Australia’s habitat protection laws “ineffective, woefully underused”, new report finds
A new report has slammed national and state habitat protection laws as “ineffective and woefully underused”.
14 May 2024
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Signs of hope among 7 million images captured in Australia’s scorched forests
One of the largest sensor camera projects ever undertaken in Australia has collected more than 7 million photos from bushfire-affected regions —with some...
4 May 2023
IPCC: Leaders urged to heed science and catalyse action to avert climate catastrophe
The latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the urgent need for rapid emission reductions to avoid global temperatures...
21 March 2023
Damning environment report card must be a turning point
Today’s damning State of the Environment Report must be a turning point that leads to greater investment and stronger laws to protect Australia’s wildlife and...
19 July 2022
The eureka moment after tenacious search for rare bird
This image of one of Australia’s rarest cockatoos had conservationists high-fiving in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.
5 July 2022
Search finds rare subalpine plants survived Australia’s bushfires
A search for rare plants in Australia’s subalpine region has found small populations of all five target species.
17 June 2022
Can hi-tech nest boxes help recover the greater glider?
The humble wildlife nest box has been given a hi-tech overhaul to help recover greater gliders which were severely impacted by Australia’s bushfire disaster,...
15 June 2022
How 150,000 trees can create huge forest areas in koala rescue plan
New project to connect habitat in the South Coast, Border Ranges, Blue Mountains and Coffs Coast Hinterland
31 May 2022
Researchers call on residents to help count Northern Rivers koalas
Researchers will be searching for koala scat, deploying detections dogs and heat-seeking drones, and calling on local residents to report koala sightings as...
22 December 2021
Horror bushfire season cost Aussie farmers up to $5 billion
A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia and the University of Sydney estimates the 2019-20 bushfires cost agriculture $4-5 billion.
12 December 2021
Greening Australia and WWF-Australia announce new Climate-ready Restoration partnership in response to increasing natural disasters
Two of the country’s leading environmental organisations, Greening Australia and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)–Australia, today announced a strategic...
1 July 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