WWF welcomes “unprecedented” purchase of Reef pollution hot spot by Qld gov
Springvale station is a pollution hotspot generating 40% of the sediment from gully erosion in the Normanby basin.
22 June 2016
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Conservation Goals Oceans (15)
Legal overhaul well overdue for Australia’s environment
Stronger federal laws are urgently needed to protect Australia’s threatened species and special places like the Great Barrier Reef
14 June 2016
Extinction of the Bramble Cay Melomys highlights Australia’s species crisis
WWF is calling on all political parties to dedicate more funding to the implementation of the country’s Threatened Species Strategy which aims to reverse...
14 June 2016
Three weeks left to make this the Reef election
The Reef needs a rescue package similar in size to the $13 billion in funding committed to saving the Murray-Darling Basin
13 June 2016
THE DRAFT SCORECARD: Which policies will save threatened species, address climate change and protect the Reef?
With just three weeks to go until polling day, WWF-Australia has called on the major parties to release their full suite of environment policies.
10 June 2016
Labor's marine parks policy a welcome step forward
Scientific evidence demonstrates that marine sanctuaries help reefs recover from coral bleaching
9 June 2016
“Attack of the slime” on the Great Barrier Reef
Dramatic new images show once beautiful coral on the Great Barrier Reef now covered in brown slime.
7 June 2016
Both major parties need to step up to prevent extinctions
WWF-Australia has welcomed today’s announcement from Environment Minister Greg Hunt of $5 million to protect a number of threatened animal and plant species in...
5 June 2016
16 billion revelation must ‘reset’ election commitments on the Reef
According to the ABC, a leaked report prepared for the Queensland Government, estimates it will cost $16 billion to stop the water pollution harming the Great...
2 June 2016
Starfish boat a good entrée... now for the main course
Injecting crown-of-thorns starfish helps address the problem in some important tourism spots, but we need a Reef-wide solution
30 May 2016
Branson and Greening Australia’s Reef commitment a great initiative
The initiative was announced today by Sir Richard Branson in Sydney.
30 May 2016
ALP Reef policy a good first step but funding falls far short
Package will not be enough to secure 69,000 Reef jobs along the Queensland coast
30 May 2016