WWF: ALP environment election commitments “encouraging”
WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gorman described an initial $100 million investment into a Threatened Species Fund as a “good start”.
9 May 2019
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Journey to bring wild population of eastern quolls back to mainland takes another step forward
The journey to re-establish a wild population of eastern quolls on the Australian mainland has taken another big step forward with a further 40 quolls being...
8 May 2019
WWF welcomes Greens pledge to protect Australia’s threatened species
WWF-Australia today welcomed the Greens’ announcement of a $20 billion Nature Fund to protect Australia’s threatened species and the party’s commitments to...
17 April 2019
Northern bettongs facing extinction threat
Northern bettongs have been reduced to just two populations in the wild, numbering at most 2,500, and researchers say drastic measures may be needed to save...
6 December 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
Young Sydney koala saved from painful death but future not bright for species
A young koala from Sydney’s south west has been saved from a painful death following complicated surgery, but the species’ future in New South Wales appears...
28 September 2018
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
Major boost for one of Australia’s rarest reptiles
A major boost today for one of Australia’s rarest reptiles, the Western Swamp Tortoise, with an increase in the habitat available to the last self-sustaining...
1 June 2018
Future looking bright for rock-wallaby population once feared extinct
One of Australia’s most successful conservation projects is nearing completion with another 25 black-flanked rock-wallabies flown this week to Kalbarri...
18 May 2018
WA state government must do more to save the endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo from excessive tree-clearing
WWF-Australia says the WA state government must do more to stop the clearing of pines.
13 April 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