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
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World wildlife populations fall 60%, koalas declining even faster
Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% since 1970, but koalas are now declining at an even faster rate.
30 October 2018
Sad decline of koalas since Prince Harry’s Taronga Zoo visit in 2003
As Prince Harry prepares to meet koalas at Taronga Zoo today, WWF-Australia hopes his visit draws world attention to the alarming decline of the much-loved...
16 October 2018
Queensland’s status as leader in wildlife-diversity at risk, say environment groups
Queensland’s leading environment groups have warned that Queensland’s status as the most wildlife-rich state in Australia is now seriously at risk, and...
17 August 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
Court’s ruling should prompt strengthening of protections for wildlife, bushland, soils and water
Conservation groups in NSW welcome today’s Land and Environment Court ruling that the NSW landclearing codes are invalid because they were made unlawfully,...
9 March 2018
Uunguu Rangers rediscover Kimberley’s rarest rock-wallaby on mainland
Traditional Owners conducting scientific monitoring in the far north Kimberley have found exciting evidence of a tiny rock-wallaby long thought to have...
12 January 2018
WWF: New QLD government must urgently protect koalas and forests
WWF-Australia congratulates Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on victory in the Queensland election and is urging her to deliver protection for koalas, forests and...
8 December 2017
“Saving Habitat” policy promises end to Queensland’s wildlife crisis
WWF-Australia said the “Saving Habitat” policy announced today by the ALP if implemented “should end Queensland’s escalating tree-clearing crisis and send it...
6 November 2017
WWF: Conservation plan for Queensland
WWF-Australia has unveiled a plan with eight priority actions to conserve Queensland’s globally significant environment and unique plants and animals.
2 November 2017
WWF: major flaws in Reef report card
"It beggars belief to say the Reef improved following devastating mass bleaching mortality."
24 October 2017
New dramatic escalation in tree clearing in Queensland shows why stronger laws must be passed
The latest Queensland ‘State Landcover and Tree Survey’ (SLATS) has just been released by the State government.
5 October 2017