Oceania · Australia and New Zealand
14 projects · 14 organizations
Scientists and volunteers are replanting Sydney's lost underwater crayweed forests, reef by reef.
Martu Traditional Owners run four ranger teams protecting threatened desert wildlife and culture across millions of hectares of Western Australia's Western Desert.
Clontarf uses AFL and rugby league academies embedded in schools to keep young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men engaged in education and headed toward jobs.
Waves of Wellness pairs group cognitive behavioural therapy with free surf lessons to help Australians rebuild their mental health in the ocean.
Since 1990, this Traditional Owner-run legal service has helped hand native title over four-fifths of the Cape York Peninsula back to its Aboriginal custodians.
Australia's leading food rescue charity collects surplus food that would otherwise go to landfill and delivers it straight to people who need it.
Australia's largest private conservation landholder, safeguarding threatened species behind feral-free fences.
Volunteer divers grow coral fragments on offshore nurseries near Cairns and replant them onto Great Barrier Reef sections damaged by bleaching and cyclones.
Aboriginal-owned ALFA (NT) Limited pays Traditional Owners to burn Arnhem Land the old way, turning ancient fire knowledge into carbon credits that fund rangers and community programs.
Yolŋu Traditional Owners founded Dhimurru to manage Australia's first jointly declared land and sea Indigenous Protected Area across northeast Arnhem Land.
On a tiny Torres Strait island, Indigenous artists weave thousands of abandoned fishing nets into internationally exhibited sculptures that fight ocean plastic and keep sea culture alive.
Named 'grow and emerge' by Wurundjeri Elders, Richmond Football Club's Korin Gamadji Institute uses sport and culture to build the next generation of Indigenous leaders.
An Indigenous-led network is putting traditional 'cool burning' knowledge back into Aboriginal hands to heal Country and cut catastrophic bushfire risk across Australia.
Every year, twelve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander runners train for six months to complete the New York City Marathon, then return home as certified community health leaders.