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An analysis by WWF-Australia shows tree-clearing continues to plague Great Barrier Reef catchments with landholders notifying, in just the last four months,...
21 December 2016
Billie Jean has a nose for poo and that could be great news for Australia’s threatened species.
15 December 2016
Jacobs Report: Investing in the Great Barrier Reef as economic infrastructure
14 December 2016
WWF welcomes the announcement that the Smartcane BMP has been benchmarked against the Bonsucro Production Standard.
8 December 2016
WWF-Australia today expressed concern over media reports that could mean the federal environment budget has been slashed by around $350 million, or 10%.
5 December 2016
WWF-Australia says Australia’s progress report to UNESCO “is not accurate” when it claims that 90% of actions in the Reef 2050 rescue plan are completed,...
2 December 2016
WWF-Australia has come to the aid of one of Victoria’s most endangered species - the Eastern Barred Bandicoot - after bandits made off with cameras being used...
29 November 2016
A new analysis finds that Australia has failed on a promise to control tree-clearing to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
24 November 2016
Coral spawning at Lizard Island this year has been reduced by coral bleaching.
21 November 2016
This weekend Sydney’s best entrepreneurs, design thinkers, engineers and creatives came together over 48 hours to tackle the big issues of food sustainability...
21 November 2016
Surprise announcement that Queensland’s saucer scallop stocks have crashed to just 6% of the original level
18 November 2016
WWF-Australia today welcomed the reinstatement of laws to stop exclusive access rights to water for mines and dams in Queensland.
10 November 2016
Tasmania’s salmon farmers need to come together to ensure the highest possible international sustainability standards are applied to the entire industry as...
31 October 2016
WWF-Australia welcomed the news, and urged the Government to now take steps to make the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees a reality.
31 October 2016
WWF says a historic agreement achieved at CCAMLR is a conservation breakthrough in one of the world’s last great wilderness areas and a major step forward...
28 October 2016
By 2020 global wildlife numbers will plunge to a third of what they were in 1970 as a result of destruction and degradation of habitats, according to WWF’s...
27 October 2016
The Great Barrier Reef Report Card 2015 was published today
20 October 2016
WWF-Australia has welcomed Australia’s role in developing a new international roadmap for climate finance.
18 October 2016
A major new report has revealed that the ocean is a much larger part of Melanesia’s economy and future prosperity than previously understood.
18 October 2016
Fears are held for a humpback dolphin calf seen swimming off Cairns with marine debris wrapped around its body.
18 October 2016
WWF-Australia has commissioned a report that finds more than 2.2 million hectares of koala habitat could be cleared under proposed changes to tree-clearing...
14 October 2016
A WWF scorecard shows the world needs to make significant progress on six out of eight actions to conserve Antarctica based on a new science report launched...
13 October 2016
New drone pictures reveal that a southern right whale mother named Scooter dramatically shrank in width – by 43 centimetres in just two months – as she...
12 October 2016
WWF-Australia said new research released today re-enforces that BP made the right decision in withdrawing from oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight.
12 October 2016
WWF-Australia has condemned the Queensland Government’s decision to declare Adani’s combined coal mine and rail project to be "critical infrastructure" in...
10 October 2016
Preliminary report confirms that a massive transmission failure caused by catastrophic storms were the primary reason for the recent power failures in South...
5 October 2016
WWF-Australia today said Tasmania’s salmon producers are making substantial progress towards sustainable aquaculture in Australia.
30 September 2016
WWF-Australia today expressed support for the people of South Australia as they deal with the state-wide blackout, and said the storm presents another reminder...
29 September 2016
A progress report on the Reef 2050 Plan fails to mention the estimate by independent experts that reducing water pollution to the Reef will cost $8.2 billion.
28 September 2016
Australian business, community, civil society, academia and inter-governmental agencies will converge on Sydney in November
26 September 2016
Retailers and manufacturers have a responsibility to ensure production of the world’s most popular vegetable oil expands sustainably.
21 September 2016
The bushfire-ravaged quokkas of Northcliffe in southwest WA received a lifeline today
20 September 2016
Nine winners of the Blue Economy Challenge have been announced, to bring new ideas for sustainable fish-farming in the Indian Ocean.
