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Turtle shell products for sale in Latin America & the Carribean

New campaign urges Australians to give up tortoiseshell to save the hawksbill turtle

Australians are being urged to surrender their tortoiseshell products, such as jewellery, combs and sunglasses and other trinkets, as part of a groundbreaking...

4 December 2020

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4,000 chemical compounds found in Great Barrier Reef turtles

Toxic chemicals are accumulating in Great Barrier Reef marine life, including turtles and fish species popular with consumers, according to a new report by...

4 December 2020

A pair of Kangaroo Island glossy black-cockatoos in unburnt habitat in Cygnet Park= Kangaroo Island= 2020.

Glossy-black cockatoo census results are in

During the last week of September, staff and volunteers from the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board’s Glossy-black Cockatoo Recovery Program systematically...

6 November 2020

Koala mother and joey seeking refuge on a bulldozed logpile

37 million animals already lost due to lack of ‘independent Cop on the beat’, losses set to worsen

Thirty seven million birds, mammals and reptiles face death or displacement over the next decade in eastern Australia if the nation’s flagship conservation law...

5 November 2020

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a tree

$80 million to expand national parks is a welcome boost for wildlife and nature

The LNP’s commitment of $80 million to expand national parks and protected areas is a step in the right direction to securing the health and future of...

24 October 2020

WWF launches largest wildlife and nature regeneration program in Australia’s history

In response to the bushfire crisis, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today launched the largest wildlife and nature regeneration program in the...

19 October 2020

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

Annie the koala at Phillip Island Nature Parks

Koala moves a step closer to endangered listing on the east coast

On Save the Koala Day, the much-loved marsupial has moved a step closer to an endangered listing on the east coast, after a nomination by conservation groups...

25 September 2020

Dugong with a chain wrapped around its tail at Rainbow Beach

Four dead dugongs in Queensland “tragic and highly suspicious”

Conservation groups say the loss of four dugongs in the Wide Bay Burnett Region over the last two weeks is tragic and highly suspicious, with some of the...

23 September 2020

A koala in care with RSPCA Queensland= cuddling a panda plush

Living Planet Report shows “protecting koalas should be above politics”

On the day WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 reveals global wildlife populations fell by 68% since 1970, NSW’s political leaders are sparring over whether...

10 September 2020

Aerial view of Hardy Reef, home to the Heart Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef

These images were taken on 20 June 2017 by a drone to assess if the Heart Reef has been bleached.

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