🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Ocean Literacy; Restoration/Rehabilitation; Sea Turtles
📍 Country/Region: Greece
Ο ΑΡΧΕΛΩΝ πραγματοποιεί προγράμματα προστασίας για τη θαλάσσια χελώνα στην Πελοπόννησο, Ζάκυνθο και Κρήτη καθώς και περιθάλπει άρρωστες και τραυματισμένες χελώνες στο Κέντρο Διάσωσης στη Γλυφάδα, Αττική.
🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs
📍 Country/Region: Japan
水中の世界を見つめてきた仲間達が、経済の発展と反比例するように水中世界が痛んでいる様子に憂慮をしてきました。 この状況に、水中環境の保護を目的に、2004年環境保護活動ダイバーの会を発足、活動を通して水中環境問題に社会全体が目を向けていただくことを目的として、現理事長田中律子の発案により、2006年非特定営利法人「アクアプラネット」を組織しました。 私たちが行うサンゴ再生の方法は、企業や個人の方からの支援によって行う、サンゴの苗の植え付け再生事業です。
サンゴ再生は自然環境の回復です。 自然環境の改善には私達一人一人の力が必要です。 自然の力は偉大です。私たちの活動が自然保護の意識が芽生える一つのきっかけになればと思います。 今後も皆さんにお力をお借りし、自然環境は勿論のこと社会環境等の保護、啓発活動を行っていきたいと考えています。
🏷️ Topics include: Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Policy/Governance
📍 Country/Region: New Zealand
The Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance kaupapa is to prevent plastic pollution in Aotearoa and the wider world as we believe it is our collective responsibility to work towards restoring the mauri of Papatūānuku (Land/Earth), Ranginui (Sky/Air), Wai (Water), Tangaroa (Ocean) and all other living beings in our Taiao. Our members facilitate and participate in a range of interdisciplinary academic research, citizen science, activism and advocacy, art displays, and public events in our work against plastic pollution. As a not-for-profit organisation, we depend on our community’s unwavering vision of a plastic pollution-free world.
As an independent organisation with a diverse membership, our kaupapa is grounded within the values of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We aim to use our privilege and positionality to promote Mātauranga Māori, Pasifika science, and other Indigenous knowledge systems into local, national, regional, and global responses to plastic pollution and other interconnected issues, such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
We include and work alongside Tāngata Whenua, local communities, policymakers, and industry to advocate for holistic and effective systemic responses to prevent plastic pollution at the source, while working towards best management and recovery of the pollution already in our world.
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.
🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Environment/Sustainability; Ocean Literacy
📍 Country/Region: USA
ANGARI Foundation is dedicated to creating a global community that is interested, knowledgeable and invested in marine and environmental sciences by directly supporting research initiatives that foster a greater trust and dialogue between scientists and the public. The Foundation uses innovative technology, film and other media to raise awareness and strengthen science education.
🏷️ Topics include: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises); Conservation
📍 Country/Region: USA
The American Cetacean Society (ACS) was founded in 1967 and is recognized as the first whale, dolphin, and porpoise conservation group in the world. For five decades, ACS has been dedicated to bringing education, current research, and critical conservation issues to people who care about cetaceans and the habitats on which they depend. ACS has long been the go-to resource for reliable information, with its governing board of specialists from all over the United States and its Scientific Advisory Council of internationally recognized researchers.
We are a national organization headquartered in San Pedro, California, and we see the energy and support for our mission growing daily. Our vibrant local chapters in Los Angeles, Orange County, Monterey, San Francisco, San Diego, Oregon, Puget Sound (Seattle) and our National Student Coalition host exciting monthly speakers, provide volunteer opportunities, and conduct citizen science projects to benefit cetacean education, conservation, and research.
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.
🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries
📍 Country/Region: Africa-Wide
AWFishNET serves as a hub for sharing best practices, exchanging experiences, and embracing innovative technologies while fostering collective learning. It is a space for collaboration and innovation, where members work together to address challenges and develop solutions. Additionally, the platform advocates for issues that affect their activities, amplifying their voices and driving meaningful change in the sector.
🏷️ Topics include: Coastal Communities; Conservation; Environment/Sustainbility; Socioeconomics
📍 Country/Region: Cameroon
Making the coastal and aquatic environment of Africa a threat-free home for aquatic wildlife, taking into account the best interest of the local people.
Our mission
Our mission is to contribute to the protection of aquatic megafauna and their habitats in Central Africa by developing synergies to improve scientific knowledge, the livelihoods of fishing communities and law enforcement.
Our intervention axis
Synergies development for the marine wildlife conservation ; Improvement of knowledge on marine wildlife ; Reduction of the economic vulnerability of fishing communities ; Advocacy for marine wildlife law enforcement
🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance
📍 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.
🏷️ Topics include: Aquaculture; Coastal Communities; Conservation
📍 Country/Region: Tanzania
AFO was founded in 2016 and later legally registered in July 2017 under NGO Act No. 24 of 2002 of the United Republic of Tanzania with 13 founding members who came together to ensure Development and Food security are achieved through environmentally friendly aquaculture and rebuild-ed fisheries. Moreover, AFO has committed to contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) number 1. No Poverty, 2. Zero Hunger, 3. Good Health and Well-being, 13. Climate Action and 14. Life Below Water.
In 2025 we rebranded from Aqua-Farms Organization to Action for Ocean – recommitting to expand our reach, influence and innovation to meet the urgency of this moment. Our Objectives Promoting environmentally friendly and economically competitive aquaculture. Supporting the conservation of the aquatic environment and stock enhancement. Supporting research on sustainable exploitation of aquatic resources and aquaculture. Improving community health of the lacustrine and coastal communities. Empowering youth and women in the utilization of aquatic resources and aquaculture.
🏷️ Topics include: Advocacy; Climate Change
📍 Country/Region: Australia; New Zealand; Oceania-Wide; USA
350 Pacific is a youth-led grassroots network working with communities to fight climate change from the Pacific Islands and diaspora.
350 Pacific works with organizers across 18 Pacific Island nations and diaspora communities in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America to highlight our island countries’ vulnerabilities to climate change while showcasing our strength and resilience of people. We work through existing networks and with a range of partner organizations who share in our vision for the Pacific and the planet. 350 Pacific has organized and facilitated workshops to educate and empower youth in the region, and through our many campaigns, have amplified the voices of frontline communities in the face of the climate crisis.
🏷️ Topics include: Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter)
📍 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.