17 September 2016
Compromise plan will defund the Australian Renewable Energy Agency by $500 million
13 September 2016
Conservation groups today called on the state Opposition to vote against the WA Government's controversial Biodiversity Conservation Bill
13 September 2016
ARENA’s contribution of $92 million for new large-scale solar PV plants is expected to leverage $1 billion in investment
8 September 2016
New analysis reveals devastating impact of 2015 bushfire on iconic little Aussie
7 September 2016
New report is a wakeup call for Australian policy makers
2 September 2016
New images show one example what’s been lost in just six decades
1 September 2016
Leading scientists agree we are at a crisis point
25 August 2016
Helping our neighbours address climate change through unique partnerships with Australian businesses
22 August 2016
Out of control tree-clearing in Queensland is set to continue
18 August 2016
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is vital for our clean energy future
17 August 2016
The destruction occurred after the weakening of laws to protect trees
17 August 2016
That’s more than one tree bulldozed every second
12 August 2016
Over the next decade the Reef will generate $60 billion for the economy and support 70 000 jobs a year
12 August 2016
This has the potential to save 20,000 sharks a year
11 August 2016
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) ‘Electricity Statement’ report released today illustrates the need to modernise our electricity market as we...
11 August 2016
The intervention underlines the need for state tree-clearing laws to be reinstated
10 August 2016
Enough sediment to fill more than 300,000 dump trucks, hitting Reef waters year in year out
7 August 2016
WWF-Australia said with dugongs listed ‘vulnerable to extinction’ in Queensland, four deaths in one week highlighted the need for the State Government to...
29 July 2016
The Fight for the Reef campaign has welcomed the declaration of new Fish Habitat Areas to protect the Fitzroy Delta and Keppel Bay areas of the Great Barrier...
28 July 2016
Landclearing has already tripled in Queensland from 78,378 hectares cleared in 2009-10 to 296,324 hectares in 2013-14.
21 July 2016
WWF-Australia’s unique conservation approach has captured the imagination of people around the world.
19 July 2016
Environment and Energy portfolios merged
18 July 2016
Conservation group WWF-Australia is taking the unprecedented step of buying a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence - ironically to save sharks and other...
13 July 2016
Neither major party has committed to the level of funding required to turn around the Reef’s decline
30 June 2016
The scorecard evaluated party policies for saving threatened species, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, and addressing climate change.
28 June 2016
A blizzard of false claims have been made in a sustained campaign by agricultural industry lobbyists on the proposed restoration of laws regulating...
23 June 2016
Springvale station is a pollution hotspot generating 40% of the sediment from gully erosion in the Normanby basin.
22 June 2016
Stronger federal laws are urgently needed to protect Australia’s threatened species and special places like the Great Barrier Reef
14 June 2016
WWF is calling on all political parties to dedicate more funding to the implementation of the country’s Threatened Species Strategy which aims to reverse...
14 June 2016
The Reef needs a rescue package similar in size to the $13 billion in funding committed to saving the Murray-Darling Basin
13 June 2016
With just three weeks to go until polling day, WWF-Australia has called on the major parties to release their full suite of environment policies.
10 June 2016
Scientific evidence demonstrates that marine sanctuaries help reefs recover from coral bleaching
9 June 2016
Can Australia be powered on 100% renewables with the same levels of reliability that we enjoy today? A new report released today by WWF-Australia says we can.
8 June 2016
Dramatic new images show once beautiful coral on the Great Barrier Reef now covered in brown slime.
7 June 2016
WWF-Australia has welcomed today’s announcement from Environment Minister Greg Hunt of $5 million to protect a number of threatened animal and plant species in...
5 June 2016
According to the ABC, a leaked report prepared for the Queensland Government, estimates it will cost $16 billion to stop the water pollution harming the Great...
2 June 2016
Injecting crown-of-thorns starfish helps address the problem in some important tourism spots, but we need a Reef-wide solution
30 May 2016
The initiative was announced today by Sir Richard Branson in Sydney.
30 May 2016
Package will not be enough to secure 69,000 Reef jobs along the Queensland coast
30 May 2016
One-third of corals in the 1000km stretch of the Reef north of Cairns are now dead or dying.
30 May 2016
WWF welcomes commitment from the ALP to double the number of Indigenous rangers
27 May 2016
We believe we can have increased agricultural productivity and a healthy Reef
26 May 2016
Historic new action has been recommended to stop farm pollution harming the Great Barrier Reef.
25 May 2016
The Places You Love alliance is calling for a new environmental law system
18 May 2016
With the election just weeks away, neither the Government nor Opposition have yet committed to phasing out the subsidies.
