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Natural Ecosystems

A major global ocean summit is happening – here are 6 things you should know

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Our focus areas and impact missions

We seek to uplift communities, support gender equality, protect natural ecosystems and respond to emerging threats and challenges.

Two young First Nations girls play with brightly coloured beads on bead mazes that are sitting on a pine table. In the background can be seen black safety fences, showing that this is in an early learning centre.

Communities

All children in Australia reach their full potential in thriving communities.

A mother and daughter pose smiling at the camera, with their faces close together. The mother has honey blonde hair and wears a sand coloured knitted jumper, the daughter has dark hair and is wearing a light blue buttoned shirt with a floral pattern.

Gender Equality

All people realise their inherent freedom and equality.

A New Holland Honeyeater, a small bird with black and white mottled body, a black head and white ear patch, and a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. The bird sits on a a bright red, pink and yellow banksia flower. Another banksia flower and the serrated-edge, grey green foliage can be seen in the background.

Natural Ecosystems

Healthy ecosystems safeguarded for all generations.

An elderly woman holds her hand to her mouth, looking as though she might cry. She wears a light coloured jacket and has a grey and white striped scarf covering her hair. On either side of her are tall and thin yellow candles, on ornate brass plates. In the background are other men and women and arches of the cathedral.

Impact Missions

Agile response to existential threats and urgent challenges.

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Our vision

A society that values all people and natural ecosystems.

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Our impact and reach

We maximise our impact by focusing on our beneficiaries, consistent geographies and key stakeholders.

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Our role

We back those who are closest to the problems we seek to solve.

Partner

Support partners using the full spectrum of funding solutions, from grants to impact investing, to create, accelerate and scale measurable impact.

Advocate

Affect system change at scale by shifting the expectations of decision-makers to act on our chosen issues by enhancing advocacy capacity and shifting attitudes, norms, mindsets and behaviours to support critical policy reform.

Develop

Collaborate with partners, communities and beneficiaries to develop, test, refine and de-risk solutions, sharing learnings to help others scale-up and adapt to local contexts.

Generate evidence

Generate, connect and leverage evidence to drive change, fuel advocacy, guide decisions and amplify our collective impact.

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Our stories of impact

Read the latest stories, research and interviews from across Minderoo Foundation and our partners.

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A half-half image of the same coral bommie at Ningaloo Reef - on the left, a healthy reef with a cloud of small damselfish swimming around it. Above the bommie is a free diver in a black wetsuit and mask, holding a camera. The right half shows the bommie with the corals bleached. They are bright white and no fish can be seen in this photo.
Natural Ecosystems
InFocus: Ningaloo Coral Bleaching.
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A bird's-eye view of a small fishing trawler with a red hull that has cast out a bright green net. The net is spread out in elegant folds around the boat. The ocean surrounding the boat is dark blue and has no waves.
Natural Ecosystems
A major global ocean summit is happening – here are 6 things you should know.
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A close up of the polyps of a bright orange and yellow soft coral. The branching tentacles of each polyp can be clearly seen and are translucent. The shallow depth of focus means that some of the coral is softly blurred, while the deep green background is extremely out of focus.
Natural Ecosystems
eDNA: A new way to understand and protect marine life.
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A pygmy blue whale against a background of mid blue of a shallower area of the ocean. Rays of light are shining through the water column, looking as though they are radiating from the bottom of the photo, rather than from the surface.
Natural Ecosystems
Endangered whales in the firing line – and the science the industry missed.
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A crowd of people walking along a pedestrian mall. The plane of focus is on the leafy trees in the background, so all the people's faces are blurred.
Gender Equality
5 surprising truths about how Australians really feel about gender equality.
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A midshot of a yellow plastic duck with an orange beak floating on top of a bath full of white suds. The water below the suds is very blue.
Plastics
5 shocking ways phthalates in plastics are hijacking your hormones.
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