Australia’s Reef report to UNESCO – how to avoid “in danger” listing
Conservationists have urged the Australian government to ramp up actions to protect the Great Barrier Reef in a crucial report due to be submitted to UNESCO by...
29 November 2019
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Official outlook for the Great Barrier Reef downgraded to “very poor”
The official outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has gone from “poor” to “very poor”.
30 August 2019
Climate change leadership needed more than ever
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee raised the bar on what nations need to do to save their heritage listed coral reefs.
11 July 2017
WWF releases dramatic new video as authorities confirm back-to-back coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
WWF-Australia today released dramatic new video showing the Great Barrier Reef suffering mass bleaching for an unprecedented second year in a row.
10 March 2017
Independent experts reveal truth about Reef Plan progress
The 2016 mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef has set back – by at least two decades – efforts to improve the condition of our national icon. That’s...
25 February 2017
Turtle hatchling emerges beside lump of coal in Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
A concerned citizen has provided WWF with photographs including a turtle hatchling emerging beside a lump of coal at East Point Beach, Mackay, which is near...
8 February 2017
Another 70,000 hectares to be cleared in Great Barrier Reef catchments as UNESCO watches
An analysis by WWF-Australia shows tree-clearing continues to plague Great Barrier Reef catchments with landholders notifying, in just the last four months,...
21 December 2016
Australian Government approves massive coal port in Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Australia’s Environment Minister has approved 1 million cubic metres of dredging in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
22 December 2015
Landmark victory for the Reef, and people power, as dredge spoil dump ban passed in Qld Parliament
New laws banning the sea dumping of industrial dredge spoil have passed in the Queensland Parliament in one of the most significant conservation victories ever...
12 November 2015
Changes to Ports Bill would break promise to the World Heritage Committee
WWF-Australia today warned that attempts to have Cairns named as a ‘priority port’ would risk seeing Australia hauled back in front of the World Heritage...
15 August 2015
World Heritage Committee decides: Australia on probation over Reef health
The World Heritage Committee has delivered a powerful decision that places Australia on probation over the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
1 July 2015
Underwater message urges UNESCO to make the right decision on Great Barrier Reef
A group of Australian divers have submerged themselves in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef to send a definitive message to the UNESCO World Heritage...
26 June 2015