One of the key research focuses of the Foundation is to develop and encourage blue carbon projects, an important method of sequestering atmospheric carbon.

The Foundation has been pleased to be involved with the Plastic Tracker Project which aims to stem the flow of plastic products creating global health and environmental issues.

Shark Bay World Heritage Area faces significant challenges due to climate change. The devastating 2010/11 marine heatwave, for example, caused substantial losses in seagrass meadows.

The Foundation instigated a research collaboration with Western Australian marine science-focused universities to enable scientific experts to work together on a major UN-endorsed research project to better forecast and respond to extreme marine heatwaves, as these devastating events are likely to become more frequent and severe in the future.

Exmouth Gulf boasts an exceptional diversity of marine life and likely serves as a recruitment area for many species found on the world-renowned Ningaloo Reef, another World Heritage Property site.

To improve declining water quality for all stakeholders, The Nature Conservancy launched a $4-5 million initiative to introduce and nurture native oysters.

The Coral Sea and Eastern Coral Triangle region harbours the last great ultra-diverse coral reef in the world.

FishBase is the world's most comprehensive fish database and an important tool empowering marine biologists working in fisheries, aquaculture and conservation.

The Foundation has partnered with The University of the Sunshine Coast to assess the movements of great hammerhead sharks across various South East Queensland ecosystems, with a focus on Hervey Bay and Moreton Bay.

The Foundation supported Ecocean’s research on the endangered whale shark’s movement and migration patterns at the Shark Bay World Heritage Property.

Our Foundation support the WA Parks Foundation, which aims to connect people to nature through both terrestrial and marine parks and deliver collaborative projects that celebrate, protect, enrich and increase our understanding of nature.

The Foundation partly funded an expedition headed by National Geographic Explorer, Alexis Chappuis, of 25 deep (100 m to 140 m) dives around the Banda Sea in Indonesia.

Historical support for a campaign to establish a comprehensive and representative series of marine protected areas (MPAs) in federally controlled marine locations of Australia’s southwest.

A group of scientists, stakeholder parties and other non-government organisations seek to substantially increase Western Australia's no-take marine areas (NTMAs). If successful, we will undertake a national effort to improve our marine ecosystems with marine protected areas (MPAs) and NTMAs.