18 May 2016
Australian needs to shift towards a modern, 21st Century renewable energy grid
17 May 2016
Australia’s building sector can deliver up to 28% of Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target
12 May 2016
Twenty-three threatened black-flanked rock-wallabies were translocated by plane
11 May 2016
Transparency about payments the resources sector makes to governments is essential to stamp out corruption
9 May 2016
WWF-Australia strongly welcomes Labor’s commitment, made last night, to continue funding grants through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) if...
6 May 2016
WWF-Australia welcomes the Greens announcement today to encourage households and businesses to purchase renewable energy storage systems.
6 May 2016
Budget has failed the Reef and instead continues to prop up polluting industries.
3 May 2016
The beautiful hawksbill turtle is just one of the species that needs to be saved
29 April 2016
Nation’s capital delivers class 'ACT' with 100% renewable power plan by 2020
29 April 2016
The plan is an important step towards a clean renewable energy transition
27 April 2016
One year on from the devastating earthquake in Nepal, Intrepid Travel and WWF-Australia have announced a partnership.
25 April 2016
WWF-Australia called on the Australian Government to fully finance Great Barrier Reef protection programs, citing fears of a black hole in funding.
25 April 2016
The only way we can prevent ongoing repeats of the heart-breaking devastation of our Great Barrier Reef is if Australia shows leadership on climate change
21 April 2016
WWF-Australia today welcomed recognition from State and Federal Governments that the Great Barrier Reef is gravely threatened by the current coral bleaching...
21 April 2016
BREAKING NEWS: New information released today by Australia's National Coral Bleaching Taskforce
20 April 2016
More Australians support ending fossil fuel subsidies to raise revenue in this year’s federal budget than any other measure
15 April 2016
The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890
11 April 2016
Residents in southwest WA are being asked to report any illegal shooting of endangered black cockatoos
8 April 2016
The number of distressed native animals needing rescue in Queensland is rapidly increasing
6 April 2016
New WWF Report: Nearly half of all natural World Heritage sites are threatened by harmful industrial activities
6 April 2016
A major new study says it’s “unlikely” pollution-reduction targets for the Great Barrier Reef will be met.
3 April 2016
Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef appears to be far worse than originally thought
29 March 2016
WWF researchers are celebrating the first live sighting of a Sumatran rhino in Kalimantan
23 March 2016
Pristine coral reefs recently filmed for David Attenborough’s new documentary are now bleached and dying.
23 March 2016
Announcement will go some way to thawing the investment freeze in renewable energy in Australia
23 March 2016
Images show large sections of coral drained of all colour and fighting for survival
21 March 2016
Proposed laws allow the Minister to authorise actions that would cause a species to become extinct
20 March 2016
"Green Growth Plan" is full of holes and fails to protect the state’s endangered black cockatoos.
18 March 2016
Proposed new laws would restore the 2006 ban on broadscale clearing
17 March 2016
This Saturday, Australians will turn their lights off for the tenth Earth Hour.
17 March 2016
If the ice does not grow any more this year, this will set a new record.
15 March 2016
Great Barrier Reef bleaching response raised to second highest level.
14 March 2016
Exemption from the law means that bulldozers can now destroy vast areas of high conservation value bushland at any time with no questions asked, no permit...
14 March 2016
Australian company purchases trees in Southwest Australia and restoring valuable land for Aussie wildlife in the process
11 March 2016
The latest coral bleaching map shows worsening conditions for the northern Great Barrier Reef and shows a high risk of serious bleaching.
10 March 2016
Satellite trackers placed on two hawksbill turtles in a race to save the mysterious species
9 March 2016
The Federal Government today revealed its plan to help Australian cities, precincts and buildings go carbon neutral.
8 March 2016
The endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo is one of just two species of white-tailed black cockatoo on Earth
3 March 2016
Reports that Lizard Island in far north Queensland is experiencing the worst coral bleaching since 2002 is a major concern for the Great Barrier Reef.
1 March 2016
A new analysis by WWF-Australia reveals that koalas, recently listed as vulnerable to extinction, lost 40,312 hectares of habitat in just two years following...
17 February 2016
Australia’s largest canned tuna supplier, John West Australia, today announced that over 95% of their canned tuna is now certified by the Marine Stewardship...
4 February 2016
As Australia braces for a potentially devastating coral bleaching event in coming months on the Great Barrier Reef
6 January 2016