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
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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