WWF: Australia can transform land use to tackle greenhouse gas
The IPCC’s new report, approved overnight, calls for all nations to transform the way land is managed because agriculture, forestry and other land use produces...
8 August 2019
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AIMS says Great Barrier Reef coral decline “unparalleled” in 30+ years of monitoring
The WWF-Australia today said stronger climate action is urgently needed in response to a disturbing new report on the health of the Great Barrier Reef. AIMS...
11 July 2019
Statement of WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman on Adani
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman says the approval of the Adani mine fails to respond to the strong scientific evidence that we must limit global warming to...
14 June 2019
WWF congratulates Prime Minister Morrison & his team
With ministers responsible for protecting Nature sworn in today, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) congratulated Prime Minister Scott...
29 May 2019
WWF: “hits and misses” in Coalition environment funding
WWF-Australia has welcomed environment funding, announced by the Coalition, focused on issues including plastics and threatened species.
3 May 2019
Starfish could combine with bleaching in ‘perfect storm’ of Reef destruction
Scientists fear the combination of persistent coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and more frequent coral bleaching are a ‘perfect storm’ that...
9 January 2019
World wildlife populations fall 60%, koalas declining even faster
Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% since 1970, but koalas are now declining at an even faster rate.
30 October 2018
Australia’s first Business Renewables Centre launches
Large Australian organisations looking to switch to renewable energy will now be able to turn to Australia’s first Business Renewables Centre .
17 October 2018
WWF: revised Reef 2050 Plan exposes Australia on climate change
WWF-Australia welcomed the increased focus on climate change – including the devastating consecutive coral bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 – in the revised...
20 July 2018
Major boost for one of Australia’s rarest reptiles
A major boost today for one of Australia’s rarest reptiles, the Western Swamp Tortoise, with an increase in the habitat available to the last self-sustaining...
1 June 2018
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
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