New WWF report: 3 billion animals impacted by Australia’s bushfire crisis
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires.
28 July 2020
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Gill net buyback promising news for dugongs and other threatened marine life
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the Queensland LNP’s policy announcement of a $6 million voluntary buyback scheme prioritising the...
26 July 2020
From COVID to Climate: When ambition becomes contagious
Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the perfect example of an ‘ambition loop’ in action - a virtuous cycle where businesses, policymakers, NGOs...
24 July 2020
Government puts wildlife at risk by ignoring expert advice on EPBC Act, warns WWF
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is undergoing a once-in-a-decade review. An interim report released today outlines...
20 July 2020
Australia’s plastics scorecard: Queensland races ahead with today’s plastic bill
Queensland has raced into first place on WWF-Australia’s new single-use plastics scorecard with the introduction of their single-use plastic bill into...
15 July 2020
Cody Simpson urges Aussies to ditch plastic with new WWF-Australia ambassadorship
He’s best known for his music, but now Cody Simpson is helping to protect our oceans from plastics. To launch Plastic Free July, today WWF-Australia has...
2 July 2020
Strong action needed on koala committee report to avoid koala extinction
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today agreed with a New South Wales Upper House report that says, following huge bushfire losses, koalas face...
30 June 2020
WWF welcomes creation of massive new national park
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the announcement by the New South Wales government that it has purchased the 153,415 hectare Narriearra...
27 June 2020
Destruction of greater glider habitat jumped by 52% after vulnerable listing
Destruction of greater glider habitat increased by 52% in New South Wales and Queensland after the species was listed as vulnerable to extinction, a report by...
26 June 2020
Transition from deforestation to reforestation in NSW needed after suspension of remapping of old-growth forest
WWF-Australia has welcomed the New South Wales government’s decision to suspend the remapping of old growth forest. It was feared the remapping plan was a...
25 June 2020
Threatened species lose 1 million ha of habitat to unauthorised agricultural development
More than one million hectares of threatened species habitat has been lost due to unauthorised clearing by agriculturalists who have failed to follow the law,...
25 June 2020
Post-bushfire survey shows 90% reduction in wildlife
One of the first wildlife surveys conducted after Australia’s devastating bushfires has found a 90% reduction in ground dwelling species in burnt areas.
22 June 2020