Amid destruction, Reef's iconic heart still beats
The Whitsunday's Heart Reef has dodged cyclone damage but appears to have suffered some coral bleaching.
28 June 2017
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WWF-Australia: “The last thing the Reef needs is another coal mine doomed to fail”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman responded to the Adani announcement today saying: “The last thing the Great Barrier Reef needs is another coal mine doomed to...
6 June 2017
UNESCO puts the spotlight back on the Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO has expressed “serious concern” about the bleaching death of coral on the Great Barrier Reef caused by climate change, in a report released in Paris...
3 June 2017
Scientist reveals bleaching has killed almost 50% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral
Renowned coral scientist Professor Terry Hughes has revealed an estimate that bleaching has killed about 50% of the Great Barrier Reef’s coral in just two...
22 May 2017
After back-to-back bleaching, now Cyclone Debbie sludge hits Reef waters
Cyclone Debbie dumped rain in an erosion hot spot in the Burdekin catchment estimated to generate nearly a third of all the sediment that flows to the Great...
11 April 2017
WWF releases dramatic new video as authorities confirm back-to-back coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
WWF-Australia today released dramatic new video showing the Great Barrier Reef suffering mass bleaching for an unprecedented second year in a row.
10 March 2017
Independent experts reveal truth about Reef Plan progress
The 2016 mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has set back – by at least two decades – efforts to improve the condition of our national icon. That’s...
25 February 2017
Another 70,000 hectares to be cleared in Great Barrier Reef catchments as UNESCO watches
An analysis by WWF-Australia shows tree-clearing continues to plague Great Barrier Reef catchments with landholders notifying, in just the last four months,...
21 December 2016
If the Great Barrier Reef was treated like a dam it would get billions more in funding
Jacobs Report: Investing in the Great Barrier Reef as economic infrastructure
14 December 2016
Fears the federal environment budget has been slashed by 10%
WWF-Australia today expressed concern over media reports that could mean the federal environment budget has been slashed by around $350 million, or 10%.
5 December 2016
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef report to UNESCO “not accurate” says WWF
WWF-Australia says Australia’s progress report to UNESCO “is not accurate” when it claims that 90% of actions in the Reef 2050 rescue plan are completed,...
2 December 2016
Australia falling behind on Reef promises, risks being called before World Heritage Committee
A new analysis finds that Australia has failed on a promise to control tree-clearing to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
24 November 2016