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Billion $ funding boost, a win for the Reef, industries and communities that rely on it
Today’s Australian Government announcement of an injection of more than $250 million into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s world-leading marine park management reflects the importance of the Reef and will keep our Reef protection programs at the cutting-edge .
Play is the way for eco-entrepreneurs
Entries are now open for the Reef Guardian Schools Global Eco-Challenge, where students are encouraged to use emerging technologies to explore the Great Barrier Reef and its connected ecosystems.
Entries are now open for the Reef Guardian Schools Global Eco-Challenge, where students are encouraged to use emerging technologies to explore the Great Barrier Reef and its connected ecosystems.
The Reef’s own little mermaid: Meet Bronte
Bronte Claussen’s story is the type you only read about in picture books.
It sounds like a Disney princess tale, and it just so happens that Reef Authority Marine Scientist Bronte Claussen bears a striking resemblance to Ariel, aka the Little Mermaid.
Tales of species survival
They may have the greatest eyesight in all the ocean, but even sharks can’t read maps. And yet, they are reaping the benefits of arguably the most important map on the Great Barrier Reef – the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003.
They may have the greatest eyesight in all the ocean, but even sharks can’t read maps.
Great Southern Plan with Ian Walker
Counting kangaroos in the dusty wilds of northern Victoria is far from a typical apprenticeship for those charged with conserving and managing Australia’s most iconic marine environments.
Counting kangaroos in the dusty wilds of northern Victoria is perhaps not your typical apprenticeship for those charged with conserving and protecting Australia’s most iconic marine environments.
Coral and coral cover
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest and best-known coral reef ecosystem in the world and hosts thousands of species of hard and soft corals.
Alice in marine wonderland
There’s a magic to the Reef.
There’s a magic to the Reef. If you ask anyone about it, they might tell you the magic is in the sound of crackling coral, or the thrill of spotting the striking luminescence of a rainbow fish.
Coral spawning 101
Coral spawning is one of the Great Barrier Reef's most spectacular events, and the most significant event in the mass reproduction of corals.