If bags last this long, & kill species… are the plastics commitments in this election enough?
It’s a shocking discovery – a well preserved plastic bag, possibly 30 years old, found in mangroves in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Wynnum.
13 May 2019
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WWF: ALP environment election commitments “encouraging”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman described an initial $100 million investment into a Threatened Species Fund as a “good start”.
9 May 2019
Journey to bring wild population of eastern quolls back to mainland takes another step forward
The journey to re-establish a wild population of eastern quolls on the Australian mainland has taken another big step forward with a further 40 quolls being...
8 May 2019
Gill net carnage on the Reef must stop
Disturbing imagery reveal dead sharks stacked up to waist height on the deck at a time when there is worldwide concern about declining shark numbers.
4 May 2019
WWF: “hits and misses” in Coalition environment funding
WWF-Australia has welcomed environment funding, announced by the Coalition, focused on issues including plastics and threatened species.
3 May 2019
WWF welcomes Greens pledge to protect Australia’s threatened species
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Greens’ announcement of a $20 billion Nature Fund to protect Australia’s threatened species and the party’s commitments to...
17 April 2019
WWF welcomes ALP policy of federal laws to stop excessive tree clearing
WWF-Australia today welcomed the ALP policy of “federal legislation to bring broad-scale land clearing under control”.
1 April 2019
Earth Hour 2019: Australians encouraged to support climate change action
Australians signing up to Earth Hour 2019 are demanding to federal politicians act now to ensure Australia gets back on track to meeting its international...
25 March 2019
The worst animal welfare crisis that no one’s heard of
Tree clearing inflicts so much death and suffering on native animals in New South Wales that it is “the worst animal crisis no one’s heard of”.
22 March 2019
Koala crisis: national icon should be listed ‘endangered’ in NSW & Qld
The federal government should upgrade the listing for koalas from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ in New South Wales and Queensland.
18 March 2019
WWF releases report on global plastic pollution crisis
Plastic trash found on remote Great Barrier Reef island drives home plastic issue.
5 March 2019
Taking Reef protection “to the next level”
WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society today expressed strong support for the Queensland government’s Bill introduced to Parliament to...
27 February 2019