b'A fisherman symbolically handingover the gill net to WWF-AustraliasJim Higgs, 2018. Allens has supported WWF-Australia since its formation in 1978, through pro bono legal work and fundraising. The firm has assisted with governance advice, trade mark support and litigation.Renee Boundy is the latest Allens partner to hold a seaton the WWF-Australia board.In 2018 Allens helped WWF-Australia purchase and retire the last full-time commercial fishing gill net on the northern Great Barrier Reef, ending commercial net fishing in the Princess Charlotte Bay region north of Cairns. Among the beneficiaries of this innovative transaction were the dugongs that inhabit the area. Dugong being released during the Rivers to Reef to Turtles field trip.221'