Manbarra sea-country at Yanooa (Pelorus Island), one of the reef survey training locations for our Sea Women Great Barrier Reef program. Absolutely inspirational. seawomen.net/GBR #seawomengreatbarrierreef #coralseafoundation

A first-of-its-kind program is teaching Indigenous women to take a lead role in protecting Australia's iconic coral reefs. Marian Faa joined them in Far North Queensland to find out how it's all going. #abc730

Our Sea Women Great Barrier Reef program featured on ABC Pacific Beat online radio. abc.net.au/pacific/progra…

Spellbound once again by the sensational diversity, colour and forms of the coral community at Indigo Bay, Eumilli (Fantome Island), sea country of the Manbarra people. #greatbarrierreef #tooprecioustolose Coralseafoundation.net #reefalive #coralreef #coral #manbarracountry

Welcome to the latest edition of Coral Sea News! 📷coralseafoundation.net/coral-sea-news… We are excited to share some of the highlights of the Coral Sea Foundation's marine conservation work around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea over the first half of 2023. #coralseafoundation

The Sea Women Great Barrier Reef training program empowers Indigenous women with the marine science skills they need to get more involved with monitoring and managing sea country, and connects First Nations women from around the Coral Sea arc.  More info seawomen.net/GBR

Sensational aerial views of the shallow coral community at Geoffrey Bay, Yunbenun (Magnetic Island) on today's extreme low tides. youtu.be/oImxkbFXF78

Low tide coral surveys by drone at Arthur Bay, Yunbenun, Magnetic Island. youtu.be/NJqm32QsVtM

Outstanding coral cover and biological diversity at North Point on Jiigurru, Lizard Island, now into its 7th year of recovery after the extreme impacts of two tropical cyclones (2014 & 2015) and two thermal bleaching events (2016 & 2017).

Staghorn Acropora. Yes, we know - they are just weedy pioneer species, fragile and easily broken and easily bleached and crown of thorns starfish eat it like candy - but damn, they are so beautiful, and we will take a reef covered in Stagover a reef covered in algae any day!

Reef recovery dynamics 2019-2023. North Reef, Jiigurru, Lizard Island. Great Barrier Reef. 14° 38.721'S 145° 27.224'E Staggering complexity even at this small scale! Coralseafoundation.net #coralseafoundation #reefalive #marinescience

Trimodal reef, Jiigurru, Lizard Island right now. Fantastic recovery from the cyclones and bleaching in 2014-15-16. To see the changes in the reef from 2019-2022, have a look at this video sequence: youtu.be/DD-PRTMOBwo Coralseafoundation.net

Highlights of the 2023 Lizard Island Coral Reef Study Tour, supported by the LIRRF and delivered by the Coral Sea Foundation youtu.be/oiu9-Aqx_S0 Training the next generation of marine scientists!

#greatbarrierreef recovery 2017-2023 near "The Clams of the Round Table" at Jiigurru, Lizard Island. Coralseafoundation.net #coralseafoundation

Merry Christmas, and welcome to the latest edition of Coral Sea News! We are excited to share some of the highlights of our marine conservation work around the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea over the latter half of 2023. coralseafoundation.net/coral-sea-news…

Cyclone damage - More images from surveys at other bays on our FB feed.

Despite a mass bleaching event being declared on the Great Barrier Reef there are still lots of places with minimal or no bleaching damage. Magnetic Island off Townsville is one such place. Images here from our survey of Geoffrey Bay yesterday. #reefalive

Sir David Attenborough narrates a new video about the marine conservation work of our leader Naomi Longa in Kimbe, PNG. Naomi received the 2024 Whitley Fund for Nature More info: whitleyaward.org/winners/empowe… Seawomen.net

Reef recovery in the Coral Triangle 2011-2024. Baia, New Britian, Bismarck Sea. seawomen.net Reefcloud.ai/dashboard/ #seawomenofmelanesia

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