Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Great Barrier Reef Foundation Because wonders should never cease. Our organisation is a space of cultural safety for all.

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is creating a future for the world’s coral reefs by restoring reefs and coastal habitats and helping them adapt to the impacts of climate change. We’ve built a collaborative organisation to raise funds, invest in innovative ideas and design real-world, scalable conservation programs that are delivering breakthroughs in marine and terrestrial restoration. Walking i

n step with First Nations people and front-line communities, the Foundation is fast-tracking and deploying solutions around the world.

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We're finding and funding world-leading solutions to the biggest threats facing the Reef. This is a huge task and our social media channels are a place to share ideas, successes, challenges and hope for a better future for the world’s coral reefs. Our channels are open to all and we encourage you to share your thoughts and opinions in a respectful and culturally safe manner. Please follow the guidelines below when engaging on any of our social media channels.

• Be respectful of others, including post authors, moderators and other users. GBRF will not tolerate profanity, personal attacks, hateful or abusive language, harassment, obscenity, explicit material, defamatory remarks, threats of violence or comments that incite violence.

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Get to know your roots!📷: Anita Kainrath - Ocean Image Bank, Kobie Rhodes - Magnetic Island Photos
26/08/2026

Get to know your roots!

📷: Anita Kainrath - Ocean Image Bank, Kobie Rhodes - Magnetic Island Photos

22/07/2026

In 2018, we set out with an ambitious goal: to help some of the world’s most treasured coral reefs – and the communities that depend on them – adapt to climate change.

Enter the Resilient Reefs Initiative. Since the program began, we’ve collaborated with more than 75 local organisations to deliver 34 on-ground projects across four UNESCO World Heritage reef sites: Belize, Palau, New Caledonia and Ningaloo. Each site developed its own locally driven strategy to guide the future of reef management in their region, strengthening reef resilience for an estimated 300,000+ people.

🪸 In Palau, we helped deliver the first government-endorsed fisheries management plan.

🪸 In New Caledonia, Customary Reserves are gaining formal recognition, embedding cultural knowledge and community-led marine protection.

🪸 In Ningaloo, new research is helping to reduce the occurrence of boat strikes on large marine animals.

🪸 In Belize, new coastal development policies are improving protection of vital blue carbon ecosystems.

As the eight-year initiative ends, it leaves behind a legacy of resilience thinking and paves the way for the next phase through Resilient Reefs Pasifika, as we deepen our focus on reef resilience in the Pacific.

Thank you to Resilient Reefs site partners – Agence néo-Calédonienne de la Biodiversité, Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute, Koror State Government, the Department of Biosecurity, Attractions and Conservation, and Palau International Coral Reef Center-PICRC – and to the many delivery partners and community members whose leadership continues to make this work a reality.

Resilient Reefs is a collaboration between the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, UNESCO, Reef Resilience, Columbia University’s Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes, Resilient Cities Catalyst and AECOM. The project is enabled by the BHP Foundation.

Learn more about the Resilient Reefs Initiative here: https://www.barrierreef.org/what-we-do/projects/resilient-reefs

19/06/2026

We don’t need to see a threat to stop it. ⭐️

New tools like environmental DNA (eDNA) is helping us detect crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks earlier, before they take hold.

Developed with our partners at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, this approach allows control teams to focus their efforts where they’re needed most — protecting coral before it’s lost.

This technology is already showing real promise on the Reef, but it needs to be scaled.

Learn more: https://www.barrierreef.org/news/news/detecting-crown-of-thorns-starfish-outbreaks

Your support can help bring these solutions to more reefs, sooner: https://give.barrierreef.org/2CF8AF

17/06/2026

El Niño conditions are here — potentially among the strongest on record.

While these conditions place additional pressure on coral reefs, they also reinforce the urgency and importance of the work underway to better understand coral resilience, protect vulnerable ecosystems and support the Great Barrier Reef’s recovery in a changing climate.

What is El Niño: https://barrierreef.org/news/explainers/el-nino-what-does-it-mean-for-the-great-barrier-reef.
🔬Support the Science: give.barrierreef.org/2CF8AF

12/06/2026

Can we help corals beat the heat? 🪸

When waters get too warm, coral loses the algae that feed it — causing it to bleach and leaving it vulnerable to starvation and disease.

We’re researching how coral, and the algae living inside it, respond to heat stress, helping unlock new ways to strengthen coral for a warming ocean.

This work is still evolving, but it marks an important step forward.
Learn more: https://www.barrierreef.org/news/news/heat-evolved-symbionts-research 🐡
Support the science: https://give.barrierreef.org/2CF8AF 🐠

11/06/2026

Did you know humpback mums whisper to their calves? 🐋

To avoid predators on their long journey north, baby humpbacks brush fins and murmur softly, too quiet for potential danger to hear.

🔗 Curious about where they're headed? Tap the link for our full humpback migration guide: https://www.barrierreef.org/news/explainers/why-do-humpback-whales-migrate

08/06/2026

This World Oceans Day, let’s celebrate progress. 🌊

We’re building a toolkit of practical solutions for the Reef, testing, refining and scaling new ways to repair and strengthen this extraordinary ecosystem.

Every breakthrough in Reef science, every seagrass meadow restored, every partnership formed and every conversation started is part of something bigger.

Together, these actions are helping create a more resilient future for the Great Barrier Reef.

Your donation helps deliver these solutions where they’re needed most, faster: https://give.barrierreef.org/2CF8AF

05/06/2026

Seagrass meadows are the lungs of the Reef. 🌱

These vast underwater habitats feed turtles and dugongs, shelter thousands of fish species and help keep the Reef healthy. They also capture and store carbon up to 50 times more efficiently than tropical rainforests.

That’s why we’re building practical tools to restore seagrass at scale, including underwater robotics designed to plant seagrass seeds with precision.

This World Environment Day, help restore the habitats marine animals call home: give.barrierreef.org 👈

🎥: H&M Productions AU
Coles, CQUniversity Australia, Lendlease, Queensland Environment, ###X

04/06/2026

For coral reefs, “It’s not game over. It’s game on.”

When Theresa Fyffe shared the Reef’s story on the TED stage, she brought a message of hope to a global audience. It wasn't just about the challenges coral reefs face but the science and the collaboration working to protect their future.

One year on from the talk launching online, we’re still incredibly proud to see Theresa's message resonate around the world.

Rewatch here: https://www.ted.com/talks/theresa_fyffe_a_new_lifeline_for_the_world_s_coral_reefs 👀

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