WWF-Australia and its supporters have raised the $200,000 needed to buy and retire two shark fishing licences to save about 20,000 sharks a year on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Australian Government announced that more than 80% of Tasmania’s Tarkine region would be protected. This stopped State Government plans to log the Tarkine Rainforest Corridor at the heart of the wilderness area.

To promote composting in the community, YCAN is offering free plaques to be displayed outside your home.

We aim to strengthen Council’s commitments to environmentally sustainable plans for buildings, precincts, transport and so on. We’ve learned a lot about the process of local government. At this level of government we can make ourselves heard.

After decades of friction between forestry industry and conservation groups, a real path forward for Tassie’s beautiful and controversial native forests was finally realised... the legislation was passed in early 2013 and will deliver formal protection for new national parks and reserves in Tasmania in an area covering over 500,000 hectares