Jersey
Samantha Andrews
Jersey Marine Conservation
Jersey Marine Conservation
Indonesia
Samantha Andrews
Indo Coral Conservation
Indo Coral Conservation
Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, USA
Samantha Andrews
MarAlliance
MarAlliance
Global
Samantha Andrews
Seacology
Seacology
Global
Samantha Andrews
Save Our Seas Foundation
Save Our Seas Foundation

Coastal Communities

Jersey Marine Conservation

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Topics include: Alien or Invasive Species; Archaeology/Heritage; Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Environment/Sustainability; Ocean Literacy; Rocky reefs; Wildlife rescue

Country/Region: Jersey


We are Jersey Marine Conservation – run by volunteers, a proactive, legally registered and a Government of Jersey approved Charity.

Our team strives to protect our marine environment primarily by gathering data in support of marine protection, on-going bio-diversity recording and associated research. As equally important, we engage the community through the Marine Watch schools program, in why Marine Conservation is so important, ensuring that our surrounding seas are valued, looked after and managed, to provide a healthy marine environment that functions as a living organism and a sustainable resource.

The organisation is based in Jersey, Channel Islands and began as Jersey Seasearch in 2012. Our Island is a Crown Dependency with our own Government, laws, customs and unique identity. The marine environment is not protected effectively by UK laws or International treaties. No species living in our territorial waters are fully protected from over exploitation or harm. Even marine mammals, such as Seals and Dolphins, have little in the way of habitat legislation to safeguard their existence. We have won numerous awards for our work including the only Association of Jersey 50th Anniversary Award, UK National Biodiversity Marine Award, Insurance Corporation Award in 2014 and 2022.

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Sussex Dolphin Project

Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Coastal Communities; Ocean Literacy; Research

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Sussex Dolphin Project is committed to protecting local dolphin species through research, awareness and education in the local community. The project’s research is evidence-based and captured via the Sussex Dolphin Project Citizen science programme. We aspire to work collaboratively with organisations and individuals to create a sightings network and aim to increase opportunities for residents to get involved with marine conservation by providing affordable training. Our research objective is to identify individual dolphins/pods, in order to better understand their behaviour, movement, prey species and breeding sites. This data can then be used to protect our marine environment and ultimately safeguard Sussex marine mammals.

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World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Topics include: Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Policy/Governance

Country/Region: Global

All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. We’re experiencing a growing realization that nature is our life-support system and that no one will be spared from the impacts of its loss.

Here at WWF, an independent conservation organization active in nearly 100 countries, we are working to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife.

We are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030 – a New Deal for Nature and People as comprehensive as the global climate deal.

Working with many others – from individuals and communities to business and government – WWF urgently seeks to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.

Our mission To stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by:

conserving the world’s biological diversity ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.

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Waves Peru

Topics include: Coastal Communities

Country/Region: Peru

WAVES Lobitos is a non-profit organization which with the support of volunteers, private and collective contribution , contributes to the collective and individual development of the people of Lobitos, specially of the children.

Our Mission

  • Understand the culture and community needs.

  • Focus on personal youth development.

  • Give safe spaces for the development of personality.

  • Offer tools and resources to contribute to Improve Life Quality

  • Assure the continuous development of the community, taking care of health and the environment.

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The Nature Conservancy

Topics include: Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Conservation

Country/Region: Global

The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. Founded in the U.S. through grassroots action in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than a million members and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and over 1,000 scientists, we impact conservation in 81 countries and territories: 40 by direct conservation impact and 41 through partners.

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Seacology

Topics include: Coastal Communities; Enviornment/Sustainability; Islands; Socioeconomics

Country/Region: Global

Islands are home to unique plant and animal species–and if they disappear from an island, they are lost to the entire world forever. With Seacology’s unique win-win strategy, we work directly with island communities, responding to their needs and supporting their efforts at conservation.

