Securing landscape protection at scale

Together with our supporters, communities, governments and partners, WWF-Australia helped secure stronger protections for nature across the Asia-Pacific region. From supporting improvements to Australia’s nature laws and helping protect critical koala habitat to strengthening wildlife corridors for tigers in Thailand, these efforts are creating the conditions wildlife needs to survive and recover into the future.

A major win for koalas in NSW

The NSW Government's commitment to establish the Great Koala National Park is set to protect up to 476,000 hectares of habitat, an area twice the size of the ACT, and create one of the largest protected areas in NSW.

The decision immediately halted logging within the park boundary, protecting forests that endangered koalas and other threatened species depend on. NSW Government modelling estimates the park could provide a safe haven for more than 12,000 koalas, 36,000 greater gliders and a wide range of other threatened wildlife, including the glossy black cockatoo.

This commitment represents more than a decade of science, advocacy and community action to secure stronger protection for these forests. It demonstrates the power of science, partnerships and community action to restore nature while creating new opportunities for regional communities to transition from native forest logging to nature-based tourism.

New laws give nature a fighting chance 

More than 50,000 Australians joined WWF-Australia’s call for stronger nature laws, demonstrating powerful public support for protecting our forests, wildlife and waterways. Backed by our supporters and partners, years of advocacy, campaigning and engagement with decision-makers built momentum for meaningful reform.

Seven major reform bills passed through Parliament, establishing a new National Environmental Protection Agency watchdog, tightening damaging land-clearing loopholes and introducing stronger safeguards for threatened species and the places they call home.

Together, we helped give nature a stronger voice and created a more secure future for Australia’s wildlife and wild places.

Hope for Thailand's tiger recovery 

Thailand’s tiger population has shown encouraging signs of recovery, highlighting the importance of protecting and reconnecting the forests these endangered big cats depend on.

With support from WWF-Australia, efforts to expand habitat protection in the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape are contributing to Thailand’s goal to conserve 30% of its land and waters, while giving tigers and other threatened wildlife more space to move and recover.

In Thailand’s Mae Ping Corridor, WWF-Thailand worked alongside local communities and government agencies to progress new and expanded protected areas. Nine community forests covering more than 9,400 hectares took an important step towards long-term protection, helping establish one of Thailand’s first landscape-scale community forest conservation initiatives. This community-led approach is helping protect and connect habitat across a critical tiger landscape.

That connectivity is already showing signs of making a difference. A young tiger named Gamma was recorded travelling nearly 70 kilometres from where he was born into a proposed national park extension. It is a powerful sign that connected forests are giving tigers the space they need to roam and recover.