How your bushfire recovery donation is making a difference

Responding to the emergency at scale

In a disaster of this scale, no one organisation can meet the needs of all the wildlife across the country. But together there are many incredible groups making it possible by doing critical and important work on the front line.

WWF-Australia partnered with over 40 wildlife rescue and care organisations in bushfire zones and directed immediate and urgent funds to respond to the emergency at scale.

 

This included:

• Urgent care: supporting specialist veterinarians who are providing care and medical treatment to injured wildlife across Australia.
• Food and water: providing starving wildlife with food and water in bushfire impacted regions.
• Finding koalas and other fire-affected wildlife: deploying koala detection dogs and drones to bushfire sites to search for surviving koalas and conducting rapid threatened species assessments in fire-affected areas.
• Supplies and triage: getting veterinary supplies to bushfire triage sites.

Learn more about our emergency response partners here.

 

Future-proofing Australia

Even months after the last fire went out, we are still counting the cost of the damage and loss to wildlife and habitat. To protect the future of our forests and wildlife and to prepare for fire seasons to come, we must deliver a national wildlife and nature recovery plan.

 

Your donations help us:

 

• Strengthen policy: allow us to work with governments to strengthen climate policy and biodiversity laws.
• Species adaptation: support long-term conservation efforts for Australia’s native wildlife.
• Secure Australia’s natural resources: ensure that Australia’s precious natural resources are protected for people and nature.
• Innovate: explore and implement innovative solutions to help mitigate the impact of climate change and drive climate preparedness.

Here are some of the projects already underway.

 

A WWF-Australia Emergency Wildlife Response Partner:

- Has a reputation for efficiency, effectiveness, solvency and strong track record in relation to its treatment of animals;
- Has well-considered rescue and release protocols;
- Can confirm that its euthanasia policy, or approach, is for medical reasons only and that the decision is made by a trained professional;
- Has the capacity to scale its response based on the donation (i.e. that any donation will lead to additional benefits);
- Is able to assist with science-based species recovery in the future.

 

Support costs

Every donation received is critical in helping WWF-Australia respond to the impacts of the bushfires.

Delivering a response at this scale requires the skills and resources of the entire organisation: from our conservation scientists, ecologists, field teams and policy and legal experts, to the team that answers your calls and emails, accepts and deploys your donations and keeps you up-to-date with the latest news from the field.

We’re doing everything possible to keep support costs to a minimum.