Alliance to protect forests and bushland from deforestation launched
Every year in Queensland, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests and bushland are bulldozed.
11 October 2022
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Worrying land clearing report shows NSW must transition to reforestation
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today expressed concern at the area of tree clearing revealed in the latest NSW Government Statewide Landcover and...
30 June 2022
Shock clearing figures show Qld must become a leader in reforestation and carbon farming
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today expressed concern at the area of tree clearing revealed in the latest Queensland Government Statewide Landcover...
30 December 2021
Koala funding must come with stronger nature laws
WWF-Australia has welcomed a $193 million commitment for koala conservation in the NSW budget, but warned the money must come with stronger laws to protect...
22 June 2021
Koala listing strengthens call for an independent environmental compliance agency
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed the recommendation to uplist koalas in eastern Australia from vulnerable to endangered, but said this...
18 June 2021
‘Defending The Unburnt Six’ crucial to wildlife recovery
Threatened species that escaped Australia’s devastating bushfires are under threat from landclearing and logging, but a powerful new partnership aims to...
15 April 2021
Australia remains the only developed nation on the list of global deforestation fronts
A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature names eastern Australia among 24 global deforestation fronts – the only developed nation on the list.
13 January 2021
Transition from deforestation to reforestation in NSW needed after suspension of remapping of old-growth forest
WWF-Australia has welcomed the New South Wales government’s decision to suspend the remapping of old growth forest. It was feared the remapping plan was a...
25 June 2020
Threatened species lose 1 million ha of habitat to unauthorised agricultural development
More than one million hectares of threatened species habitat has been lost due to unauthorised clearing by agriculturalists who have failed to follow the law,...
25 June 2020
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
IUCN finds almost 25% of eucalypt species are threatened with extinction
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today welcomed global attention being drawn today to the plight of an Aussie icon … the eucalypt tree.
11 December 2019
WWF’s “Towards Two Billion Trees” plan to aid koala bushfire recovery
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today launched an ambitious tree-recovery plan as an analysis by the organisation shows bushfires have burned at least...
1 December 2019