Rare chance to have your say on Australia’s marine parks
The federal government today opened consultation on the review of management plans for most of the nation’s commonwealth marine parks.
31 July 2026
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310,000km2 expansion of Australia’s most remote marine reserve is welcome, but stronger protections needed
WWF-Australia has welcomed a decision to quadruple the size of Australia’s most remote marine reserve, but said the government had missed an opportunity to...
8 October 2024
Australia falls short in protecting penguin paradise
WWF-Australia has welcomed a proposal to quadruple the size of Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve near Antarctica, but warned critical foraging grounds...
5 July 2024
New study shows Australia guilty of the world’s largest downgrading of a marine national park
When vast sections of the Coral Sea Marine Park were opened up to commercial fishing in 2018 it was the largest downgrading of a protected area in history,...
20 May 2021
Global leaders miss opportunity to protect Antarctic wildlife
A bid to create huge marine sanctuaries and protect oceans in East Antarctica has fallen short, but the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia remains hopeful...
4 November 2019
Japan killing whales in Antarctic protected area
Japanese whalers have killed more than 50 minke whales this year in the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area in Antarctica.
4 September 2018
WWF: fight to protect the Coral Sea not over
WWF-Australia says it is disappointing that the largest removal of marine protections in human history has been confirmed, with the Coral Sea’s protected area...
16 August 2018
Fed’s marine park downgrade a blow to sea turtles
On the eve of a crucial Senate vote, an analysis by WWF-Australia shows that sea turtles are among the big losers as the federal government attempts the...
16 August 2018
WWF: voluntary krill no-fishing zones good for Antarctica, next step must be more protected areas
WWF today welcomed the announcement of a voluntary krill fishery closure along the Antarctic Peninsula by five fishing companies...
10 July 2018
WWF-Australia: foreign donations Bill “still a mess & bad for wildlife conservation”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman said the foreign donations Bill is “still a mess and bad for wildlife conservation”, despite changes recommended by a Federal...
10 April 2018
Federal plans to silence advocacy hit a snag
Today, the Hands Off Our Charities alliance will present political representatives with an open letter calling for the abandonment of laws that would silence...
28 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