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A sandy coloured mountain landscape with blue sky and light grey clouds passing overhead, Dolpa, Nepal. © WWF Nepal / Sanjog Rai

Nepal’s glacial collapse flood is a warning to the world. Are we listening?

Nepal's recent glacial flood highlights the urgent need for global climate action, emphasizing the importance of integrating scientific and local knowledge for...

29 October 2026

A person (Dr Ana Gracanin) installing a greater glider nest box in a tree. the person is attached with safety ropes to a tree, hodling a drill to install the greater glider box, with forest in the background.

How Greater Glider Nest Boxes Are Helping This Endangered Species Survive

Discover how climate‑smart nest boxes are giving Endangered greater gliders safe new homes after bushfires, deforestation and logging – and how you can help...

16 February 2026

Koala mother and joey seek refuge on bulldozed logs in Queensland, Australia.

Q&A: Reforming Australia's Nature Laws - Explained

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is meant to protect Australia’s threatened species and natural habitats... So why...

5 November 2025

WWF-Australia's CEO Dermot O'Gorman stands in front of a large pile of logged trees. He is wearing a yellow hi vis vest and hard hat, and beyond that pile of logs are the tall, surviving trees.

Ripped down, and for what? The realities of native forest logging in NSW

Witnessing dust and destruction due to native forest logging in NSW. And half the logs are wasted.

3 October 2025

Stock image of a pair of galahs perched on a tree.

What will it take to strengthen Australia’s nature laws and protect wildlife?

By Katinka Day, Government Relations Manager, WWF-AustraliaI feel lucky to live in a country with the world’s most incredible and distinctive animals. On a...

16 April 2025

a city scene with trees integrated throughout the buildings.

How a Nature-Based Economy Will Benefit Australia

A regenerative economy isn’t just about minimising harm—it’s about actively restoring the environment, rebuilding communities and strengthening the economy in...

16 April 2025

Stock image of a beautiful temperate rainforest near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia

Is 1% of the National Budget too Much to Ask to Save Nature?

Australia is in the midst of a nature and climate crisis, with ecosystems and wildlife under severe threat. We urgently need to increase our current spending...

28 February 2025

An Update on Australia’s Nature Laws: Nature Positive Bills Blocked in Parliament

During the final parliamentary sitting week of the year, the government failed to pass laws to establish Australia’s first national environmental regulator,...

5 December 2024

Aerial view tropical rainforest, forest tree texture and background.

Nature Positive—what does it mean and why is it so critical for Australia and our future?

You’ve likely heard the term ‘Nature Positive’. But what does it really mean, why is it so important, and how can we transform our world into a nature-positive...

25 November 2024

The story of Australia’s extinction crisis so far

Australia’s environmental reputation is shameful, as we claim the top spot of having the world’s worst mammal extinction rate. Iconic animals like the east...

18 July 2024

Dr Kita Ashman, Threatened Species and Climate Adaptation Ecologist for WWF-Australia, surveys the destruction in Tallaganda State Forest.

Loophole letdown: How Australia’s nature laws are failing our forests

We all need trees – to breathe, to belong, to survive. But Australia is still logging native forests. We’re calling on our leaders to end this destruction. Add...

15 July 2024

Eucalypt forest in dry bed of Flaggy Creek, north of Coonabarabran, NSW

Australia’s Nature Repair Market Bill: what happened in the Senate, and what next?

A Nature Repair Market has the potential to be a game changer for biodiversity conservation in Australia, provided it is governed with high integrity, attracts...

4 July 2023