Minderoo Foundation

Join us for the next event in our Big Blue Ideas series as Craig Reucassel (War on Waste) leads a powerful panel discussion on microplastics.

🗓 Thursday 14 August, 6.30pm
🎟 Tixs: sea.museum/big-blue-ideas

Presented in partnership with Minderoo Foundation
#BigBlueIdeas @reucassel.bsky.social‬

Proud to support this important event spotlighting the impact of plastic pollution – especially on human health. We can’t wait to hear insights from the incredible panel!

OCEAN with David Attenborough premiered in Sydney and Perth this week - a powerful call to protect our oceans, narrated by one of the world’s most trusted voices. 🌊 Recovery is possible - if we choose to act.
Watch the trailer: bit.ly/OCEAN-trailer

Last night in London, we honoured Sir David Attenborough as Ocean with David Attenborough premieres on the global stage. “Ocean recovery is possible within a single human lifetime - but only if we act now” – Dr. Andrew Forrest. minderoo.org/stories/ocea... #OceanFilm

Dr. Andrew Forrest gently smiling under the TIME100 logo, with the words 'most influential people 2025" overlayed.

Dr Andrew Forrest AO has been named to the 2025 #TIME100 list by @TIME — recognising the world’s most influential leaders. “Since even before it was in vogue, he has remained among the world’s most generous philanthropists, reflecting his passion for helping people and planet.” 🌏👏 time.com/time100

Only 1 week until the Indian Ocean Forum 2025 brings together leaders, scientists, and policymakers to shape the future of our ocean. This is our chance to influence global decision-making.

Stay tuned for updates! #IOF25Perth

"We urge all parties to immediately reinstate the ceasefire."

Read the full statement: www.minderoo.org/media/a-stat...

🎥 ConText episode 3: We sit down with Eric Raes & Matt Fraser from Minderoo’s OceanOmics team to explore how eDNA is transforming marine science.

By analysing tiny genetic traces in seawater, we can uncover ocean life—without ever catching it. 🌊🔬

Watch now: www.minderoo.org/stories/cont...

Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time A marine heatwave has hit Ningaloo Reef hard – and the northern Great Barrier Reef is now bleaching too.

For the first time, Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching together. At Minderoo Exmouth Research Lab, researchers are on the frontline, witnessing up to 90% coral bleaching in Ningaloo’s shallow waters.

🔗 Read more: theconversation.com/synchronised...

Shannon Corrigan chats about @minderoo.bsky.social ’s progress on #reference #quality #genomes. As many #eDNA #scientists know, #reference #databases are our backbone. #SeDNA2025

(Would be keen to know how the project is doing #indigenous #data #sovereignty?)

Georgia Nester from @minderoo.bsky.social shared her research advancing and improving deep-sea #eDNA methods for conservation

#SeDNA2025

We joined the French Embassy & Cinema for Peace in Berlin for a screening of The Cranes Call - a real-time crime thriller following war crimes investigator Anya Neistat in Ukraine.

The message was clear: no peace without justice.

Watch The Cranes Call now: gathr.com/vod/1d39526b

The bleaching isn’t over.
WA’s reefs are still facing extreme heat stress. The Gulf is at Alert Level 5 - the highest on the scale - while others remain at Levels 3 & 4.
Keep speaking up. Keep pushing for change.
📩 Stay updated: confirmsubscription.com/h/d/319F0851...
📷 @brookepykephotography

The ocean’s biggest mystery just got clearer! 🐋

Scientists at Ningaloo Reef saw a male whale shark give a female a love bite - a clue to how these giants find a mate. With males outnumbering females 3:1, this discovery is key to their conservation.

🔗 Learn more: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

The more we look into the presence of harmful chemicals in our (plastic) products and in our bodies, the more we realise how complex the data we need really is.

Open-access resources like this help bring all the relevant data together in one place so decision-makers can better prioritise.

We also engaged the next generation of sustainability leaders. Partnering with Better Planet Education & Atlantic Pacific, we led climate talks & hands-on activities.

Leadership & bold action will shape a better future.