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Roatan Marine Park

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Honduras

PROGRAMS A community-based, non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Honduras’ marine and coastal ecosystems. We work closely with communities to provide education, training and improve the conservation of marine ecosystems and associated species. Our mission is accomplished through our broad range of programs and resources, none of which would be possible without the support of our local community, partners, and donors.

We work in the Bay Islands National Marine Park (BINMP), the largest marine protected area in Honduras with approximately 650,000 hectares. The BINMP, is part of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR), the second-largest barrier reef in the world and shared by four countries: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Its biodiversity contributes economically to the livelihood and social wellbeing of all of those that live and visit this region.

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Ridge to Reefs

Topics include: Coastal Communities; Technology

Country/Region: USA

We envision a world where:

  • View of Earth from space Everyone has access to locally-sourced, healthy food.

  • Clean water supports communities and healthy oceans.

  • Energy is derived from renewable sources.

  • People support sustainable entrepreneurship and circular economies.

  • We envision a world where connected human and natural systems thrive.

Our Mission

We catalyze local capacity & develop nature-based solutions to create communities where connected human and natural systems thrive.

Ridge to Reefs works with communities to achieve tangible outcomes creating permanent sustainability for people and the planet. Through the process of identifying environmental and social challenges, designing innovative solutions, and working with local partners and community members, we catalyze local capacity and implement nature-based solutions to support communities where connected human and natural systems thrive.

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Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy; Restoration/Rehabilitation

Country/Region: Bonaire

Our mission is to help protect, replenish, and restore the biodiverse coral reefs of Bonaire. We focus on implementing innovative, science-based programs that expand and strengthen populations of keystone coral reef species. We do this so that the reefs of Bonaire can gain the necessary scale, genetic diversity, and resilience to thrive today and in the uncertain, ever-changing conditions of the future.

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Reef Doctor

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy; Restoration/Rehabilitation

Country/Region: Madagascar

We marry conservation with social development by facilitating sustainable livelihoods and education as a countermeasure to over-exploitation. Our goal is to protect both marine and coastal habitats, and provide a self-sustaining pathway to poverty alleviation in the impoverished rural communities of Southwest Madagascar. We have worked in the Bay of Ranobe for 20 years, establishing long-standing harmony and effective partnerships with local communities.

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Reef Check Indonesia

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Coral Reefs

Country/Region: Indonesia

Dedicated to empowering people to improve coastal community welfare through integrated coastal and marine ecosystem management. Reef Check itself spawned from a conservation initiative in 1997, where volunteers were actively involved in monitoring Indonesia’s coral reefs. The RCFI was founded in 2005 and is part of Reef Check International, the largest coral reef conservation network, spanning over 90 countries in the world. Works with 3-pillars: Collaborative Management, Education-Awareness, and Science-Technology, which is implemented into the program of Inclusive Conservation, Empowering Community, and Science for Equitable Development.

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Rare

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

Country/Region: Global

Rare unlocks the power of people to protect nature and fight climate change. We invest in people-powered, community-led solutions grounded in a deep understanding of human needs and motivations. Ours is a distinctly human approach.

At Rare, we believe that by unleashing the best of human nature will we ensure an abundant future on our shared planet. // Rare is dedicated to ensuring the well-being and prosperity of all life on Earth. We focus on addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity, securing food systems, promoting equity in conservation, and directing public and private capital toward sustainable, community-based, and people-centered environmental solutions, among other priorities.

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People and the Sea

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities

Country/Region: Philippines

Globally, coastal communities find themselves at a critical juncture. Being at the forefront of the disruption that climate change brings with it, their strength and resilience will be critical for the health of our seas in the future.

Our approach is one that seeks to reinforce the bond within communities and amongst stakeholders, and to support them in strengthening the respect and relationship that they have with their marine environment.

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Pacific Blue Foundation

Topics include: Capacity Building/Training; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Fiji

Pacific Blue Foundation is a non-profit public benefit charitable trust. Pacific Blue Foundation provides basic research, education, encouragement and dissemination of sustainable practices in coastal regions with the ultimate goal of preserving and promoting the biological and cultural diversity of the region.

