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

Global

Lighthouse Foundation

Topics include: Aquaculture; Coastal Communities; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Global

Un­ser The­ma ist das Meer und der Mensch. Je tie­fer wir ein­drin­gen, des­to deut­li­cher er­kenn­bar wird der Ein­fluss des Men­schen auf die na­tür­li­chen Vor­gän­ge in den Mee­ren und Ozea­nen und sein An­teil an de­ren Ver­än­de­rung. Ant­wor­ten zu fin­den auf die glo­ba­le öko­lo­gi­sche Kri­se steht im Mit­tel­punkt der Stif­tung.

Nach­hal­ti­ge Ent­wick­lung for­dert lang­fris­tig, ganz­heit­lich ori­en­tier­tes Han­deln und ist nicht auf die nach­hal­ti­ge Nut­zung ma­ri­ti­mer Res­sour­cen re­du­ziert. Es gilt zu ver­deut­li­chen, dass die be­leb­te und un­be­leb­te Na­tur ei­nen Wert an sich dar­stellt und nicht aus­schließ­lich in Be­zug auf die Be­dürf­nis­be­frie­di­gung der Men­schen ge­se­hen wer­den darf. // Die Lighthouse Foun­da­ti­on un­ter­stützt welt­weit re­gio­na­le Ent­wick­lungs­vor­ha­ben mit dem Ziel, ein ganz­heit­li­ches und lang­fris­tig aus­ge­rich­te­tes Den­ken im Ver­hält­nis von Mensch und ma­ri­ner Um­welt im Sin­ne ei­ner nach­hal­ti­gen Ent­wick­lung zu för­dern.

Alle un­se­re Vor­ha­ben ha­ben et­was mit dem Meer zu tun: Es sind lö­sungs­ori­en­tier­te Pro­jek­te vor Ort, Bei­spiel für die Mach­bar­keit nach­hal­ti­ger Ent­wick­lung. Sie zei­gen die Ver­knüp­fung von Mensch und Meer, sie sen­si­bi­li­sie­ren Men­schen auch in an­de­ren Re­gio­nen und leis­ten eine er­kenn­ba­ren Bei­trag für ei­n ma­ri­ti­mes Be­wusst­sein.

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International Fund for Animal Welfare

Topics include: Climate Change; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Maritime; Shipping

Country/Region: Global

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is a global non-profit helping animals and people thrive together. We are experts and everyday people, working across seas, oceans, and in more than 40 countries around the world. We rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals, and we restore and protect their natural habitats. The problems we’re up against are urgent and complicated. To solve them, we match fresh thinking with bold action. We partner with local communities, governments, non-governmental organizations, and businesses. Together, we pioneer new and innovative ways to help all species flourish.

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International Collective in Support of Fishworkers

Topics include: Capacity Building; Fisheries; Policy/Governance

Country/Region: Global

The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) is an international non-governmental organization that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just,self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector.

ICSF draws its mandate from the historic International Conference of Fishworkers and their Supporters (ICFWS), held in Rome in 1984, parallel to the World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

As a support organization, ICSF is committed to influence national, regional and international decision-making processes in fisheries so that the importance of small-scale fisheries, fishworkers and fishing communities is duly recognized. In this endeavour, ICSF works in collaboration with organizations of fishworkers and other like-minded groups.

“A future in which fishing communities and fishworkers lead a life of dignity, realizing their right to life and livelihood, and organizing to foster democracy, equity, sustainable development, and responsible use of natural resources.” Our Vision

Our Mission ICSF’s mission is “to support fishing communities and fishworker organizations, and empower them to participate in fisheries from a perspective of decent work, equity, gender-justice, self-reliance and sustainability”.

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Greenpeace

Topics include: Conservation; Environment/Sustainability; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Policy/Governance; Deep Sea

Country/Region: Global

Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.

Some people look at a forest, and all they see is lumber. But there are millions more who see a home, a heritage, a future. Around the globe, we are standing up for our communities, and we are holding governments and corporations accountable.

We believe optimism is a form of courage. We believe that a billion acts of courage can spark a brighter tomorrow. To that end we model courage, we champion courage, we share stories of courageous acts by our supporters and allies, we invite people out of their comfort zones to take courageous action with us, individually in their daily lives, and in community with others who share our commitment to a better world. A green and peaceful future is our quest. The heroes of our story are all of us who believe that a better world is not only within reach, but being built today.

