Environment bill is a recipe for extinction, warns WWF
Today Australia witnessed a bill that will weaken Australia’s nature laws and transfer development approval powers to state governments rushed through the...
3 September 2020
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New WWF report: 3 billion animals impacted by Australia’s bushfire crisis
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires.
28 July 2020
Strong action needed on koala committee report to avoid koala extinction
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today agreed with a New South Wales Upper House report that says, following huge bushfire losses, koalas face...
30 June 2020
Transition from deforestation to reforestation in NSW needed after suspension of remapping of old-growth forest
WWF-Australia has welcomed the New South Wales government’s decision to suspend the remapping of old growth forest. It was feared the remapping plan was a...
25 June 2020
Ecotourism Australia partners with WWF-Australia to boost tourism sector recovery
The recovery of Australia’s bushfire-affected tourism regions is being given a boost, thanks to a new partnership between Ecotourism Australia and the World...
29 May 2020
Maryanne the “miracle” koala returned to the wild after bushfire wounds heal
In early December 2019, Maryanne was found underweight, dehydrated, and suffering with burnt paws after a bushfire swept through the area. After emergency...
28 May 2020
Cockatoo chicks hatch among burnt bushland on Kangaroo Island
Glossy black-cockatoo chicks have hatched among burnt bushland on Kangaroo Island, boosting hopes the endangered species can be saved from extinction.
25 May 2020
Critically endangered dunnarts discovered at new site on bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island dunnarts have been captured on camera... giving hope to conservationists working to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.
21 April 2020
Bundaberg Rum announces 'Australian Bush fire Regeneration Rum'
Bundaberg Rum has partnered with WWF-Australia to announce the release of the limited-edition ‘Australian Bushfire Regeneration Rum’, to help raise $1 million...
14 April 2020
Following bushfires, call to list koalas as endangered in QLD, NSW & ACT
Following severe population declines, made worse by this summer’s devastating bushfires, conservation and animal welfare groups have nominated the koala to be...
5 April 2020
Cockatoo sightings bring hope to bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island
Endangered glossy-black cockatoos have been spotted nesting in burnt out bushland on Kangaroo Island, giving hope to conservationists who have begun to survey...
9 March 2020
Calls to switch off and speak out in most important Earth Hour yet
On Saturday, 28 March at 8:30 pm. local time, Earth Hour, an Australian-grown initiative and now one of the largest global grassroots movements for the...
5 March 2020