Statement from WWF-Australia on Australia’s bushfire emergency
WWF-Australia estimates around 1,25 billion animals may have been killed directly or indirectly from fires that have burnt 8.4 million hectares across...
7 January 2020
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New koala policy a step in the right direction, but won’t protect most koala habitat
WWF-Australia today welcomed a broader definition of ‘core koala habitat’ and new maps of koala habitat across New South Wales but warned the changes will not...
19 December 2019
WWF’s “Towards Two Billion Trees” plan to aid koala bushfire recovery
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today launched an ambitious tree-recovery plan as an analysis by the organisation shows bushfires have burned at least...
1 December 2019
Statement from WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman on Australian bushfire emergency
WWF is saddened by the loss of life, and injuries, in the bushfire tragedy gripping New South Wales and Queensland.
12 November 2019
Statement to Inquiry into Koala populations and habitat in New South Wales by Dr Stuart Blanch
I am puzzled. Why do people hate koalas? Why are we so keen seemingly to kill them off?
16 August 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
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
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