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WWF-Australia today welcomed a broader definition of ‘core koala habitat’ and new maps of koala habitat across New South Wales but warned the changes will not...
19 December 2019
Thirteen Indigenous rangers have journeyed nearly 10,000km from Australia to the foot of the Himalayas to share their knowledge and create partnerships with...
18 December 2019
WWF-Australia has commissioned an independent review of voluntary sustainability standards for responsible salmon production, and their application to the...
13 December 2019
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed global attention being drawn today to the plight of an Aussie icon … the eucalypt tree.
11 December 2019
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today launched an ambitious tree-recovery plan as an analysis by the organisation shows bushfires have burned at least...
1 December 2019
The battle to stop goannas in Queensland eating loggerhead turtle eggs has been highlighted in the international conservation journal Oryx, published today.
29 November 2019
Conservationists have urged the Australian government to ramp up actions to protect the Great Barrier Reef in a crucial report due to be submitted to UNESCO by...
29 November 2019
Seventy leading Australian organisations have made the switch to renewable energy in the past two years and procured nearly 2.3GW of electricity – enough to...
19 November 2019
WWF is saddened by the loss of life, and injuries, in the bushfire tragedy gripping New South Wales and Queensland.
12 November 2019
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed a proposal to ban single-use plastic items in Queensland and is calling for national action on single-use...
7 November 2019
Officially launched at an event at Warooka today, the predator-management fence is designed to limit the movement of foxes and feral cats into the area and...
6 November 2019
A bid to create huge marine sanctuaries and protect oceans in East Antarctica has fallen short, but the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia remains hopeful...
4 November 2019
A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) highlights that human-caused warming is destroying sea ice habitat in the Antarctic, threatening the...
21 October 2019
“Banning plastic bags is an effective and simple way to reduce the amount of plastic entering our oceans and the places we love. Every other state in Australia...
17 October 2019
Indigenous rangers are key to a radical plan to stop cane toads wiping out native species in Western Australia’s Kimberley region – one of the last...
14 October 2019
Australia’s two most populous states – New South Wales and Victoria – are at the bottom of Australia’s first single-use plastics scorecard, with South...
9 October 2019
Australia will host the first opportunity to respond to the UN’s alarming new report on climate change impacts on oceans and the cryosphere - the earth's snow...
25 September 2019
WWF-Australia welcomed today’s passing of laws through the Queensland Parliament that strengthen protection for the Great Barrier Reef by regulating minimum...
19 September 2019
WWF's award-winning innovation program, Panda Labs, announced alongside ConsenSys the launch of Impactio, a platform which enables funding for projects at...
19 September 2019
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia said regulations to reduce polluted run-off, being debated in the Queensland Parliament today, were crucial to turn...
17 September 2019
The venture, co-founded by WWF-Australia and BCG Digital Ventures, will use the funds to further develop its technology platform for driving sustainable and...
17 September 2019
More than fifty Indigenous trail-blazing women have gathered together on country this week in a show of strength and unity for a women’s ranger movement that...
17 September 2019
A combination of shade and irrigation could be a way to cool sea turtle nests enough to produce more male hatchlings, according to research conducted on Milman...
7 September 2019
The official outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has gone from “poor” to “very poor”.
30 August 2019
This is a win for marine turtle conservation. It is now up to governments to effectively implement these decisions.
26 August 2019
Scientists have developed a test to extract DNA from hawksbill turtle products including tortoiseshell jewellery. It’s a breakthrough that could help save the...
20 August 2019
I am puzzled. Why do people hate koalas? Why are we so keen seemingly to kill them off?
16 August 2019
TOWNSVILLE: The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia said the attack on Reef science, being encouraged by the CANEGROWERS organisation, disregards Townsville’s...
16 August 2019
WWF-Australia says the federal government’s $500 million Pacific climate change and oceans funding package must also be backed up by stronger action on...
13 August 2019
WWF says CANEGROWERS org's attack on Reef science is hypocritical because cane growers have received $ millions to reduce runoff and improve productivity based...
12 August 2019
The IPCC’s new report, approved overnight, calls for all nations to transform the way land is managed because agriculture, forestry and other land use produces...
8 August 2019
The WWF-Australia today said stronger climate action is urgently needed in response to a disturbing new report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef. AIMS...
11 July 2019
A new joint social venture is underway to turn a commercial gill net, a danger to threatened marine creatures, into something useful – sustainable sunglasses.
4 July 2019
WWF-Australia recently obtained photographs of a largetooth sawfish depicting barbaric cruelty associated with the operation of gill nets.
29 June 2019
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman says the approval of the Adani mine fails to respond to the strong scientific evidence that we must limit global warming to...
14 June 2019
A new study finds on average people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card.
12 June 2019
With ministers responsible for protecting Nature sworn in today, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) congratulated Prime Minister Scott...
29 May 2019
A study has shown the green turtle population which forages in Edgecumbe Bay (south of Bowen) is rebuilding at a rate of 8.3% each year.
23 May 2019
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today mourns the loss of Bob Hawke whose record on the environment continues to enrich the lives of Australians.
17 May 2019
It’s a shocking discovery – a well preserved plastic bag, possibly 30 years old, found in mangroves in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Wynnum.
13 May 2019
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman described an initial $100 million investment into a Threatened Species Fund as a “good start”.
9 May 2019
The journey to re-establish a wild population of eastern quolls on the Australian mainland has taken another big step forward with a further 40 quolls being...
8 May 2019
Disturbing imagery reveal dead sharks stacked up to waist height on the deck at a time when there is worldwide concern about declining shark numbers.
4 May 2019
WWF-Australia has welcomed environment funding, announced by the Coalition, focused on issues including plastics and threatened species.
3 May 2019
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Greens’ announcement of a $20 billion Nature Fund to protect Australia’s threatened species and the party’s commitments to...
17 April 2019
WWF-Australia today welcomed the ALP policy of “federal legislation to bring broad-scale land clearing under control”.
1 April 2019
Australians signing up to Earth Hour 2019 are demanding to federal politicians act now to ensure Australia gets back on track to meeting its international...
25 March 2019
Tree clearing inflicts so much death and suffering on native animals in New South Wales that it is “the worst animal crisis no one’s heard of”.
22 March 2019
The federal government should upgrade the listing for koalas from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ in New South Wales and Queensland.
18 March 2019
Plastic trash found on remote Great Barrier Reef island drives home plastic issue.
5 March 2019
WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society today expressed strong support for the Queensland government’s Bill introduced to Parliament to...
27 February 2019
WWF-Australia is expanding its approach to sustainable aquaculture and marine conservation in Tasmania by deepening its engagement with aquaculture companies,...
15 February 2019
The President of WWF International has written an open letter to Australia’s political leaders calling for immediate action to halt biodiversity loss and...
15 February 2019
On behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature's 5 million supporters, I urge the Australian and New South Wales Governments to commit to urgent and effective...
15 February 2019
A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland’s Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.
11 February 2019
WWF-Australia says the NSW Government’s announcement today of a new national park, as part of the discredited Koala Strategy, will not prevent koalas from...
4 February 2019
WWF-Australia is today launching an ambitious project to create a safe haven near Adelaide and repopulate the area with native species that have been extinct...
31 January 2019
WWF-Australia and BCG Digital Ventures are launching a revolutionary new digital platform that uses blockchain and other technologies to track food and...
17 January 2019
Scientists fear the combination of persistent coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and more frequent coral bleaching are a ‘perfect storm’ that...
9 January 2019