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WWF Australia office

With over 80,000 supporters, and active projects in Australia and the Oceania region, WWF works to conserve Australia's plants and animals, by ending land clearing, addressing climate change, and preserving and protecting our fresh water, marine and land environments.

WWF Australia achievea this by working on the ground with local communities, and in partnership with government and industry, using the best possible science to advocate change and effective conservation policy.

Founded: 28 June 1978

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WWF Australia,
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Level 13 235 Jones Street Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia +61 2 9281 5515 +61 2 9281 1060

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WWF Conservation Projects in Australia

Piara Reserve, a seasonally inundated wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain. Australia.

Conserving Western Australia’s wetlands

The majority of the wetlands in Western Australia’s Swan Coastal Plain have been destroyed by decades of urban and rural development. It has been esti...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jul 2004

Iceberg, Pleneau Bay. Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica.

Protecting Antarctica and the Southern Oceans

The Antarctic region is one of the most pristine wildernesses left on the planet. However, it is facing a number of threats, such as overfishing, poll...

Modified: Aug 2009 - Started: Jan 2006

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Houses of shrimp fishermen near Mogla, Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh. Poverty is rife in the Sundarbans. These shrimp fishermen's houses are threatened by rising water levels due to climate change and the frequent storms that batter this area

G20 finance ministers fail to reach green on climate financing

Finance ministers of the world’s dominant economies failed to reach agreement on the financing required for a global agreement to stave off catastrophic climate change, WWF said today as the G20 finance ministers meeting here broke up with no resolution to issues dividing developed and emerging economies.

Posted on 07 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

An Italian purse seine vessel fishing Mediterranean bluefin tuna

Genetic tuna tracking opens new options in race to save fish and fisheries

A new method that uses gene sequencing to accurately distinguish between tuna species has the potential to support fisheries management and possible trade restrictions for endangered tuna species.  The revelation closely follows news that an international wildlife trade convention is to consider a proposal to ban international trade in the Mediterranean tuna next March.

Posted on 27 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Failure of nerve threatens to turn Copenhagen into Doha

Conservation organization WWF issued a warning to the world that a lack of political nerve could divert the world from achieving a climate deal in Copenhagen. "Every ingredient bar one - political will - is in place," said WWF global climate leader Kim Carstensen.

Posted on 21 October 2009 | 3 comments | Read more

Roots are collected for food in drought stricken countries. Madagascar.

Time for stalling past as climate predictions dramatically worsen

Climate negotiators received a new hurry up call today as scientists released new predictions that climate change was happening significantly faster than previous estimates. The new scenario sees warming of double the unacceptable risk levels for runaway catastrophic climate change as "not implausible" if effective action is not taken on emissions and deforestation.

Posted on 28 September 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Oil Spill a potential disaster for marine life

WWF warned today that an oil spill off Australia’s North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region’s globally significant wildlife.

Posted on 24 August 2009 | 3 comments | Read more

Waves roll onto the shores of Lake Ontario at sunset, Ontario, Canada.

Massive river water transfers lacking scrutiny

Large scale transfers of water from one river basin to another are generally occurring without adequate scrutiny of their economic, environmental and social impacts, according to an analysis released to World Water Week by WWF.

Posted on 20 August 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

Little Long-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis dolichura).

WWF camera trap captures rare little long-tailed dunnart footage

WWF field staff working in Australia’s only biodiversity hotspot, the Southwest Australia Ecoregion, recently collected some exciting and rare footage of a tiny native marsupial.

Posted on 03 August 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Peter Garrett, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (far right), with Dr. Lorenzo Rojas, IWC commissioner for Mexico (C), and Mamadou Diallo of WWF West-Africa Marine Ecoregional Programme (left).

Australia pledges big funds for small whale conservation

Australia on Wednesday pledged AU$500,000 (€284,927) to help save the world’s small whales as part of a major contribution to the International Whaling Commission.

Posted on 24 June 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

The power of the Scottish surf will run the turbines on the proposed Siadar wave energy station.

Renewable energy wave rolls across Australia

Waves around Australia and hot rocks beneath it have the capacity to power Australia into a clean energy future and provide tens of  thousands of  new jobs, according to new reports from WWF.  “What we are seeing here is the birth of new industries," said WWF-Australia CEO Greg Bourne.

Posted on 19 June 2009 | Read more

Lizard Island, aerial view.  Great Barrier Reef & Coral Sea, Australia

World’s largest Marine Protected Area one step closer

What may become the world's largest marine protected area came a step closer today following the announcement by Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett that the Coral Sea would become a Conservation Zone.

Posted on 19 May 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

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