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Ocean Revolution

Topics include: Coastal Communities; Ocean Literacy; Policy/Governance

Country/Region: Mozambique

We are the young generation of Mozambicans concerned about the health of the oceans and the well-being of the communities that depend on them.

Problem to Solve: The exclusion of local communities as relevant and autonomous actors in Mozambique’s conservation and management of marine and coastal resources.

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Myanmar Ocean Project

Topics include: Coastal Communities; Fisheries

Country/Region: Myanmar

Discarded fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to marine life around the globe. Each year, about 640,000 tons of fishing gear end up in the ocean.

​In Myanmar, the pollution caused by fishing nets is endangering marine mammals as well as people’s livelihoods. ​Our mission is to restore and protect the health of Myanmar’s ocean.

​Therefore, we are working on removing fishing gear that found its way into the ocean and engage with fishing communities to find sustainable local solutions to this problem.

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Minderoo Foundation

Topics include: Capacity Building; Climate Change; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship

Country/Region: Australia

Minderoo is a proudly Australian philanthropy, working to forge a fair future by courageously challenging inequalities and campaigning for meaningful change. Since being founded by Dr Andrew Forrest AO and Nicola Forrest AO in 2001, we have been delivering ground-breaking programs and research within our homeland Australia, for our Asia Pacific neighbours and to the world.

Our priorities Determined to remove barriers that prevent the creation of a fair future, we focus our efforts on three key areas – communities, gender equality and natural ecosystems. Our three focus areas are complemented by a series of impact missions that allow us to respond to existential threats and urgent challenges in an agile and targeted way.

We recognise that some barriers to change are greater than others. In response, we apply the lens of climate change, gender equality and First Nations to all our work, engagements and partnerships to ensure we don’t lose sight of the inequity these areas face.

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Marine Megafauna Foundation

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Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, skates and sawfish); Leisure/Tourism; Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Indonesia; Mozambique; USA

The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) is a globally recognized marine conservation non-profit. We’re focused on protecting the most endangered ocean giants, and the habitats they call home.

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marinecultures.org

Topics include: Aquaculture; Capacity Building; Coastal Communities

Country/Region: Zanzibar

Half of the world's population lives along seashores. The coastal regions are overexploited and further weakened by climate change. Coral reefs are dying, the marine fauna is impoverished, and local communitiess are struggling to survive.

marinecultures.org initiates small-scale conservation projects: We support people around Zanzibar in the development of ecological aquaculture. Together with local communities and authorities we carry out activities to protect and restore marine ecosystems.

Our projects are developed in collaboration with experts. They are financed by donations and foundations. And around Zanzibar they secure a sustainable livelihood for a growing number of families.

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Love The Oceans

Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

Country/Region: Mozambique

Love The Oceans is a grassroots marine conservation organisation committed to protecting our planet’s oceans through innovative, community-driven solutions. We believe that healthy marine ecosystems are vital for the well-being of both people and wildlife, and our mission is to create scalable conservation strategies that can be replicated in coastal regions around the world.

By combining cutting-edge science, education, and sustainable practices, we empower coastal communities to take the lead in protecting their marine resources. From monitoring megafauna like sharks and rays to reducing ocean trash and promoting sustainable fishing, our projects are designed to address the unique challenges of ocean conservation while ensuring lasting, positive impacts for the people who rely on these ecosystems.

In partnership with the Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique (INoM), we are working to establish a Marine Protected Area, safeguard biodiversity, and create solutions that can inspire action on a global scale.

Our work has received international recognition. We’ve been named one of 15 global grassroots #ForcesForChange by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, won the Blue Marine Foundation’s Ocean Award, won the 2024 Gender Just Climate Solutions award for our gender equity projects and celebrated the designation of our project area as a Mission Blue Hope Spot.

Through our ethical conservation expeditions, we offer individuals the opportunity to get hands-on with marine research and community work, contributing to real solutions for ocean health. Join us in empowering communities and conserving oceans—because protecting our planet starts with local action and global vision.

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