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Active conservation projects in Australia

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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

Annual wildflowers in privately-owned York Gum woodland, Wheatbelt of the Northern Agricultural Region, Western Australia - part of the Southwest Australia Ecoregion - a global biodiversity hotspot.

Last stand for temperate woodlands in Western Australia

Protecting temperate woodlands in Australia is a national priority. In the wheat belt of Western Australia temperate woodlands have been massively cle...

Modified: Jul 2009 - Started: Jan 2000

Australasian snubfin dolphin. Australia.

Discovering Australia’s snubfin dolphin

A new species of dolphin was found in Australia’s northern waters in 2005. The discovery of the Australian snubfin – previously thought to be an Irraw...

Modified: Mar 2009 - Started: Mar 2008

Juvenile Western spiny tailed skink (Egernia stokesii badia), Ballidu. Western Australia.

Biodiversity conservation in the Avon River Basin, Western Australia

The Avon River Basin covers 12 million hectares across much of Western Australia’s central wheat belt. Decades of intensive agriculture and developmen...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2005

Red headed male Gouldian finch

Gouldian Finch Project

The project aims to improve the conservation status of the Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae, with a particular focus on introducing more appro...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2008

Stirling Ranges, Southwest Australia Ecoregion, an area with particularly high plant diversity under threat by the dieback disease (Phytophthora cinnamomi) and climate change.

Southwest Australia, a biodiversity hotspot

The Southwest Australia Ecoregion, located in the southwest corner of the country, is characterized by an exceptional concentration of biodiversity. M...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2003

Malleefowl on nest mound. Australia.

Protecting threatened malleefowl in Western Australia

The ground-dwelling malleefowl is a threatened species in Australia. Once common, their numbers have seriously declined over the last 100 years due to...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 2005

Threatened Species Programme

The Threatened Species Network (TSN) is a community-based programme of the Australian government and WWF Australia which focuses on the conservation o...

Modified: Jan 2009 - Started: Jan 1990

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