WWF welcomes the Senate passing Nature Repair legislation
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia tonight welcomed the Senate passing the Nature Repair legislation and holds high hopes for its safe passage through...
5 December 2023
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Cybersecurity incident
WWF-Australia is aware of a cyber incident that has impacted one of our fundraising providers, Pareto Phone, which has resulted in the disclosure of the...
24 August 2023
World reaches historic deal to reverse nature loss, but urgent action and funds needed to deliver
WWF-Australia has welcomed a historic global deal to halt and reverse nature loss at the UN’s COP15 biodiversity summit.
20 December 2022
Global wildlife populations fall 69%, Australia records localised extinctions
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2022 reveals monitored global wildlife populations fell by 69%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, while...
13 October 2022
Australia’s pledge for nature comes at a crucial time
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia applauds the Australian Government for signing the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and committing to reverse biodiversity...
21 September 2022
WWF welcomes national scheme for landholders to regenerate Australia
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a biodiversity certificates scheme to reward landholders who restore...
26 August 2022
Endangered bettongs complete 2,000km journey to new home in South Australia
A group of tiny, endangered marsupials has completed an epic 2,000 kilometre journey from Western Australia to a new home on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
29 July 2022
WWF welcomes record funding for new national parks in Queensland budget
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $262.5 million investment in expanding Queensland’s national parks and...
21 June 2022
Report shows why Australia should meet global land protection targets
A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia reveals more than 1500 of Australia’s unique ecosystems, both on land and sea, fall outside...
12 October 2021
Brush-tailed bettongs back on mainland South Australia after disappearing more than 100 years ago
One of Australia’s rarest marsupials, the brush-tailed bettong, has been reintroduced to mainland South Australia after being locally extinct for more than a...
22 August 2021
Nature-loss news stories increase 400% in Australia - A sign of ‘eco-wakening’ trend gripping the globe
A new report reveals Australia is at the forefront of a global trend showing hundreds of millions of people all over the world are concerned by biodiversity...
18 May 2021
Bill could stop devastating decline of wildlife says WWF
WWF-Australia has welcomed a bill to establish a Commonwealth Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to finally enforce Australia’s nature laws.
22 March 2021