Four dugongs found dead in one week
WWF-Australia said with dugongs listed ‘vulnerable to extinction’ in Queensland, four deaths in one week highlighted the need for the State Government to...
29 July 2016
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Queensland delivers big win for Reef by protecting Fitzroy Delta
The Fight for the Reef campaign has welcomed the declaration of new Fish Habitat Areas to protect the Fitzroy Delta and Keppel Bay areas of the Great Barrier...
28 July 2016
WWF to Productivity Commission: Bushland and forests must be protected
Landclearing has already tripled in Queensland from 78,378 hectares cleared in 2009-10 to 296,324 hectares in 2013-14.
21 July 2016
WWF aims to buy second commercial shark fishing licence
WWF-Australia’s unique conservation approach has captured the imagination of people around the world.
19 July 2016
WWF welcomes appointment of Josh Frydenberg as Environment and Energy Minister
Environment and Energy portfolios merged
18 July 2016
What’s the catch? Conservation group buys commercial shark fishing licence!
Conservation group WWF-Australia is taking the unprecedented step of buying a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence - ironically to save sharks and other...
13 July 2016
Wake up call for next Australian Government: Reef “in danger” listing back on the table
Neither major party has committed to the level of funding required to turn around the Reef’s decline
30 June 2016
The final scorecard: Environment policies fall short
The scorecard evaluated party policies for saving threatened species, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, and addressing climate change.
28 June 2016
WWF welcomes “unprecedented” purchase of Reef pollution hot spot by Qld gov
Springvale station is a pollution hotspot generating 40% of the sediment from gully erosion in the Normanby basin.
22 June 2016
Extinction of the Bramble Cay Melomys highlights Australia’s species crisis
WWF is calling on all political parties to dedicate more funding to the implementation of the country’s Threatened Species Strategy which aims to reverse...
14 June 2016
Three weeks left to make this the Reef election
The Reef needs a rescue package similar in size to the $13 billion in funding committed to saving the Murray-Darling Basin
13 June 2016
THE DRAFT SCORECARD: Which policies will save threatened species, address climate change and protect the Reef?
With just three weeks to go until polling day, WWF-Australia has called on the major parties to release their full suite of environment policies.
10 June 2016