ReefClean is a project funded by the Australian Government's Reef Trust. Launched in early 2019, the project aims to remove and prevent marine debris along the Great Barrier Reef region through to 2023. In order to do this, Tangaroa Blue Foundation has partnered with several organisations to achieve success: Conservation Volunteers Australia, Reef Check Australia, Capricornia Catchments, Eco Barge Clean Seas, OceanWatch Australia,
South Cape York Catchments, AUSMAP and Think Spatial.
The ReefClean project will deliver the following services:
Keep an eye on our events calendar for information on our activities.
Plasticulture (plastic in agriculture) in Australia uses an estimated 90,800 tonnes of plastics in agriculture each year but only 7% is recycled. Plastic is used in every kind of agriculture and horticulture around the world today. Some sources of plastic waste produced by farms include:
This March the ReefClean project has Monitoring Clean-up events happening all across the Great Barrier Reef Region. These Monitoring events are delivered quarterly and include both coastal and estuary sites.
Monitoring Clean-ups are very different from normal community clean-ups in that it is a much more structured process, and site locations must meet more stringent requirements. These events would appeal to those citizen scientist volunteers who appreciate a scientifically rigorous process. Read more “March Monitoring events for ReefClean”
Tangaroa Blue Foundation in conjunction with AusWaste led a team of 16 volunteers and boat crew to complete the Far North Queensland Island Hop Clean-up from 16th – 22nd December 2019 visiting 10 sites between Cooktown and Lizard Island. Read more “Far North QLD Island Hop Clean-up 2019”
This October, ReefClean launched the Great Barrier Reef Clean-up, where communities came together in a concerted effort to improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef and its surrounding waterways. This will be an annual ReefClean event which we hope will continue to grow each year. Read more “Success at the Great Barrier Reef Clean-up”
At the end of October, the Tangaroa Blue team headed about as far north as you can get in Australia for a clean-up in the Torres Strait. Read more “Cleaning-up Northern Islands”
