Double win: WWF retires net; fisher now looks to eco-tourism
The man responsible for up to 80% of the gill-net take north of Cooktown recently handed his net to WWF-Australia who will ensure it never enters the water...
6 August 2018
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WWF: revised Reef 2050 Plan exposes Australia on climate change
WWF-Australia welcomed the increased focus on climate change – including the devastating consecutive coral bleaching events in 2016 and 2017 – in the revised...
20 July 2018
Conservation groups call for urgent UN probe into Turnbull Govt’s failure to protect Great Barrier Reef from deforestation
Four major environmental organisations have written to the United Nations calling for an urgent investigation into the Turnbull Government’s failure to protect...
25 June 2018
Coral Sea is a “hawksbill highway” for critically endangered turtles
New satellite tracking has confirmed that critically endangered hawksbill turtles use the Coral Sea as their highway to travel from Papua New Guinea to the...
30 May 2018
Backyard Barometer 2018: Environmental concern on the rise
The Backyard Barometer is the first report to track the nation’s attitudes towards the environment over a 20-year period.
24 May 2018
Tree laws pass - it’s a win for koalas, wildlife & the Reef
WWF-Australia today thanked supporters and congratulated the Queensland government after Parliament passed laws to stop excessive tree-clearing in the sunshine...
3 May 2018
New pictures show why commercial gill nets and dugongs don't mix
New pictures show why commercial gill nets and dugongs don't mix. The images show a stranded female dugong after being cut free from a commercial gill net.
19 April 2018
WWF bid to buy fishing licence, save dugongs, & kick-start ‘Net-Free North’
In a bold conservation approach, WWF-Australia wants people to chip in to buy and “retire” a commercial fishing licence in the northern Great Barrier Reef.
11 April 2018
WWF-Australia and Koala take a seat in the name of conservation
WWF-Australia and Koala partner to save marine turtles in the Great Barrier Reef.
27 March 2018
The federal government is pushing ahead with “the largest protected area downgrading in the world”
The final boundaries released by the Federal Government for changes to marine parks confirm they will be the largest downgrading of protected area the world...
21 March 2018
WWF: Reef funding not enough to meet promise to the World Heritage Committee
WWF-Australia says the Federal Government’s announcement today of $60 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef is positive but nowhere near enough to meet...
22 January 2018
Increasing temperatures in Queensland's north are turning green turtle populations female
A new study reveals increasing temperatures are turning green turtle populations almost completely female in the northern Great Barrier Reef.
9 January 2018