News Archive (01 Jul 2009 - 31 Jul 2009)
WWF backs AWU call to boost funding for National Parks
Thousands of new jobs in Queensland would be created and hundreds of native animal and plant species protected from extinction if the Queensland Government invested more money in expanding and resourcing the state’s national parks system.
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Up to $10,000 in funding available for private landowners in the Peel
WWF-Australia is offering grants of up to $10,000 to private landowners to manage properties with high conservation value bushland and wetlands in the Peel region through its Wetland Watch program.
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Newdegate farmers working together to protect Wheatbelt bush
More than two thousand hectares of globally-important remnant bushland around Newdegate will receive long-term conservation protection thanks to a group of caring, committed and conservation-minded farmers, good word-of-mouth and a little help from WWF-Australia and the Avon Catchment Council's Healthy Ecosystems project.
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Waste coal mine gas is not renewable energy
As Australia moves toward a low-carbon future, WWF is warning that the coal industry is pushing to be included in the Renewable Energy Target by selling the emissions from its mines as an energy source.
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Big polluters want more money despite record profits
Australia’s richest big polluters want even more compensation under the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), despite making $945.4 billion in profit over the past 5 years, according to new analysis by WWF.
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Expert workshops put spotlight on Australia's only biodiversity hotspot
Over 50 conservation experts will gather in Perth over the next three days for a series of workshops aimed at identifying conservation targets in the unique and threatened Southwest Australia Ecoregion.
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G8 a good step but strong 2020 targets needed
WWF-Australia has welcomed a commitment by the world’s richest nations to reduce their emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 in an attempt to limit global warming to 2 degrees or less.
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Global companies urge world leaders to "let the clean economy begin"
Some of the world's highest-profile companies today called on G8 leaders meeting in Italy to agree on a global climate deal by the end of 2009 and to set ambitious targets to cut carbon emissions.
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G8 fails on climate goals. Again.
The latest WWF-Allianz G8 Climate Scorecards shows that countries have so far failed to take sufficient action to protect the world against climate change.
$50m reward for reef heroes welcomed
WWF today said the Australian Government’s $50 million ‘downpayment’ to help farmers protect the Great Barrier Reef was a significant step towards saving the iconic Reef and the 65,000 jobs that depend on it for their survival.