World reaches historic deal to reverse nature loss, but urgent action and funds needed to deliver
WWF-Australia has welcomed a historic global deal to halt and reverse nature loss at the UN’s COP15 biodiversity summit.
20 December 2022
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Queensland remains the land clearing capital of Australia
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia said land is still being cleared in Queensland at an alarming rate, following the release of the SLATS report which...
16 December 2022
NSW misses opportunity to protect koalas from logging
The NSW Government has missed an opportunity to protect koalas, greater gliders and other threatened species from logging with its response to a parliamentary...
16 December 2022
Environment law reform a strong start; needs greater urgency
The federal government’s planned reforms of Australia’s environment laws are a strong start and should be implemented with greater urgency to halt Australia's...
8 December 2022
Drone surveys reveal no “man drought” for green turtles threatened by climate change
Drone surveys of green turtles off Queensland’s Heron Island have found there is not yet a “man drought” as there were just as many males as females turning up...
6 December 2022
Australian jurisdictions see major progress in race to become a renewable superpower
New South Wales has risen to first place in Australia’s race to becoming a renewable energy superpower, while the Australian Government made the greatest...
5 December 2022
Acting on UNESCO recommendations critical for Reef and Australia’s reputation on global stage
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has called on the Federal and Queensland Governments to adopt recommendations to protect the Great Barrier Reef...
29 November 2022
New research: Eight in 10 Australians want manufacturers and retailers to be responsible for recycling plastic packaging
Eight in 10 Australians want manufacturers and retailers to be responsible for reducing, reusing and recycling their plastic packaging including soft plastics,...
23 November 2022
WWF says leaders must redouble efforts as COP27 falls short
WWF says the COP27 climate summit has made a welcome step towards a loss and damage fund, but by failing to agree to more ambitious action on emissions...
20 November 2022
Australia steps up to help end global plastic pollution
Australia’s commitment to a new global coalition that aims to end plastic pollution by 2040 is a breakthrough, according to the World Wide Fund for...
16 November 2022
Prestigious journal exposes plight of Australia’s greater glider to huge international audience
Science, one of the world’s most prestigious academic journals, has today (11 November) published a letter on the extinction risk to Australia’s southern...
11 November 2022
WWF welcomes Australia’s commitment to forest partnership at COP27
WWF-Australia has welcomed Australia’s commitment to a new global partnership to halt deforestation and tackle climate change with forest solutions.
8 November 2022
New report: now is the time to transition out of NSW native forest logging
A new report, commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia, provides strong evidence that now is the time to transition out of native forest...
7 November 2022
COP31 bid can revive Australia’s global reputation
Australia’s bid to host the COP31 climate talks is a chance to catalyse climate action around the world and revive our global reputation, said the World Wide...
5 November 2022
Renewed urgency and opportunity for Antarctic conservation
The annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has wrapped up with some renewed optimism despite once...
4 November 2022
Budget takes positive steps towards regenerating Australia
The Australian Government has taken positive steps towards addressing climate change and halting biodiversity loss with last night’s federal budget, said the...
26 October 2022
WWF: Antarctic krill provide carbon storage services worth US$15.2 billion
Krill in the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea deliver carbon storage services worth an estimated US$15.2 billion per year, according to a new report by the...
20 October 2022
Saving trees could generate $4.4 billion in carbon farming projects for Qld graziers
A new report finds improved government support to help Queensland’s beef industry retain and regrow trees could generate $4.4 billion in carbon farming...
19 October 2022
Global wildlife populations fall 69%, Australia records localised extinctions
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2022 reveals monitored global wildlife populations fell by 69%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, while...
13 October 2022
Alliance to protect forests and bushland from deforestation launched
Every year in Queensland, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests and bushland are bulldozed.
11 October 2022
Whatever happened to “bossy boots” Raine, the flood koala joey?
She was the wildlife face of the 2022 flood disaster – a drenched koala joey, aptly named Raine, who captured hearts. But where is she now?
4 October 2022
Australia must commit to the recovery of all threatened species, not a select few
The Australian Government's threatened species action plan is welcome and should be followed by an investment in the development and implementation of recovery...
4 October 2022
“Listen to us” North Qld forum to take First Peoples message to the UN climate change COP
The inaugural First Peoples Forum for Oceania, held in Mission Beach, attracted Indigenous speakers from the front lines of climate change – Fiji, Solomon...
