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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

Single-use plastic bag floating with a school of fish in a shallow reef

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

Koala mother and joey seek refuge on bulldozed logs in Queensland, Australia.

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

The 153,415 hectare Narriearra Station in far north west NSW is the largest purchase of private land for national parks in the State’s history. Courtesy National Park and Wildlife Service

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

Greater glider in a patch of old-growth forest in Munruben, Logan City, south of Brisbane

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

Landclearing next to Boondandilla State Forest in Queensland

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

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia funded Eco Logical Australia (ELA) to conduct the surveys in Gibraltar Range National Park (5 sites in March) and Torrington State Conservation Area (2 sites in February).

Ecologists conducted daytime fauna searches and set up sensor cameras. The number of ground dwelling species detected was less than 10% of what would normally be expected.

There was an absence of low mobility, ground-dwelling species with only a swamp rat, an unidentified mammal (possibly a Spotted-tailed Quoll or Rufous Bettong), and five smaller reptiles recorded (Murrays Skink x 3, Dark Bar-sided skink x 1, Copper-tailed Skink x 1). Birds that typically spend most of the time on the ground (e.g. quail-thrush and scrubwrens) were also not detected. Quantifiably, this was considered likely to be a > 90% reduction over what could have been expected to be seen.

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

WWF-Australia welcomes important democratic reforms in Queensland

WWF-Australia welcomes the Queensland government’s electoral reforms which passed the Parliament tonight.

18 June 2020

Aerial view of Hardy Reef, home to the Heart Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef

These images were taken on 20 June 2017 by a drone to assess if the Heart Reef has been bleached.

Vale Dr Jon Brodie - a powerful voice for the Reef

WWF-Australia, and our partners, the Australian Marine Conservation Society would like to pay tribute to Dr Jon Brodie, who sadly passed away last week. Dr...

17 June 2020

Animals for sale at an illegal wildlife market

Conditions are rife for next pandemic unless urgent action is taken, WWF warns

While the world continues to grapple with the devastating consequences of COVID-19, WWF is calling for urgent global action to address the key drivers it has...

17 June 2020