Let’s protect our blue planet together. People power has inspired governments around the world to support a ban on deep sea mining and the Global Ocean Treaty provides us with a powerful tool that can create vast ocean sanctuaries, once it is ratified.

Together, we can give our oceans space to recover and thrive, ensuring their health for every future generation.

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Global Fishing Watch

Topics include: Fisheries

Country/Region: Global

The beauty of the ocean, the life it contains and the services and resources it provides are part of humanity’s shared heritage and shared future. But the health of our ocean is under immense pressure from both intensive human activity and climate change.

Despite its importance and the threats it faces, the ocean remains the least observed part of our planet. As a result, there is no global picture of all human activity at sea and we cannot truly understand humanity’s impact on life below water.

We believe human activity at sea should be common knowledge in order to safeguard the global ocean commons for the common good of all. That’s why our purpose is to create and publicly share knowledge about human activity at sea to enable fair and sustainable use of our ocean.

Our vision A healthy, productive and resilient ocean where transparency drives fair and effective governance of marine resources in support of biodiversity and sustainable development.

Our mission Global Fishing Watch seeks to advance ocean governance through increased transparency of human activity at sea. By creating and publicly sharing map visualizations, data and analysis tools, we enable scientific research and drive a transformation in how we manage our ocean.

We generate new knowledge by using cutting-edge technology to turn big data into actionable information. We share that information publicly, and for free, to accelerate science and drive fairer, smarter policies and practices that reward good behavior and protect biodiversity, fisheries and livelihoods. By 2030, we aim to monitor and visualize the impact of ocean-going vessels, both industrial and small-scale, that are responsible for the vast majority of the global seafood catch.

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Global Coral Reef Alliance

Topics include: Coral reefs; Restoration/Rehabilitation

Country/Region: Global

Organization dedicated to scientific research and sustainable management of the most valuable and threatened of all ecosystems—coral reefs.

GCRA is a worldwide coalition of volunteer scientists, divers, environmentalists and other individuals and organizations, committed to coral reef preservation. We primarily focus on coral reef restoration, and cutting-edge research on impacts of coral bleaching, global warming, marine diseases, global sea level rise, and pollution on corals.

GCRA scientists work with community groups, environmental organizations, foundations, governments or private firms to build, restore and maintain coral reefs, nurseries and marine sanctuaries.

GCRA Projects include restoration of coral reefs and marine habitats for mariculture, tourism and shore protection.

GCRA invented and developed Mineral Accretion Technology™ and the Biorock™ method of electrical coral reef and marine ecosystem restoration, the HotSpot™ method to correctly predict coral bleaching from satellite sea surface temperatures, and integrated whole-watershed and coastal zone nutrient management (now commonly referred to as Ridge to Reef, or Hilltop to Ocean).

Founded in 1990, GCRA is the direct heir to a pioneering coral reef research tradition stretching back to the 1920s, and has the world’s largest collection of coral reef photographs from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

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Friends of the Earth

Topics include: Climate Change; Conservation

Country/Region: Global

Friends of the Earth International is the world’s largest grassroots environmental federation with more than 70 national member groups and millions of members and supporters around the world.

Our vision Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature. We envision a society of interdependent people living in dignity, wholeness and fulfilment in which equity and human and peoples’ rights are realised. This will be a society built upon peoples’ sovereignty and participation. It will be founded on social, economic, gender and environmental justice and be free from all forms of domination and exploitation, such as neoliberalism, corporate globalisation, neo-colonialism and militarism.

We believe that our children’s future will be better because of what we do.

Our mission To collectively ensure environmental and social justice, human dignity, and respect for human rights and peoples' rights so as to secure sustainable societies. To halt and reverse environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources, nurture the earth's ecological and cultural diversity, and secure sustainable livelihoods. To secure the empowerment of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, groups and individuals, and to ensure public participation in decision-making. To bring about transformation towards sustainability and equity between and within societies with creative approaches and solutions. To engage in vibrant campaigns, raise awareness, mobilise peoples and build alliances with diverse movements, linking grassroots, national and global struggles. To inspire one another and to harness, strengthen and complement each other's capacities, living the change we wish to see and working together in solidarity.

