News Archive (01 Oct 2005 - 31 Oct 2005)
PNG to double its protected areas
Some of Papua New Guinea's most valuable forests, wetlands and reefs could receive greater protection under a landmark initiative to nearly double the country's protected areas.
Gardeners unknowingly adding to Australia's $4 billion/year weed problem
WWF-Australia is urging governments and the garden industry to implement a national mandatory labelling scheme for invasive garden plants.
The scheme's aim is to enable gardeners to identify invasive plants before they buy them and how to minimise the chance of weeds jumping the back fence.
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Plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef recognised as world's best
WWF will today present the Australian Government with a Gift to the Earth award, WWF's highest accolade, for the design and implementation of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning plan.
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Children often more contaminated than their mothers, new WWF report shows
Results from WWF's first European-wide family bloodtesting survey released today found a total of 73 man-made hazardous chemicals in the blood of 13 families (grandmothers, mothers and children) from 12 European countries.
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Daly River a nationally important icon worth conserving: New report
The Daly River and its wetlands and estuary have been shown to be of national conservation value in a new report.
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