Barbaric act of cruelty puts the spotlight on gill nets
WWF-Australia recently obtained photographs of a largetooth sawfish depicting barbaric cruelty associated with the operation of gill nets.
29 June 2019
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Green turtle numbers increase by nearly 150% south of Bowen
A study has shown the green turtle population which forages in Edgecumbe Bay (south of Bowen) is rebuilding at a rate of 8.3% each year.
23 May 2019
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
WWF releases report on global plastic pollution crisis
Plastic trash found on remote Great Barrier Reef island drives home plastic issue.
5 March 2019
Taking Reef protection “to the next level”
WWF-Australia and the Australian Marine Conservation Society today expressed strong support for the Queensland government’s Bill introduced to Parliament to...
27 February 2019
Starfish could combine with bleaching in ‘perfect storm’ of Reef destruction
Scientists fear the combination of persistent coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and more frequent coral bleaching are a ‘perfect storm’ that...
9 January 2019
Call to test every major bay along the Great Barrier Reef for contaminants
Scientists want every major bay and estuary along the Great Barrier Reef tested for contaminants to identify ‘hotspots’, after alarming levels of chemicals...
19 December 2018
Statement on Adani by Dermot O’Gorman, CEO of WWF-Australia
Recent back-to-back bleaching killed 50% of Great Barrier Reef inshore coral and scientists predict it could bleach again this summer so how is it possible...
30 November 2018
RCL Cruises and WWF-Australia announce partnership to protect critically endangered hawksbill turtles
For the first time in Asia-Pacific, WWF and its partners will enable technology to extract DNA from tortoiseshell products, and help put a stop to the illegal...
13 November 2018
Agriculture run-off polluting the Great Barrier Reef
These are the dramatic before and after pictures that drive home the sediment and farm chemical problem plaguing the Great Barrier Reef.
26 October 2018
Queensland prawn farm is first in Australia to gain gold standard sustainability certification
WWF-Australia congratulates Pacific Reef Fisheries in northern Queensland for being the first Australian prawn farm to gain certification by the Aquaculture...
17 August 2018
The pictures the authorities did not want you to see
Analysis suggests massive underreporting of net deaths of protected species.
13 August 2018