Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Australia; Europe-Wide; UK; USA
WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation is the leading charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins.
Our vision is a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free.
We care deeply about whales and dolphins, and we share this passion with our supporters.
Our work is backed by robust research, science and philosophy.
Topics include: Coral Reefs; Restoration/Rehabilitation
Country/Region: Australia
We are the forerunners of assisted reef adaptation on the Great Barrier Reef In early 2016, record ocean temperatures led to intense and widespread coral bleaching in the northern third of the Great Barrier Reef. In early 2017, it happened again, this time in the central third of the Great Barrier Reef. The unprecedented back-to-back mass coral bleaching events was then compounded in March 2017 by Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
In May 2017, the Reef Authority convened a Reef Summit where it was concluded that the frequency and severity of disturbances required a different approach to management. A key outcome was to permit intervention in the natural process of recovery.
Resilient Reefs, then known as Reef Restoration Foundation, incorporated on 11 July 2017 and secured the first permit on 13 October 2017. We installed the first ocean-based multi-species coral nursery on the Great Barrier Reef at Fitzroy Island on 7 December 2017.
Topics include: Aquaculture; Capacity Building; Fisheries
Country/Region: Australia
OceanWatch Australia Ltd is a national not-for-profit environmental company that works to advance sustainability in the Australian seafood industry. OceanWatch's key activities involve: enhancing fish habitats and improving water quality in estuaries and coastal environments; working with industry and local communities to minimise environmental impacts; introducing industry and communities to sustainable technologies and behaviours. Since its establishment in 1989, OceanWatch Australia has managed and administered a broad range of successful projects to improve environmental practices, protect threatened marine species, reduce by-catch, introduce sustainable technologies, change behaviours and restore important marine habitats. To achieve these positive outcomes, OceanWatch Australia works in partnership with the Australian seafood industry, federal and state governments, natural resource managers, private enterprise and local communities. In 2013, delivering on an election promise of further developing Australia’s sustainable fishing sector, Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce recognised OceanWatch as the NRM organisation with responsibility for enhancing fish habitats and the marine environment.
Topics include: Capacity Building; Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship
Country/Region: Australia
Minderoo is a proudly Australian philanthropy, working to forge a fair future by courageously challenging inequalities and campaigning for meaningful change. Since being founded by Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Nicola Forrest AO in 2001, we have been delivering ground-breaking programs and research within our homeland Australia, for our Asia Pacific neighbours and to the world.
Our priorities Determined to remove barriers that prevent the creation of a fair future, we focus our efforts on three key areas – communities, gender equality and natural ecosystems. Our three focus areas are complemented by a series of impact missions that allow us to respond to existential threats and urgent challenges in an agile and targeted way.
We recognise that some barriers to change are greater than others. In response, we apply the lens of climate change, gender equality and First Nations to all our work, engagements and partnerships to ensure we don’t lose sight of the inequity these areas face.
Topics include: Conservation
Country/Region: Australia
The Environment Centre NT is fighting for a future where the Northern Territory’s nature thrives.
The Northern Territory is an area of unsurpassed ecological and cultural value on a global scale, with unique biological diversity, largely intact tropical savannas, and free-flowing rivers and springs.
Originally established in 1983 to fight uranium mining in Kakadu National Park, we continue to work closely with communities across the Northern Territory to stop environmentally destructive projects, hold government and industry to account, and improve environmental regulation and governance.
From campaigns to stop three proposed mines in Kakadu National Park—Koongarra, Jabiluka, and Coronation Hill—to securing a ban on seabed mining along our coasts and a moratorium on dams for our free-flowing rivers, thanks to the Environment Centre NT's work, the Territory’s nature continues to flourish.
Our work aims to shift dominant development paradigms in the Northern Territory that see our landscapes as “undeveloped” and something to be exploited, rather than as unparalleled, precious and biodiverse ecosystems that are in everyone’s interests to protect.
We recognise the ownership and custodianship by Traditional Owners of lands and waters in the NT, and that solutions to the ecological crises we face must be led by First Nations people.
We work closely and in solidarity with First Nations communities to ensure that their voices are amplified and influence decision-makers.
We harness the power of our community so that people everywhere are speaking up for the Territory’s environment.
Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship; Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Australia; Melanesia
Our Mission is to raise awareness of the ecological and social value of the reefs of the Coral Sea, Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef, and to be proactive in their sustainable management.
Our approach combines science, gender equity, and sustainability with captivating visuals and a compelling social media presence. The Coral Sea Foundation develops pragmatic reef monitoring solutions and works to empower First Nations custodians with the skills and knowledge they need to sustainably manage their own Sea Country.
🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Sea Turtles
📍 Country/Region: Australia
The Care for Hedland Environmental Association aims to connect people and the environment to create a more sustainable, inclusive and environmentally-aware town. With BHP as Principal Partner since 2006, Care For Hedland receives support without which these programs would not be able to be run.
This is achieved through delivering a diverse range of conservation-based volunteer programs and activities for the Hedland community, which are suitable for all ages and levels of commitment.
Care for Hedland’s programs are divided into three key areas:
Circular Waste Management
Sustainable Living
Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
The Association acts as an effective conduit for the communication of environmental and sustainability information into the community and provides a forum whereby business, industry, government and community can discuss barriers, opportunities and solutions to sustainable development for Hedland and the Pilbara.
🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Ocean Literacy
📍 Country/Region: Australia
Ningaloo is one of the world's last great places and we want to protect it. We believe that preservation of the environment is really important. To do this we try to reduce the human impact on it and continue to be good stewards of the environment.
CCG is a volunteer, not-for-profit organisation that is involved in protecting the terrestrial and marine environment of the North West Cape. Our group has been active for 25 years now, and has been instrumental in some major projects and campaigns, like Save Ningaloo, Halt the Salt and Protect Ningaloo. Our members are an eclectic mix of people from many walks of life, but are united by a passion for conservation. And each member brings different knowledge, skills and experiences to the job of promoting good environmental stewardship.
We are always keen to welcome new members and believe that everyone has something to offer. If you care for the natural world and you're keen to see it protected for the future, then join us. There are different types of memberships available to cater for individual interests and levels of involvement. You can also support us by making a donation to keep our projects going.
🏷️ Topics include: Conservation
📍 Country/Region: Australia
We are Australia’s leading national charity dedicated solely to protecting our precious ocean wildlife – a community of ocean lovers across the nation working for healthy seas. We are an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of scientists, educators and passionate advocates who have defended Australia’s oceans since 1965. Our paid and volunteer staff work every day to protect our coasts and oceans.
AMCS works on the big issues that risk our ocean wildlife. Together, we have protected critical ocean ecosystems with marine reserves around the nation, including Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef. We have led the movement to ban whaling, stopped supertrawlers, and protected threatened and endangered species like the Australian Sea Lion. Together, our community of ocean lovers save our oceans every day.
If you want to help ensure Australia’s coasts and oceans remain healthy and free for tomorrow’s generations, join us today.
🏷️ Topics include: Advocacy; Climate Change
📍 Country/Region: Australia; New Zealand; Oceania-Wide; USA
350 Pacific is a youth-led grassroots network working with communities to fight climate change from the Pacific Islands and diaspora.
350 Pacific works with organizers across 18 Pacific Island nations and diaspora communities in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America to highlight our island countries’ vulnerabilities to climate change while showcasing our strength and resilience of people. We work through existing networks and with a range of partner organizations who share in our vision for the Pacific and the planet. 350 Pacific has organized and facilitated workshops to educate and empower youth in the region, and through our many campaigns, have amplified the voices of frontline communities in the face of the climate crisis.
