ANNUAL REPORT 2024

Working together with the Queensland Government and stakeholders over the past 12 months, we helped achieve a new 2035 emissions reduction target of 75% below 2005 levels from the Queensland Government.

The Net-Free Reef campaign was honoured with the Banksia Foundation's 2024 Marketing and Communications for Impact Award. This campaign, successfully mobilised public support to urge the Queensland and Federal governments to end commercial gill net fishing in the Great Barrier Reef, contributing to the preservation of a healthy and vibrant Reef for everyone.

The Koalas Forever Northern Rivers Recovery Hub Restoration Project supported the creation of koala habitat corridors on 105 private properties located in Areas of Regional Koala Significance. The project was delivered through the collaborative efforts of several community organisations, including Traditional Owner Groups and Indigenous Rangers. 478.93 hectares of koala habitat were restored through assisted regeneration. 91,901 koala food and habitat trees were planted, revegetating 104.75 hectares. 20 new Land for Wildlife Agreements were created, covering 1,565 hectares of koala habitat.

The 2024 ‘State of Plastics in Australia Scorecard’ again highlighted the ongoing progress across all states and territories in banning harmful and avoidable single-use plastics. Since our first scorecard in 2019, we've seen steady improvements, with every jurisdiction making strides in its policies and commitments toward a circular economy and plastic pollution prevention.

A remarkable 482 women rangers were engaged in the Women Rangers Environmental Network (WREN) across Australia. WREN continues to be an incredible success, helping to amplify the leadership, voice and impact of Indigenous women rangers in environmental management and bringing Indigenous women’s perspectives front and centre of decision making on their Country. WWF-Australia is proud to support WREN and our partners.

Through Climate Resilient by Nature, an Australia Government funded initiative, we helped support more than 9,000 people across 101 communities in the Pacific and Southeast Asia to implement nature-based solutions. Across these communities, this work is helping restore or conserve more than 36,000 hectares of climate-critical ecosystems. The projects bring a range of additional benefits, including building sustainable livelihoods, increasing resilience to climate shocks and bringing the benefits of carbon markets to communities.

In July, the first National Trees Scorecard was launched. It revealed how Australia’s federal, state and territory governments are performing when it comes to protecting and restoring trees and called for stronger ambition. This year, South Australia claimed the leading spot. Thanks to our supporters, we took the scorecard straight to parliament and had discussions with political leaders on how Australia could become a world leader in reforestation.