NSW Koala Strategy: “ineffective, inadequate and expensive”
A new report has found that the New South Wales government’s Koala Strategy is “ineffective, inadequate and expensive” and ignores the main cause of koala...
18 December 2018
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WWF: NSW “massively understating” amount of forest that must be saved
WWF-Australia says the New South Wales government is massively understating the area of forest and woodlands that should be protected from tree-clearing.
11 December 2018
Northern bettongs facing extinction threat
Northern bettongs have been reduced to just two populations in the wild, numbering at most 2,500, and researchers say drastic measures may be needed to save...
6 December 2018
Statement on Adani by Dermot O’Gorman, CEO of WWF-Australia
Recent back-to-back bleaching killed 50% of Great Barrier Reef inshore coral and scientists predict it could bleach again this summer so how is it possible...
30 November 2018
Woolworths partners with WWF for a more sustainable future
With more and more Australian shoppers choosing to buy seafood, Woolworths and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Australia have partnered to further improve...
27 November 2018
WWF: Amendments to Bill “a win for democracy”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman said changes to the Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Bill which passed the Senate “are a win for democracy”.
16 November 2018
NSW’s 20 deforestation hotspots exposed, 17 with koala habitat
Seventeen of the state’s 20 deforestation hotspots contain koala habitat at risk of land clearing under new state environmental laws.
14 November 2018
RCL Cruises and WWF-Australia announce partnership to protect critically endangered hawksbill turtles
For the first time in Asia-Pacific, WWF and its partners will enable technology to extract DNA from tortoiseshell products, and help put a stop to the illegal...
13 November 2018
Eastern Quoll Joeys Emerge At Booderee National Park
Eastern quolls born in the wild at Booderee National Park have been photographed roaming independently from their mothers for the first time.
12 November 2018
Tree-clearing kills 87 million animals in NSW
A new WWF-Australia report has found tree-clearing killed more than 87 million animals in New South Wales between 1998 and 2015 – and this figure is likely...
8 November 2018
CCAMLR fails to deliver increased protection for fragile Antarctic ecosystems
The international commission which decides on conservation plans for the oceans surrounding Antarctica has once again failed to deliver increased protection.
5 November 2018
Koala Museum Shows Dire Future Unless Tree Clearing Laws Change
WWF-Australia has held a one-day pop-up museum for Sydneysiders and tourists to experience what a world without koalas in the wild could be like.
30 October 2018