Summary WWF launches Australia’s first national Trees Scorecard; NSW & Qld rate ‘Very Poor’ - WWF-Australia | WWF launches Australia’s first national Trees Scorecard; NSW & Qld rate ‘Very Poor’ | WWF Australia wwf.org.au
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WWF-Australia's Trees Scorecard exposes inadequate forest restoration in NSW and QLD, with NSW scoring the lowest at 24%.
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- The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has released Australia's first national Trees Scorecard to assess which states and territories are leading in protecting and restoring trees.
- New South Wales and Queensland ranked Very Poor in the scorecard, making them Australia's worst clearers of trees.
- Australia has the highest rate of deforestation in the developed world.
- The scorecard assesses how all jurisdictions, state, territory, and federal, are performing in forest protection and restoration.
- No state ranked higher than average, prompting WWF-Australia to call for strong leadership to halt and reverse forest loss.
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WWF-Australia launched Australia's first national Trees Scorecard, revealing poor forest restoration efforts in NSW and QLD. NSW received the lowest score of 24%.
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WWF-Australia has launched the country's first national Trees Scorecard to evaluate the efforts of states and territories in protecting and restoring trees. According to the scorecard, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD) have been rated
WWF-Australia has launched Australia's first national Trees Scorecard, revealing that no state ranked higher than average in terms of forest restoration. New South Wales (NSW) received the lowest score of only 24%, with land clearing totaling 264