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
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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