Releasing larvae from floating pools on Heron Island. Photo credit: Southern Cross University
Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef in 2024 after a mass bleaching event. Photo credit: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
The Reef needs our help
Reducing global emissions is no longer enough to safeguard coral reefs. We must also urgently scale coral restoration efforts and help reefs adapt to climate change.
We’ve made significant progress advancing methods to restore reefs, but coral reefs remain one of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet. They are the nursery and breeding grounds for a quarter of all marine life including fish, dolphins, whales, and marine turtles.
Please consider donating to help our Reef and the animals that call it home.
Put time on our side
To protect the Great Barrier Reef and the animals that call it home - we must repair the damage that’s already been done to it due to climate change and other threats. We must also explore and develop new ways to build its resilience to the challenges of tomorrow.
With the support of donors like you, we are already restoring important areas of the Reef by planting coral fragments, as well as through Coral IVF – we call these Corals for Today.
We’re also developing a ‘Reef Restoration Toolkit’ that will help us plant more corals, with a focus on species that can withstand warmer water – these are our Corals for Tomorrow.
Why are coral reefs important?
Our planet needs healthy oceans to survive, and healthy oceans need healthy coral reefs. Our oceans provide 50% of the world’s oxygen, and their coral reefs support 25% of all marine life, including fish, dolphins, whales, and marine turtles. Meanwhile, coastal blue carbon ecosystems store carbon dioxide up to 50 times more efficiently than terrestrial forests.
Corals for Today:
You can help us restore areas of the Reef that have been damaged by bleaching through programs such as coral fragment planting and our innovative Coral IVF program.
During the annual coral spawning event, our Coral IVF researchers capture excess coral eggs and sperm from healthy reefs and rear millions of baby corals in specially designed floating pools. When they’re ready, these young corals are placed onto damaged reefs to restore and repopulate them.
Corals for Tomorrow:
You can help build long-term resilience in the Reef. Your donations will help accelerate the research and deployment of corals with increased thermal tolerance.
Your gift will support priority projects which restore the Reef and help protect the animals that call it home.
The Reef needs your help.
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“It’s the beginning of a fight that we have to win.”
Internationally acclaimed marine scientist and climate change specialist, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg remains optimistic that we can turn the tide on climate change and save coral reefs for generations to come.
“If we don’t act in the next few years, we won’t have a reef that’s full of corals. No corals, no fish, no economic benefits and no beautiful reefs. A miserable tragedy. . . But if we start today and we dig very deeply into rapidly reducing greenhouse emissions, and we build the resilience of the reef systems, we have a good chance of preserving, not all the coral that we have today, but a substantial amount.”
– Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of Queensland
Other ways to donate
Call Us
Please call 1800 427 300 to donate or for assistance
Direct Deposit
Email us at giving@barrierreef.org to receive the details to donate directly to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Public Fund
Please send your donation cheque to: Great Barrier Reef Foundation, GPO Box 1362, Brisbane QLD 4001
