Budget takes positive steps towards regenerating Australia
The Australian Government has taken positive steps towards addressing climate change and halting biodiversity loss with last night’s federal budget, said the...
26 October 2022
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WWF: Antarctic krill provide carbon storage services worth US$15.2 billion
Krill in the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Sea deliver carbon storage services worth an estimated US$15.2 billion per year, according to a new report by the...
20 October 2022
Global wildlife populations fall 69%, Australia records localised extinctions
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2022 reveals monitored global wildlife populations fell by 69%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, while...
13 October 2022
Aussies donate hundreds of tortoiseshell items to help stop illegal trade
The hawksbill turtle conservation project Surrender Your Shell, which urged Australians to hand in their tortoiseshell products, has been a success with 328...
16 June 2022
New government must deliver protection for koalas, forests and Reef
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has congratulated Anthony Albanese and Labor on victory in the federal election and urged him to deliver greater...
22 May 2022
WWF welcomes Federal Labor Reef funding commitment
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed Federal Labor’s election pledge of additional funding for the Great Barrier Reef, taking the party’s...
13 May 2022
Mass bleaching declared as UN delegates visit the Great Barrier Reef
Another mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef has been declared today, just as United Nations officials are assessing the health of the world...
25 March 2022
Reef bleaches again as new report shows Australia to “blow emissions budget by double”
The heartbreak of yet another significant coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef comes as new research shows Australia is set to “blow its emissions...
18 March 2022
Turtle hatchling survives flood disaster & eating plastic
Pretzel, the green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks...
15 March 2022
WWF creates 100,000 km2 safe haven for dugongs in northern Great Barrier Reef
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has effectively created a 100,000 square kilometre refuge where dugongs, inshore dolphins, and turtles can be free...
14 March 2022
Support for treaty brings us closer to a world without plastic pollution
A pledge by nations including Australia to establish a global treaty to end plastic pollution is a huge milestone, according to the World Wide Fund for...
3 March 2022
Latest IPCC report: Reef and koalas need action now to have a fighting chance
Accelerating climate impacts, detailed in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seriously threaten people and...
28 February 2022