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Aussie celebrities band together to end wildlife extinction in powerful WWF-Australia video

To recognise National Threatened Species Day, WWF-Australia has today released a powerful video featuring Cody Simpson, Layne Beachley, Stephanie Rice, Harry...

7 September 2020

The team transporting eastern quolls inside their den boxes to the release site.

New WWF report: koalas suffer 71% decline across fire grounds

A new report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia found the 2019-20 bushfires resulted in the loss of about 71% of koala populations in...

6 September 2020

Environment bill is a recipe for extinction, warns WWF

Today Australia witnessed a bill that will weaken Australia’s nature laws and transfer development approval powers to state governments rushed through the...

3 September 2020

Bushfire in Bowraville NSW= November 2019

New WWF report: 3 billion animals impacted by Australia’s bushfire crisis

Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires.

28 July 2020

A dugong (Dugong dugon) swimming in the sea

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

Government puts wildlife at risk by ignoring expert advice on EPBC Act, warns WWF

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is undergoing a once-in-a-decade review. An interim report released today outlines...

20 July 2020

Koala mother and joey seek refuge on bulldozed logs in Queensland, Australia.

Strong action needed on koala committee report to avoid koala extinction

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today agreed with a New South Wales Upper House report that says, following huge bushfire losses, koalas face...

30 June 2020

The 153,415 hectare Narriearra Station in far north west NSW is the largest purchase of private land for national parks in the State’s history. Courtesy National Park and Wildlife Service

WWF welcomes creation of massive new national park

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the announcement by the New South Wales government that it has purchased the 153,415 hectare Narriearra...

27 June 2020

Greater glider in a patch of old-growth forest in Munruben, Logan City, south of Brisbane

Destruction of greater glider habitat jumped by 52% after vulnerable listing

Destruction of greater glider habitat increased by 52% in New South Wales and Queensland after the species was listed as vulnerable to extinction, a report by...

26 June 2020

Landclearing next to Boondandilla State Forest in Queensland

Threatened species lose 1 million ha of habitat to unauthorised agricultural development

More than one million hectares of threatened species habitat has been lost due to unauthorised clearing by agriculturalists who have failed to follow the law,...

25 June 2020

Narungga Nation Aboriginal Corporation Business Manager Garry Goldsmith

Great Southern Ark project renamed Marna Banggara

The Great Southern Ark, an innovative land management project on southern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia has been renamed Marna Banggara to honour the...

5 June 2020

A koala is released from a hutch and starts to climb a tree

Maryanne the “miracle” koala returned to the wild after bushfire wounds heal

In early December 2019, Maryanne was found underweight, dehydrated, and suffering with burnt paws after a bushfire swept through the area. After emergency...

28 May 2020