Forever Reef Wins Australian National Geographic Award
The Grant recipients, selected through a comprehensive process by the Australian Geographic Society Advisory Board and Review Panel, are as follows:
The $50,000 Gold Tier Grant was awarded to The Forever Reef Project, led by Dr Dean Miller of the Great Barrier Reef Legacy. This project aims to collect and preserve samples of all 415 known coral species in a living coral biobank, or ark, safeguarding the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef against the threats of extinction. The ark currently holds 200 coral species and with the grant funding, The Forever Reef Project will embark on a major coral-collecting voyage to the Northern Great Barrier Reef, with an expected 50 additional coral samples to be collected.