Backyard Barometer 2018: Environmental concern on the rise
The Backyard Barometer is the first report to track the nation’s attitudes towards the environment over a 20-year period.
24 May 2018
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Future looking bright for rock-wallaby population once feared extinct
One of Australia’s most successful conservation projects is nearing completion with another 25 black-flanked rock-wallabies flown this week to Kalbarri...
18 May 2018
Tree laws pass - it’s a win for koalas, wildlife & the Reef
WWF-Australia today thanked supporters and congratulated the Queensland government after Parliament passed laws to stop excessive tree-clearing in the sunshine...
3 May 2018
Public donations enable WWF to “retire” gillnet to protect dugongs
Public donations have enabled WWF-Australia to protect dugongs by removing the last commercial gill net still operating full time in Far North Queensland.
1 May 2018
WWF-Australia calls for a whole-of-economy greenhouse gas scheme
When the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) was announced last year, WWF gave it the benefit of the doubt, despite the scant detail that supported this major...
20 April 2018
New pictures show why commercial gill nets and dugongs don't mix
New pictures show why commercial gill nets and dugongs don't mix. The images show a stranded female dugong after being cut free from a commercial gill net.
19 April 2018
WA state government must do more to save the endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo from excessive tree-clearing
WWF-Australia says the WA state government must do more to stop the clearing of pines.
13 April 2018
WWF bid to buy fishing licence, save dugongs, & kick-start ‘Net-Free North’
In a bold conservation approach, WWF-Australia wants people to chip in to buy and “retire” a commercial fishing licence in the northern Great Barrier Reef.
11 April 2018
WWF-Australia: foreign donations Bill “still a mess & bad for wildlife conservation”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman said the foreign donations Bill is “still a mess and bad for wildlife conservation”, despite changes recommended by a Federal...
10 April 2018
Federal plans to silence advocacy hit a snag
Today, the Hands Off Our Charities alliance will present political representatives with an open letter calling for the abandonment of laws that would silence...
28 March 2018
WWF-Australia and Koala take a seat in the name of conservation
WWF-Australia and Koala partner to save marine turtles in the Great Barrier Reef.
27 March 2018
The federal government is pushing ahead with “the largest protected area downgrading in the world”
The final boundaries released by the Federal Government for changes to marine parks confirm they will be the largest downgrading of protected area the world...
21 March 2018