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TOWNSVILLE: The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia said the attack on Reef science, being encouraged by the CANEGROWERS organisation, disregards Townsville’s...
16 August 2019
WWF says CANEGROWERS org's attack on Reef science is hypocritical because cane growers have received $ millions to reduce runoff and improve productivity based...
12 August 2019
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
A new joint social venture is underway to turn a commercial gill net, a danger to threatened marine creatures, into something useful – sustainable sunglasses.
4 July 2019
WWF-Australia recently obtained photographs of a largetooth sawfish depicting barbaric cruelty associated with the operation of gill nets.
29 June 2019
A new study finds on average people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card.
12 June 2019
A study has shown the green turtle population which forages in Edgecumbe Bay (south of Bowen) is rebuilding at a rate of 8.3% each year.
23 May 2019
Disturbing imagery reveal dead sharks stacked up to waist height on the deck at a time when there is worldwide concern about declining shark numbers.
4 May 2019
Plastic trash found on remote Great Barrier Reef island drives home plastic issue.
5 March 2019
WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society today expressed strong support for the Queensland government’s Bill introduced to Parliament to...
27 February 2019
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
Scientists want every major bay and estuary along the Great Barrier Reef tested for contaminants to identify ‘hotspots’, after alarming levels of chemicals...
19 December 2018