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WWF calls for moratorium on krill fishing after negotiations fail to protect Antarctica’s tiny superheroes

WWF is calling for a moratorium on Antarctic krill fishing to protect krill and the wildlife that rely on them after leaders failed to come to an agreement on...

1 November 2025

Aerial image of a bulldozer clearing trees for an urban expansion near Ipswich, southeast Queensland

WWF calls on parliament to pass strong nature laws that close deforestation loopholes

WWF-Australia has called on parliament to strengthen reforms to Australia’s environment laws and close loopholes that allow native forests to be bulldozed and...

30 October 2025

Forests of Gumbaynggirr Country (Bellingen, NSW).

Environment groups welcome new enforcement powers and increases in penalties for nature laws

Three of the country’s biggest environment groups have welcomed the confirmation from Environment Minister Murray Watt that the federal government’s soon-to-be...

24 October 2025

Coal and gas commitment threatens Queensland’s future

The Crisafulli Government’s commitment to keep coal-fired power stations running longer and invest in new expensive gas threatens the future of Queensland’s...

10 October 2025

There’s a new leaf thief in town

Move over Claude … there’s a new leaf thief in town. A youngster has been caught in the act of munching seedlings at Eastern Forest Nursery near Lismore.

22 September 2025

Bushfire in Bowraville NSW= November 2019

WWF: Broad emissions target puts Australia on the path to climate destruction

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put Australia on a path of climate destruction with his decision to set a 2035 emissions reduction target of 62-70%, said...

18 September 2025

WWF: climate report is a warning bell that Australia cannot ignore

In response to today’s release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, WWF-Australia’s CEO Dermot O’Gorman said: “This risk assessment sends a sobering...

15 September 2025

The unique native Australian koala, hugging a gum tree

New national park could help save koalas from extinction

WWF-Australia has hailed the creation of the Great Koala National Park as a game changer in the fight to save koalas from extinction and end native forest...

7 September 2025

The world’s most famous greater gliders are parents again

On National Threatened Species Day (7 September), some news we can all celebrate – the world’s most famous endangered greater gliders are parents again, with a...

7 September 2025

Dr Kita Ashman, Threatened Species and Climate Adaptation Ecologist for WWF-Australia, surveys the destruction in Tallaganda State Forest.

Tallaganda charges “the final straw” – it’s time to end native forest logging

Conservation groups say today’s charges against Forestry Corp over its conduct in Tallaganda State Forest are the final straw and they urged the New South...

28 August 2025

Countries must choose new path after UN plastics treaty talks collapse

WWF has called on countries including Australia to pursue a new path to tackle the plastic pollution crisis after UN talks to secure a global plastic treaty...

16 August 2025

Mass coral mortality on the Great Barrier Reef

Following mass bleaching in 2024 and 2025, the Great Barrier Reef has suffered the biggest declines in coral cover in recorded history according to the...

6 August 2025