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Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Topics include: Climate Change; Fisheries; Law; Policy/Governance

Country/Region: Global

We began in 1967, as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer on Long Island, New York, fighting to save osprey from the toxic pesticide DDT. Using scientific evidence, our founders got DDT banned in the U.S.

Today, we’re one of the world’s top environmental organizations. We deliver bold solutions that cut harmful pollution and strengthen the ability of people and nature to thrive — even with the changes to the climate we feel right now.

And science still guides everything we do.

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Earthwatch Institute

Topics include: Conservation; Lesisure/Tourism

Country/Region: Global

Earthwatch is an international nonprofit organization that connects people with scientists to protect our planet. For more than 50 years, Earthwatch has empowered over 200,000 participants to join leading scientists on field research expeditions that tackle critical environmental challenges around the globe—from climate change to ocean health, human-wildlife conflict, and more. // At Earthwatch, we believe in the value of creating meaningful connections as a solution to the environmental and social challenges we face. Every person has something to contribute towards a better future. When people feel a sense of belonging, they are equipped with the power to create change towards a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world.

Earthwatch supports scientists who produce meaningful research that informs the innovative solutions needed to solve the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. But these scientists can’t do it alone. By connecting them to students, teachers, corporate employees, community leaders, and members of the public, among many other groups, we are opening channels to communicate science far beyond academic circles. Our model provides people with the opportunity to experience scientific research first-hand and empowers them to contribute to solving problems both locally and globally.

We acknowledge that science has a history of being exclusive. Building a diverse and equitable environment takes constant work and attention. At Earthwatch, we still have a lot of work to do and are committed to tearing down the barriers that prevent all voices from being heard and present in the field of science. By creating opportunities for research to be accessible to people regardless of their scientific, educational, or social background, we believe we will have a greater impact on creating a more sustainable planet.

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Coral Reef Alliance

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Coral Reefs; Fisheries; Ocean Literacy

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

We work at local, regional, and global levels to keep coral reefs healthy, so they can adapt to climate change and survive for generations to come. As one of the largest global NGOs focused exclusively on protecting coral reefs, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) has used cutting-edge science and community engagement for nearly 30 years to reduce direct threats to reefs and to promote scalable and effective solutions for their protection.

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Blue Ventures

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

We believe that humanity’s overwhelming dependence on our oceans is the solution that has been hiding in plain sight.

So Blue Ventures is an organisation that puts people first. Our work sits at the nexus of human rights, marine conservation and food security to help coastal communities manage their fisheries, respond to climate breakdown, counter the injustices they increasingly face, and hold the most powerful to account. Our teams span the coastal tropics, empowering fishers in Asia-Pacific, the West Indian Ocean, West Africa and Latin America & Caribbean.

But we don’t work in isolation. To succeed, local actions have to be scaled across entire fisheries, fish stocks and seascapes, often extending hundreds of kilometres and including hundreds of fishing communities. We know that scaling through partnership is the cheapest, fairest and fastest solution for success. To rebuild fisheries and restore ocean life at scale, we build long-term relationships with like-minded partners who are already working closely with coastal communities.

Our local partners share our commitment to tackling overfishing and restoring marine life in ways that benefit coastal people. They work hand-in-hand with communities in places where the ocean is vital to local cultures and economies, and they have the proximity, permanence and trusting relationships needed to lead lasting change.

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Blue Marine Foundation

🏷️ Topics include: Blue Economy; Climate Change; Conservation; Fisheries; Ocean Literacy; Policy/Governance; Socioeconomics

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

Blue Marine is working to press for the creation of effective marine protected areas all over the world.

So far, we have contributed to the protection of over 4.5m square kilometres of ocean.

We at Blue Marine are devoting everything we have to achieving our mission to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030.

To stop draining the ocean of life through destructive and wasteful overfishing, we need to protect at least 30% of the ocean and ensure that the whole ocean is sustainably managed.

When the ocean is effectively protected, life bounces back.

This is good for biodiversity, good for the climate, for communities, and for those who depend on fishing for their livelihoods.

