TOXIC WW2 SHIPWRECKS THREATEN OUR OCEANS

“The great thing about this problem is that its solvable”

Matt Carter – Research Director

MAJOR PROJECTS FOUNDATION carries out and supports conservation, research and education around issues of environment, sustainability and preservation affecting Australia, its coral reefs, the Pacific Ocean and its island communities.
MAJOR PROJECTS FOUNDATION carries out and supports conservation, research and education around issues of environment, sustainability and preservation affecting Australia, its coral reefs, the Pacific Ocean and its island communities.
Your donation will go a long way to helping us stop this environmental disaster before it happens.

Decaying World War II wrecks contain oil that poses an imminent threat to the marine environment.

 

Decaying World War II wrecks contain oil that poses an imminent threat to the marine environment.

 

We can prevent this.

But we must act now.

Here are the challenges

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Oil spill

Oil content of wrecks

Sea mine

Explosive remnants of war

Plastic in oceans

Scientific work platform

Training and education

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News

Rio de Janeiro Maru

Rio de Janeiro Maru

Partnership with Marinas Guardian The Major Projects Foundation is researching many wrecks. This is the story of just one... Rio de Janeiro Maru was one of two oil-powered ships built in 1926 for Osaka Shosen K. K. (known today as Mitsui OSK) for their Round the World...

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Potentially Polluting Wrecks around the world

Potentially Polluting Wrecks around the world

POTENTIALLY POLLUTION WRECKS AROUND THE WORLD Did you know it’s not just historic shipwrecks that leak oil!?! In 2013 the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond sank off the picturesque Greek Island of Santorini. Although 150,000 litres of oil was pumped out, today the wreck...

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Awei Bainivalu – Research Update

Awei Bainivalu – Research Update

Fijian microbiologist Awei Bainivalu is conducting ground-breaking bioremediation research, which aims to use these organisms to clean up oil spills naturally. She is studying bacteria which have been discovered in oil collected by Major Projects Foundation volunteers...

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