Media Release: Koala habitat destruction triples after NSW protection axed
Satellite imagery shows a massive spike in the destruction of NSW koala forests. 14 hectares of koala habitat is bulldozed each day.
7 September 2018
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Conservation groups call for urgent UN probe into Turnbull Govt’s failure to protect Great Barrier Reef from deforestation
Four major environmental organisations have written to the United Nations calling for an urgent investigation into the Turnbull Government’s failure to protect...
25 June 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
“Nowhere to go” koala sums up the concerns of Australians
WWF-Australia warns excessive tree-clearing is pushing koalas to the brink of extinction in parts of Queensland and New South Wales.
19 March 2018
WWF: tree-protection bill “a major step forward”
WWF-Australia said the Queensland Government’s vegetation management bill is a major step forward in the battle to end the state’s tree-clearing crisis.
8 March 2018
WWF: New QLD government must urgently protect koalas and forests
WWF-Australia congratulates Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on victory in the Queensland election and is urging her to deliver protection for koalas, forests and...
8 December 2017
Giant CBD koala puts spotlight on decline of iconic species
WWF-Australia has projected a giant animated koala onto a Brisbane CBD building to raise awareness of the species’ decline in Queensland.
24 November 2017
Bulldozers kill 5,000 koalas in Qld in four years
A new analysis by WWF-Australia shows that runaway bulldozing of forests has killed more than 5 thousand koalas in Queensland in just four years.
22 November 2017
WWF urges an end to excessive tree-clearing in Queensland
WWF-Australia says millions of Australian animals will die under LNP proposal and has urged reaffirmed the urgent need for the next Queensland Government to...
12 November 2017
“Saving Habitat” policy promises end to Queensland’s wildlife crisis
WWF-Australia said the “Saving Habitat” policy announced today by the ALP if implemented “should end Queensland’s escalating tree-clearing crisis and send it...
6 November 2017
KIMBY's 53,000 reasons to end excessive tree-clearing
WWF-Australia today handed Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles the results of its “KIMBY” petition that mobilised more than 53,000 people concerned...
28 October 2017
Tree-clearing impact ignored in the Reef report card
WWF-Australia is calling for the impact of tree-clearing to be included in future Reef health assessments and for excessive tree clearing to be stopped.
27 October 2017