Reef guardians rise to the challenge

The Reef Guardian Schools 2025 Global Eco Challenge has concluded its most successful year yet, mobilising 165 young environmentalists to deliver positive, hands-on projects for the Great Barrier Reef and coral ecosystems worldwide.

The Reef Guardian Schools 2025 Global Eco Challenge has concluded its most successful year yet, mobilising 165 young environmentalists to deliver positive, hands-on projects for the Great Barrier R

Other ways to help

The Great Barrier Reef is facing a range of pressures and all actions — big or small — matter to the future of this amazing natural wonder.

Tasmanian couple living the dream as new caretakers of Low Island

Tasmanian couple Don and Lee Cameron have traded the icy south for tropical paradise - stepping into the “best job in the world” as caretakers of Low Island, off Port Douglas on the Great Barrier R

Tasmanian couple Don and Lee Cameron have traded the icy south for tropical paradise - stepping into the “best job in the world” as caretakers of Low Island, off Port Douglas on the Great Barrier R

Winning the battle against invasive weeds

The St Lawrence Wetlands on Koinmerburra Country are legendary – celebrated for their incredible bird life, aquatic beauty, and crucial role as a nursery for migratory fish species.

The St Lawrence Wetlands on Koinmerburra Country, once threatened by invasive hymenachne weed, has been revitalised through a partnership between Isaac Regional Council, the Reef Guardian Council p

Call for world-class architects to design the new Great Barrier Reef Aquarium

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Reef Authority) has launched a call for architects, designers and engineers to help build the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium – a Townsville landmark set t

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Reef Authority) has launched a call for architects, designers and engineers to help build the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium.

Eye on the Reef mega pre-summer training

The Reef Authority is leading a mega “Eye on the Reef” training event off Cairns for one of the world’s largest citizen science programs in the build-up to summer.

The Reef Authority is leading a mega “Eye on the Reef” training event off Cairns for one of the world’s largest citizen science programs in the build-up to summer.

A legacy for the generations

As a child, sitting in a room full of her Elders, too young to fully understand, Jade Pryor would watch on and listen eagerly to conversations and plans about future aspirations for her People and

As a child, sitting in a room full of her Elders, too young to fully understand, Jade Pryor would watch on and listen eagerly to conversations and plans about future aspirations for her People and

Southern Plan of Management

Together with the Traditional Owner groups of the southern Great Barrier Reef, we have embarked on a new chapter in marine park management by developing a Southern Plan of Management (Southern POM)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transparency Statement

In accordance with the Digital Transformation Agency’s (DTA) Policy for the responsible use of AI in government, this page provides the Reef Authority’s statement on Artificial Intelligence (AI) tr