- The recently launched Reef Credit Initiative offers a new way to drive improvement in water quality in the Great Barrier Reef catchments. It allows farmers and other land managers to earn Reef credits by reducing flows of sediment, nutrients and pesticides into waterways. More HERE.
- The Tropical Water Quality Hub is fighting the invasive tilapia fish with Barramundi. Researchers working on NESP TWQ Project 3.3.2 are surveying drainage pools in the Burdekin for tilapia, which will guide the release of Barramundi fingerlings and grow rapidly by eating the tilapia.
- Five times more green turtle hatchlings – now that’s worth shellebrating! Operation Sand Dune on Queensland’s remote Raine Island, which involved raising and reshaping sections of the beach has led to a significant increase in threatened green turtle hatchling success. Learn more HERE.
- The University of Queensland is part of a global mapping and monitoring partnership using satellite imagery and big data processing to understand the features making up the Great Barrier Reef and how they are changing. Read more HERE.
- From ancient Australia to now, take a look back in time and see how the Great Barrier Reef has developed. Watch this VIDEO to reveal the Great Barrier Reef and learn more about what’s just below the ocean surface.
The Reef Alliance project is funded by the Australian Government and delivered through the Reef Trust.