AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE & NATURE RECOVERY FUND

The WWF Australian Wildlife & Nature Recovery Fund raised over $50 million to address the bushfire emergency in Australia. The initiative is divided into two phases: Phase I focused on emergency response, and Phase II focuses on long-term recovery through landscape restoration, species protection, and climate resilience. Key activities include planting 100,000 trees for koala corridors, deploying innovative 'habitat pods' to protect fauna from predators, and partnering with the Environmental Defenders Office to protect unburnt habitats. The fund has supported 14 wildlife hospitals and 31 threatened species.

• WWF raised more than $50 million globally to support bushfire recovery and resiliency in Australia, allocating these funds across eight thematic areas including species recovery, landscape restoration, and Indigenous ranger capacity.
• The fund's Phase II long-term recovery plan includes 'Regenerate Australia', described as the largest landscape restoration and wildlife program in the history of Australia.
• Specific conservation interventions include a partnership with Bangalow Koalas in northern New South Wales to plant over 100,000 food and habitat trees over three years to reconnect fragmented koala populations in Richmond Valley, Lismore, Kyogle, and Ballina.
• To mitigate the threat of feral predators (cats and foxes) to wildlife in burnt areas, WWF is testing 'habitat pods', which are modular artificial shelters made of cardboard pulp embedded with native seeds to encourage vegetation growth.
• WWF-Australia partnered with the Environmental Defenders Office to protect six high-priority landscapes of unburnt habitat, which serve as refuges for over 62 plant species, 21 animal species, and more than 18 threatened ecological communities.
• The fund provided operational and equipment support to establish the Western Australian Native Animal Rescue as a registered Veterinary Hospital, which has rehabilitated and released 730 injured animals since November.

APA

WWF International (2021). AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE & NATURE RECOVERY FUND. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/50sih0nfa7_Australian_Bushfire_Fall_Update_2021.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE & NATURE RECOVERY FUND. 2021. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/50sih0nfa7_Australian_Bushfire_Fall_Update_2021.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2021australian, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE \& NATURE RECOVERY FUND}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2021}, url = {https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/50sih0nfa7_Australian_Bushfire_Fall_Update_2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }