Gill net carnage on the Reef must stop
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
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WWF: “hits and misses” in Coalition environment funding
WWF-Australia has welcomed environment funding, announced by the Coalition, focused on issues including plastics and threatened species.
3 May 2019
WWF welcomes Greens pledge to protect Australia’s threatened species
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Greens’ announcement of a $20 billion Nature Fund to protect Australia’s threatened species and the party’s commitments to...
17 April 2019
WWF welcomes ALP policy of federal laws to stop excessive tree clearing
WWF-Australia today welcomed the ALP policy of “federal legislation to bring broad-scale land clearing under control”.
1 April 2019
The worst animal welfare crisis that no one’s heard of
Tree clearing inflicts so much death and suffering on native animals in New South Wales that it is “the worst animal crisis no one’s heard of”.
22 March 2019
Koala crisis: national icon should be listed ‘endangered’ in NSW & Qld
The federal government should upgrade the listing for koalas from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ in New South Wales and Queensland.
18 March 2019
Global calls for Australia to halt its extinction crisis
The President of WWF International has written an open letter to Australia’s political leaders calling for immediate action to halt biodiversity loss and...
15 February 2019
An open letter to the Prime Minister and other political leaders
On behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature's 5 million supporters, I urge the Australian and New South Wales Governments to commit to urgent and effective...
15 February 2019
Methods trialled to stop heat turning green turtles female in Qld’s north
A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland’s Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.
11 February 2019
New NSW koala sanctuary doesn’t prevent projected extinction
WWF-Australia says the NSW Government’s announcement today of a new national park, as part of the discredited Koala Strategy, will not prevent koalas from...
4 February 2019
Australia launches largest-ever rewilding project
WWF-Australia is today launching an ambitious project to create a safe haven near Adelaide and repopulate the area with native species that have been extinct...
31 January 2019
NSW Koala Strategy: “ineffective, inadequate and expensive”
A new report has found that the New South Wales government’s Koala Strategy is “ineffective, inadequate and expensive” and ignores the main cause of koala...
18 December 2018