We launched the SMI Pacific Hub with a roundtable on empowering Pacific & #SIDS for a sustainable future:
key takeaways:

✅ Climate action must fuel economic growth
✅ Public-private partnerships accelerate clean tech
✅ Pacific voices must shape global climate policies

Dr. Andrew Forrest is in London this week for the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), where Minderoo Foundation is driving critical conversations on sustainability and global impact. Founded by King Charles III, SMI puts Nature, People & Planet at the heart of global value creation. 🌍

Our full Artist Fund 2025 cohort, 🎭 Laura Boynes (Dance) 🎶 Mark Coles Smith (Acting/Music) 💃 Emma Fishwick (Dance) 📖 Alan Fyfe (Writing/Poetry) 🎥 Gary Hamaguchi (Film/Theatre) 🎨 Hiroshi Kobayashi (Visual Arts) 🎭 Sarah Nelson (Performance/Theatre) 🎼 Elise Reitze-Swensen (Composition/Production) 🏺 Fleur Schell (Ceramics/Installation). With Nicola Forrest, John Hartman and Georgia Malone

Nicola Forrest, Holden Sheppard and John Hartman

Holden Sheppard meeting guests at the Artist Fund 2025 launch event.

Artist Fund 2025 signage lights up Boorloo in the Perth CBD.

The 2025 Minderoo Artist Fund recipients have been announced! From dance and theatre to music and ceramics, these nine incredible WA artists are getting ready to create ambitious new work.

When artists thrive, communities thrive. Stay tuned for their journey! #waarts

@time.com recognises Dr. Andrew Forrest AO for bold action to protect our planet – from tackling lethal humidity to safeguarding oceans.

Through Minderoo Foundation, his vision for climate resilience & protecting 5% of the world’s oceans is inspiring global change. Read: time.com/7260055/gree...

But there is hope - with the right actions, we can protect what remains.

📩Sign up to our enews to stay updated on Nyinggulu: confirmsubscription.com/h/d/319F0851...

Photo credit: @brookepykephotography
Photo edit: Minderoo Foundation

It’s not just Ningaloo. Corals along half of WA’s coastline are experiencing the same fate.

While recovery is possible if waters cool, the reality is stark: the full impact won’t be known for months, and some corals may not survive.

This is Ningaloo Reef – once full of life, now ghostly white. For the first time on record, deep corals are bleaching due to an unprecedented marine heatwave. This is what extreme heat stress looks like.

Co-Impact is globally funded but locally led and provides flexible grants & strategic support to local organisations across Asia, Africa and Lat America.

Keep an eye out for more on this trip over the coming days. It's time to unpack why women and girls really are catalysts for change.

We are hosting our largest partner, Co-Impact, for the first time this week!

A global force in advancing #genderequality, Co-Impact brings philanthropists and local changemakers together to make systems more inclusive and intentional.

Tim Rutherford from Minderoo Foundation with partners Ed Santow and Nick Davis from Human Technology Institute

AI is moving fast - but we still have time to shape its future and ensure it works for us and our environment, and not against us.

We are working with partners at the #AISummit to push for people-centred AI policy with meaningful guardrails on development.

Minderoo OceanOmics scientists lower the Ascension depth sampler from the side of their small research boat

OceanOmics scientist stand on the bow of a small research boat with the Ascension eDNA depth sampling instrument

OceanOmics researchers dives beside the Ascension eDNA depth sampler in a coral reef along a southwestern Australian coast

Dr Eric Raes touches the Ascension depth sampler while diving in a coral reef in southwestern Australia

Our friends at @minderoo.bsky.social are sharing their experience with our automated depth sampler, Ascension, at @sednasociety.bsky.social's upcoming #eDNA conference! Don't miss their session: "Scaling-Up Marine #Biodiversity Monitoring: Automation of eDNA Workflows from Sampling to Sequencing." 😀

Nearly three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, families still urgently need protection and humanitarian aid.

At the #Davos CEOs for Ukraine forum, Andrew Forrest joined President Zelenskyy and global leaders to reaffirm our support. #WEF25

Andrew Forrest with Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at UNOCHA at the WEF in Davos.

Humanitarian aid is over-stretched and under-funded, but it’s essential for lasting recovery. Following the Gaza ceasefire agreement, we’re at #Davos with partners to discuss safeguarding humanitarian principles and ensuring the most vulnerable aren’t left behind. #WEF25

At #Davos this week, Dr. Andrew Forrest is meeting global leaders to champion Real Zero - ending reliance on fossil fuels and offsets that hinder real progress.

Real Zero isn’t just about cutting emissions - it’s about protecting lives and communities. #wef25