29 September 2022
WWF: Queensland’s energy plan must go for gold
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia welcomes Queensland’s energy and jobs plan as a once-in-a-century investment to make the state a global renewable...
28 September 2022
WWF welcomes greater protection for whales and dugongs in Great Sandy Marine Park
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia welcomes a proposal to increase gill net free zones in the Great Sandy Marine Park.
23 September 2022
Australia’s pledge for nature comes at a crucial time
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia applauds the Australian Government for signing the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and committing to reverse biodiversity...
21 September 2022
Climate bill lays the foundation for effective climate action
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed Australia’s new climate change legislation as a foundation to build effective climate action this decade.
8 September 2022
New report card grades every federal electorate for threatened species recovery
A new report, released as a preprint, scores threatened species recovery across the nation and gives Australia an overall grade of ‘F’ – the worst possible...
7 September 2022
Act now to create a renewable export industry
Australia could create 395,000 new jobs and generate $89 billion in new trade by 2040 through investment in renewable energy exports. This is greater than the...
7 September 2022
WWF welcomes national scheme for landholders to regenerate Australia
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a biodiversity certificates scheme to reward landholders who restore...
26 August 2022
Queensland can halve its carbon emissions and create 87,000 new jobs by lifting climate ambitions
A new report released today has found that Queensland can at least halve its domestic carbon emissions by 2030 and create 87,000 new jobs across new industries...
2 August 2022
Endangered bettongs complete 2,000km journey to new home in South Australia
A group of tiny, endangered marsupials has completed an epic 2,000 kilometre journey from Western Australia to a new home on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
29 July 2022
Damning environment report card must be a turning point
Today’s damning State of the Environment Report must be a turning point that leads to greater investment and stronger laws to protect Australia’s wildlife and...
19 July 2022
Real action must follow Pacific leaders’ declaration of climate emergency
WWF offices in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific welcome the joint statement from Pacific Islands Forum leaders declaring a "climate emergency" and...
18 July 2022
Endangered listing must be a turning point for the greater glider
The decision to list the world’s largest gliding marsupial, the greater glider, as an endangered species must be followed by urgent action to protect their...
5 July 2022
The eureka moment after tenacious search for rare bird
This image of one of Australia’s rarest cockatoos had conservationists high-fiving in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.
5 July 2022
Queensland edges ahead on WWF scorecard with plan to ban harmful plastics
Queensland has advanced its place towards the top of WWF-Australia’s plastics scorecard with the release of a new plan to ban harmful single-use plastics,...
1 July 2022
Worrying land clearing report shows NSW must transition to reforestation
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today expressed concern at the area of tree clearing revealed in the latest NSW Government Statewide Landcover and...
30 June 2022
WWF welcomes record funding for new national parks in Queensland budget
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $262.5 million investment in expanding Queensland’s national parks and...
21 June 2022
Vale Dr Ronnie Harding - a champion of environmental education
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia would like to pay tribute to Dr Ronnie Harding, a former WWF-Australia director and champion of environmental...
20 June 2022
Search finds rare subalpine plants survived Australia’s bushfires
A search for rare plants in Australia’s subalpine region has found small populations of all five target species.
17 June 2022
Aussies donate hundreds of tortoiseshell items to help stop illegal trade
The hawksbill turtle conservation project Surrender Your Shell, which urged Australians to hand in their tortoiseshell products, has been a success with 328...
16 June 2022
Can hi-tech nest boxes help recover the greater glider?
The humble wildlife nest box has been given a hi-tech overhaul to help recover greater gliders which were severely impacted by Australia’s bushfire disaster,...
15 June 2022
Greater protection for emperor penguins rejected
The 44th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) wrapped up in Berlin overnight after failing to adopt a proposal to designate emperor penguins as a...
3 June 2022
WWF: new ministers have an opportunity to Regenerate Australia
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today congratulated Labor’s new federal ministers who now have an opportunity to tackle some of the most pressing...
31 May 2022
How 150,000 trees can create huge forest areas in koala rescue plan
New project to connect habitat in the South Coast, Border Ranges, Blue Mountains and Coffs Coast Hinterland
31 May 2022
New government must deliver protection for koalas, forests and Reef
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has congratulated Anthony Albanese and Labor on victory in the federal election and urged him to deliver greater...
