Following bushfires, call to list koalas as endangered in QLD, NSW & ACT
Following severe population declines, made worse by this summer’s devastating bushfires, conservation and animal welfare groups have nominated the koala to be...
5 April 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
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
WWF plastics scorecard: NSW & Victoria “not fantastic on plastic”
Australia’s two most populous states – New South Wales and Victoria – are at the bottom of Australia’s first single-use plastics scorecard, with South...
9 October 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
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’s 20 deforestation hotspots exposed, 17 with koala habitat
Seventeen of the state’s 20 deforestation hotspots contain koala habitat at risk of land clearing under new state environmental laws.
14 November 2018
Tree-clearing kills 87 million animals in NSW
A new WWF-Australia report has found tree-clearing killed more than 87 million animals in New South Wales between 1998 and 2015 – and this figure is likely...
8 November 2018