimes.
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Government set to knee-cap environment protection laws
WWF and HSI will tell a Federal Senate Committee today that without major changes, the bill to amend Australia's premier environmental legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act, 1999 (EPBC), will remove the scientific objectivity that has been the hallmark of the EPBC Act until now and put the protection of Australia's natural environment at the whim of the Minister for the Environment.
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Environment groups condemn land clearing loophole
Environment groups have condemned the changes to NSW land clearing regulations that will allow large-scale clearing to remove thickening native scrub. This follows the announcement by NSW Minister for Natural Resources Ian Macdonald that landowners could clear up to 90 hectares of bushland to allow ploughing and crop planting, leaving only large trees remaining.
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Mapping habitat in the Southern Ocean
Ecological zones across the entire Southern Ocean have been defined for the first time in an effort to provide a scientific foundation for improving fisheries management and tackling the leading threats to marine habitats and wildlife, such as climate change and the impacts of invasive species.