84,000 hectares of Qld koala habitat destroyed in 2 years
The destruction occurred after the weakening of laws to protect trees
17 August 2016
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More than 40 million trees destroyed in Queensland in 2014-15
That’s more than one tree bulldozed every second
12 August 2016
Investing $8.2 billion to save the Reef should be a national priority
Over the next decade the Reef will generate $60 billion for the economy and support 70 000 jobs a year
12 August 2016
WWF welcomes Australian Government’s referral of large-scale tree-clearing on Cape York
The intervention underlines the need for state tree-clearing laws to be reinstated
10 August 2016
Tree-clearing remains “unacceptably high” in Qld
Enough sediment to fill more than 300,000 dump trucks, hitting Reef waters year in year out
7 August 2016
WWF to Productivity Commission: Bushland and forests must be protected
Landclearing has already tripled in Queensland from 78,378 hectares cleared in 2009-10 to 296,324 hectares in 2013-14.
21 July 2016
Queensland tree-clearing: WWF busts myths spread by industry lobbyists
A blizzard of false claims have been made in a sustained campaign by agricultural industry lobbyists on the proposed restoration of laws regulating...
23 June 2016
Landclearing causing upsurge in distressed native wildlife needing treatment
The number of distressed native animals needing rescue in Queensland is rapidly increasing
6 April 2016
Black cockatoo crisis will get worse under WA growth plan
"Green Growth Plan" is full of holes and fails to protect the state’s endangered black cockatoos.
18 March 2016
WWF welcomes bill to restore Queensland landclearing controls
Proposed new laws would restore the 2006 ban on broadscale clearing
17 March 2016
400,000 hectares of Queensland koala habitat could be bulldozed if landclearing controls not restored
Exemption from the law means that bulldozers can now destroy vast areas of high conservation value bushland at any time with no questions asked, no permit...
14 March 2016
More than 40,000 hectares of koala habitat cleared after Qld landclearing controls weakened
A new analysis by WWF-Australia reveals that koalas, recently listed as vulnerable to extinction, lost 40,312 hectares of habitat in just two years following...
17 February 2016