Koala “baby bonanza” in East Gippsland; but are they “genetic” gold?
It was a koala baby bonanza when the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia caught koalas in Gelantipy, East Gippsland to assist researchers working to ensure...
25 January 2022
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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
Drone plants “koala caviar” to help iconic species
A hi-tech drone has spread millions of seeds in just a few hours to plant a koala corridor west of Brisbane.
22 December 2021
WWF welcomes early Christmas present for Lake Innes koalas
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the protection of 194 hectares of high quality koala habitat that was up for sale at Lake Innes on the...
17 December 2021
WWF calls for greater climate change support as Pacific communities flood
The World Wide Fund for Nature today expressed concern for Pacific Island communities experiencing king tide flooding made worse by climate change.
8 December 2021
Australia joins WWF to take forward nature-based solutions for the Pacific
Australia and WWF have launched a new nature-based solutions program to tackle climate change in the Indo-Pacific.
8 November 2021
Return of Indigenous farming, foods & fire could help Regenerate Australia
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia says a return to Indigenous farming, including the use of fire, could help protect against extreme bushfires, boost...
1 November 2021
WWF-Australia, Global Compact Network Australia and Griffith University release new report outlining good practice in building a net-zero future
With just one week to go until the world’s largest climate change conference, COP26 in Glasgow, three of Australia’s leading sustainability bodies have united...
28 October 2021
WWF welcomes net zero commitment and calls for urgent action in this decade
WWF-Australia has welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to a target of net zero climate pollution and called for urgent new policy action to slash emissions...
26 October 2021
Andrew Forrest, Bruce Pascoe, Lucy Turnbull join new podcast on how to make Australia a sustainability superpower
WWF-Australia partner with Good Will Hunters podcast in new series to drive sustainability agenda in lead-up to COP26
13 September 2021
Scientists find rare “suicidal reproducer” marsupial surviving in burnt Queensland forest
There’s good news for one of Australia’s rarest mammals, the silver-headed antechinus, amid fears it had been pushed to the brink by the 2019-20 megafires.
16 August 2021
New science report underscores urgency for climate action or risk seeing 1.5°C goal slip away
A new global climate science report, published today, sets out in stark detail the future we will have if we make poor choices today.
9 August 2021