WWF welcomes sustainable fisheries regulations in Queensland
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the announcement that the Queensland Government has passed new sustainable fisheries regulations.
30 September 2020
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World wildlife populations fall 68%, Australia contributes to decline
WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 reveals global wildlife populations fell by 68%, on average, between 1970 and 2016, while some Australian populations plummeted...
10 September 2020
WWF welcomes Australian Government action to protect the Reef from unsustainable fishing
WWF-Australia has welcomed Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley’s decision to ban the export of shark fins and other seafood products from a Queensland...
8 September 2020
Critical statement highlights archaic fishing practices endangering our Great Barrier Reef
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) have renewed their call for reforms to...
4 September 2020
Updated Reef 2050 fails to acknowledge “the elephant in the room”
The updated draft Reef 2050 Plan, released today, acknowledges that for the Reef to survive, global temperatures need to be limited to 1.5°C above...
19 August 2020
New report shows Australia can halve its plastic pollution
Phasing out cigarette filters, microbeads and most types of disposable plastic foodware and containers would help halve the amount of plastic pollution flowing...
17 August 2020
Gill net buyback promising news for dugongs and other threatened marine life
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the Queensland LNP’s policy announcement of a $6 million voluntary buyback scheme prioritising the...
26 July 2020
Cody Simpson urges Aussies to ditch plastic with new WWF-Australia ambassadorship
He’s best known for his music, but now Cody Simpson is helping to protect our oceans from plastics. To launch Plastic Free July, today WWF-Australia has...
2 July 2020
Vale Dr Jon Brodie - a powerful voice for the Reef
WWF-Australia, and our partners, the Australian Marine Conservation Society would like to pay tribute to Dr Jon Brodie, who sadly passed away last week. Dr...
17 June 2020
Reef authority confirms mass coral bleaching event hitting the Great Barrier Reef
New aerial surveys show a mass coral bleaching event is now occurring on the Great Barrier Reef with some southern areas, which dodged the 2016 and 2017...
26 March 2020
Scientists name new deep-sea species Eurythenes plasticus to highlight pollution
Scientists who discovered a new marine animal, in one of the deepest places on Earth, were so concerned at finding plastic in its stomach they named it...
5 March 2020
First photos of 2020 coral bleaching
Scientists fear these images of heat stressed, bleached coral at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef could be the start of another mass bleaching event.
21 February 2020