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
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Whales, penguins and krill feeling the heat in Antarctica
A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) highlights that human-caused warming is destroying sea ice habitat in the Antarctic, threatening the...
21 October 2019
Scientists extract DNA from hawksbill turtle products to help save species
Scientists have developed a test to extract DNA from hawksbill turtle products including tortoiseshell jewellery. It’s a breakthrough that could help save the...
20 August 2019
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
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
The pictures the authorities did not want you to see
Analysis suggests massive underreporting of net deaths of protected species.
13 August 2018
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
Public donations enable WWF to “retire” gillnet to protect dugongs
Public donations have enabled WWF-Australia to protect dugongs by removing the last commercial gill net still operating full time in Far North Queensland.
1 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