Tangaroa Blue

Tangaroa Blue

Tangaroa Blue Foundation

Dunsborough, WA, Australia

Environment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservation
CharityNational reach11-50 staff
Profile last updated: June 22, 2026

About

Tangaroa Blue is a charity based in Dunsborough, Australia working on environment & climate, nature & wildlife conservation.

Tangaroa Blue Foundation is an Australian registered charity that works to prevent and remove marine debris across Australia and in neighbouring Pacific regions. It coordinates the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI), a volunteer and community network that monitors marine debris and feeds data into the national AMDI Database. The foundation runs beach and reef clean-ups, citizen science monitoring, training and educational resources for communities, organisations, agencies and schools, and produces scientific reports and source reduction plans. It also advocates for policy change and promotes circular economy solutions to stop litter at its source. Its work includes partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Location

Dunsborough, Australia

Organisation type

Charity

Legal name

Tangaroa Blue Foundation

Staff

11-50

Focus areas

marine debrisocean plasticcitizen sciencebeach clean-upsource reductioncircular economyPacific

Languages

EN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & ClimateNature & Wildlife conservation

Works for

CommunitiesIndigenous peoples

How they work

Community programmesVolunteer programmesResearchAwareness & educationAdvocacy & campaigningCapacity building

Programmes

Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI)

Environment & Climate · Australia

Volunteer and community network that monitors and records marine debris on Australian coastlines to inform source reduction.

AMDI Database

Environment & Climate · Australia

National platform that records marine debris data collected by network partners, used as evidence for source reduction plans and policy.

Project ReCon

Environment & Climate

Foundation programme focused on marine debris recovery and prevention.

Pacific Marine Collaboration

Environment & Climate · Cook Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea

Collaboration with Pacific communities using the foundation's resources, methodologies and database to address marine debris.

Ambassador Program

Environment & Climate · Australia

Ambassadors across Australia who act as community role models promoting marine debris action.

Countries of operation

AustraliaNew ZealandCook IslandsFijiVanuatuPapua New Guinea

Funding & support

Ways to support

DonateVolunteerShop

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

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