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Blue Action Fund

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Funding

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

The global ocean is an essential component of the Earth’s ecosystem and critical to the sustainable development of our planet. Despite growing awareness of the ocean’s crucial role in sustaining life on Earth, there is comparatively limited funding available for marine conservation. To address that deficiency, Blue Action Fund was founded in 2016 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in conjunction with KfW Development Bank. Subsequently, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), and Irish Aid became funding partners and Blue Action Fund is now one of the world’s largest public funders promoting marine conservation and sustainable livelihoods in coastal communities.

Vision and Mission Blue Action Fund recognises the ocean’s fundamental role in ensuring the health of our planet and the wellbeing of mankind. Our vision is of a carefully managed and sustainably used ocean full of abundant, healthy marine life providing major benefits to people and the environment. Our mission is to enhance the management and use of coastal and marine ecosystems to conserve marine biodiversity for future generations while improving the lives of local people today. We pursue that mission by making targeted grants to non-governmental organisations active in developing countries.

Governance Blue Action Fund is a non-profit foundation established under German law. It is structured as a two-tier board model with a Management Board conducting day-to-day business and a Supervisory Board overseeing its activities and providing strategic guidance. Blue Action Fund is one of four partners forming the Nature Trust Alliance (NTA) GbR, which provides operational support services to Blue Action Fund and the other three conservation trust funds.

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Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)

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Topics include: Environment/Sustainability; Fisheries; Leisure/Tourism; Maritime; Oceanography; Penguins; Policy/Governance

Country/Region: Antarctica; Global

As the only environmental NGO invited to observe Antarctic Treaty meetings, ASOC works at the highest levels of Antarctic governance to effect change from within. We represent the Antarctic conservation community in the halls of power where globally significant decisions about the future of Antarctica are made.

Working alongside our Coalition members, partners, campaigners and supporters, we inform and motivate global leaders to protect Antarctica for all of humanity.

For 45 years, ASOC has been the leading voice for responsibly managing human activities that threaten this pristine region. ASOC advocates for science-based policies to support a resilient, vibrant Antarctica into the future.

ASOC is the only organization working full-time on Antarctic and Southern Ocean conservation, and is a respected, collective force for keeping these important regions intact for generations to come.

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Algalita

Topics include: Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter)

Country/Region: Global

Algalita is an internationally known environmental nonprofit that started the movement to end plastic pollution nearly 30 years ago. We were the first to discover, and bring attention to, the swirling soup of plastic pollution in the Pacific – now known by many as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Since then, we’ve worked to revolutionize the plastic pollution conversation by building a web of connections between researchers, activists, industry leaders, educators, and young people across the globe.

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Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea

🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

ACOPS is an apolitical, non-campaigning organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the marine environment through the rule of law and sound science. It holds accreditations with several international bodies, including the IMO, ISA, LC/LP, OSPAR, and the Arctic Council.

As a broad and open network of research scientists and ocean professionals—most of whom are based in academia—ACOPS acts as a conduit for research knowledge to inform decision-making in intergovernmental processes focused on marine environmental protection.

Founded in 1952 as a charity supporting intergovernmental efforts to address oil spills from shipping activities, ACOPS expanded its scope in the early 1980s to cover all pressures on the marine environment. In 2024, ACOPS Comité Consultatif pour la Protection de la Mer was also established in Brest to further engage the francophone research community.

Professional and aspiring researchers working on topics that fall within the mandate of the bodies ACOPS is accredited with are welcome to join the network, provided they endorse and abide by our rigorous charter of integrity and uphold the organization’s mission. Membership offers opportunities to connect with experts from different disciplines who share a commitment to the marine environment and to contribute actively to the development of international law and policy on the protection of the marine environment.

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5 Gyres

🏷️ Topics include: Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter)

đź“Ť Country/Region: Global

Plastic can be found in every corner of the globe. Plastics contaminate the environment, entangle countless marine and land animals, and are inextricably linked to the climate crisis, as plastics production is driving massive increases in fossil fuel infrastructure. Plastics even accumulate in our bodies, risking our very health. Unfortunately, even with the number of alarming studies and reports over the past few years on this issue, there continues to be an increase in plastic production. With direct links between the plastic crisis and the climate crisis, addressing plastic pollution globally must be a major environmental priority. 5 Gyres continues to lead with scientific research to drive upstream solutions through education, advocacy, and community building.

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