22 May 2022
WWF welcomes Federal Labor Reef funding commitment
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed Federal Labor’s election pledge of additional funding for the Great Barrier Reef, taking the party’s...
13 May 2022
Baby boom for first bettongs on Yorke Peninsula in over 100 years
Brush-tailed bettongs released on Yorke Peninsula last year are doing so well nearly every female caught for a recent health check was carrying pouch young.
2 May 2022
Innovative “Koala Friendly Carbon” a boost for iconic species
Koala Friendly Carbon, a first-of-its-kind carbon program to help restore koala habitat, is now available in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.
29 April 2022
WWF welcomes koala recovery plan and calls for commitment to double koala numbers
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the release of a national recovery plan to stop the decline of endangered koala populations in NSW,...
7 April 2022
IPCC report highlights urgent need to scale up climate solutions to tackle rising emissions
A powerful new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sets out the solutions that can limit global warming by transforming...
5 April 2022
Mass bleaching declared as UN delegates visit the Great Barrier Reef
Another mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef has been declared today, just as United Nations officials are assessing the health of the world...
25 March 2022
Reef bleaches again as new report shows Australia to “blow emissions budget by double”
The heartbreak of yet another significant coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef comes as new research shows Australia is set to “blow its emissions...
18 March 2022
WWF and Documentary Australia join forces to host Earth Hour Film Festival
Australians will have another incentive to take part in Earth Hour this year, with WWF-Australia and Documentary Australia joining forces to host a virtual...
17 March 2022
Aussies stand united for stronger climate action this Earth Hour
Australians will join hundreds of millions of people and thousands of businesses, schools and landmarks around the world in support of stronger climate action...
15 March 2022
Turtle hatchling survives flood disaster & eating plastic
Pretzel, the green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks...
15 March 2022
WWF creates 100,000 km2 safe haven for dugongs in northern Great Barrier Reef
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has effectively created a 100,000 square kilometre refuge where dugongs, inshore dolphins, and turtles can be free...
14 March 2022
Koala joey, soaked & shivering, rescued from Brisbane River edge
This little koala joey, affectionately dubbed Raine because of her ordeal, is lucky to be alive.
4 March 2022
Support for treaty brings us closer to a world without plastic pollution
A pledge by nations including Australia to establish a global treaty to end plastic pollution is a huge milestone, according to the World Wide Fund for...
3 March 2022
Indigenous rangers trial drones to track rare rock-wallaby
Indigenous rangers are trialling thermal imaging drones to track one of Australia’s rarest and most secretive wallaby species in the Kimberley region of...
28 February 2022
Latest IPCC report: Reef and koalas need action now to have a fighting chance
Accelerating climate impacts, detailed in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seriously threaten people and...
28 February 2022
Nearly nine in 10 Australians support a global plastic pollution treaty but will governments deliver?
Nearly nine in 10 Australians support a global treaty to combat plastic pollution and almost 80% think single-use plastics should be banned as soon as...
22 February 2022
WWF welcomes investment in clean energy jobs for the Hunter
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the announcement of a $550 million “future industries” package by the NSW Government, focused on creating...
19 February 2022
Koala endangered listing is a grim but important decision
The decision to list koalas as an endangered species on Australia’s east coast is a grim but important outcome that requires urgent action, according to animal...
11 February 2022
Indigenous knowledge, collaboration & wombats key to “rewild” a whole Bass Strait island
A wombat subspecies unique to Bass Strait could be the first animal returned under an innovative vision to “rewild” a whole island.
7 February 2022
Gone forever – two-thirds of Australia has lost its unique birdlife
Researchers have revealed that threatened birds have disappeared from almost 70 per cent of Australia since European colonisation.
7 February 2022
WWF welcomes $50 million in federal funding for koalas
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the announcement of $50 million in federal funding for koala protection and recovery efforts.
29 January 2022
WWF welcomes $1 billion in federal funding for Great Barrier Reef management
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the announcement of $1 billion in federal funding for the Great Barrier Reef over the next nine years.
28 January 2022
Koala “baby bonanza” in East Gippsland; but are they “genetic” gold?
It was a koala baby bonanza when the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia caught koalas in Gelantipy, East Gippsland to assist researchers working to ensure...
25 January 2022