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Release of Mary the koala into the wild in Emmaville, NSW

Report urging fix to failing nature laws puts government to the ultimate test

A report released today mapping a pathway to help address Australia’s extinction crisis and reform failing nature laws will put the federal government to the...

28 January 2021

Tree-clearing for urban expansion near Ipswich= southeast Queensland

Australia remains the only developed nation on the list of global deforestation fronts

A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature names eastern Australia among 24 global deforestation fronts – the only developed nation on the list.

13 January 2021

A fisher emptying a mesh full of orange roughy into a trawler.

WWF: orange roughy decision a victory for common sense

A bid to have the orange roughy fishery in eastern Tasmania certified “sustainable” has been halted – for now.

6 January 2021

Brush tail rock wallaby caught on sensor camera

Google’s AI technology to identify animals impacted by bushfires

Artificial intelligence and an army of new sensor cameras will be used to track the recovery of animals impacted by bushfires in one of the most extensive...

16 December 2020

Quokka spotted on sensor camera during the day= Northcliffe WA

Quokka research shows bushfire recovery takes time

Five years after a severe bushfire nearly wiped out a quokka population near Northcliffe in Western Australia, research indicates they may not fully recover...

11 December 2020

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae) feeds on Antarctic krill in Fournier Bay= Antarctic Peninsula

Fishing area in the Antarctic becomes ocean sanctuary

An NGO-industry collaboration to protect the Antarctic Ocean today announces a big step forward with a year-round closure of a 4500km2 area of ocean around...

11 December 2020

Dermot O'Gorman, WWF-Australia, and Rob Brewster, Rewilding Australia

Rewilding Australia joins WWF in a bold plan to Regenerate Australia

WWF-Australia has welcomed the not-for-profit Rewilding Australia into its ranks, as part of its bold Regenerate Australia program to restore degraded...

9 December 2020

Waste plastic bottles and other types of plastic waste at the Thilafushi waste disposal site.

Split Senate vote places pressure on Government to address plastic packaging

WWF-Australia is heartened to see the strong support in the Senate for Australia's National Packaging Targets to be mandated within the Government’s Recycling...

8 December 2020

WWF observes the bushfire aftermath at Batemans Bay= NSW

WWF: 60,000 koalas impacted by bushfire crisis

More than 60,000 koalas were among the animals impacted by last summer’s bushfire crisis, according to a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for...

7 December 2020

Turtle shell products for sale in Latin America & the Carribean

New campaign urges Australians to give up tortoiseshell to save the hawksbill turtle

Australians are being urged to surrender their tortoiseshell products, such as jewellery, combs and sunglasses and other trinkets, as part of a groundbreaking...

4 December 2020

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4,000 chemical compounds found in Great Barrier Reef turtles

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in Great Barrier Reef marine life, including turtles and fish species popular with consumers, according to a new report by...

4 December 2020

Landmark research finds the platypus should be listed as a threatened species

The parts of Australia where platypuses are found has shrunk by at least 22% or about 200,000 km² – an area almost three times the size of Tasmania – in the...

23 November 2020