Center for Empowerment and Resource Development (CERD)

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

📍 Country/Region: Philippines

CERD is a non-government organization that is operating since 1978. It envisions empowered and self-reliant communities living in harmony with a healthy coastal environment, and as such would like to facilitate the establishment of communities with responsive institutions for community-based coastal resource management.

Early beginnings can be traced back to 1978, when an informal group of professionals embarked on a community-based health program in fishing community in Pangasinan. With this as an entry point into organizing the people towards solving their various problems, the group maintained links and shared experiences with other development organizations.

CERD was formally established and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Community Extension and Research for Development, Inc. in September 1983. It is one of the pioneer NGOs to focus on the fisheries sector and fisheries issues.

Our sponsorship of a National Consultation of Small Fisherfolk in 1986 significantly led to the identification of key issues affecting the sector in various parts of the country. The consultation eventually paved the way for the formation of a national fisherfolk organization, the Pambansang Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas.)

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Center for Biological Diversity

🏷️ Topics include: Climate Change; Conservation; Fisheries; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: USA

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

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CeDePesca

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

📍 Country/Region: Argentina; Brazil; Caribbean-Wide; Jamaica; Mexico; Panama; Peru; Suriname

Somos una organización sin fines de lucro fundada en 1997 con el objetivo específico de ayudar a las pesquerías de América Latina a alcanzar la sostenibilidad.

Llevamos 27 años de experiencia trabajando con pesquerías de pequeña y gran escala, colaborando con pescadores, empresas, investigadores y gobiernos, aprendiendo de los éxitos y fracasos.

La principal herramienta que utilizamos son los Proyectos de Mejoras de Pesquerías (PROMEs). // Impulsamos mecanismos de participación, intercambio y diálogo entre los diferentes actores del sector pesquero. Investigamos, capacitamos, informamos e incentivamos en la búsqueda de alternativas que contribuyan al logro de una pesca sustentable en América Latina y el Caribe.

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Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI)

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Curaçao

The Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity (CARMABI) is a non-profit foundation on the island of Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean. Carmabi was established in 1955 as a marine research institute. Now the organization has 4 pillars on which it works: Marine and Terrestrial Research, Park Management, Nature and Environment Education and Consultancy.

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Care For Hedland

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Sea Turtles

📍 Country/Region: Australia

The Care for Hedland Environmental Association aims to connect people and the environment to create a more sustainable, inclusive and environmentally-aware town. With BHP as Principal Partner since 2006, Care For Hedland receives support without which these programs would not be able to be run.

This is achieved through delivering a diverse range of conservation-based volunteer programs and activities for the Hedland community, which are suitable for all ages and levels of commitment.

Care for Hedland’s programs are divided into three key areas:

1. Circular Waste Management

2. Sustainable Living

3. Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

The Association acts as an effective conduit for the communication of environmental and sustainability information into the community and provides a forum whereby business, industry, government and community can discuss barriers, opportunities and solutions to sustainable development for Hedland and the Pilbara.

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Cape Conservation Group

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Australia

Ningaloo is one of the world's last great places and we want to protect it. We believe that preservation of the environment is really important. To do this we try to reduce the human impact on it and continue to be good stewards of the environment.

CCG is a volunteer, not-for-profit organisation that is involved in protecting the terrestrial and marine environment of the North West Cape. Our group has been active for 25 years now, and has been instrumental in some major projects and campaigns, like Save Ningaloo, Halt the Salt and Protect Ningaloo. Our members are an eclectic mix of people from many walks of life, but are united by a passion for conservation. And each member brings different knowledge, skills and experiences to the job of promoting good environmental stewardship.

We are always keen to welcome new members and believe that everyone has something to offer. If you care for the natural world and you're keen to see it protected for the future, then join us. There are different types of memberships available to cater for individual interests and levels of involvement. You can also support us by making a donation to keep our projects going.

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Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation

📍 Country/Region: Canada

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada’s only charity dedicated to the protection of public land, freshwater and ocean with a strong national and regional presence across the country. Working in a way that respects the sovereignty and leadership of Indigenous nations, we are focused on conserving nature to respond to the dual crises of accelerated biodiversity loss and climate change.

With almost 60 years of success, we are Canada’s leader in conservation and have played a lead role in protecting over half a million square kilometres – an area bigger than the entire Yukon Territory! Our vision is that at least half of land, freshwater and ocean in Canada is permanently protected to sustain nature and people for current and future generations.

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Blue Ventures

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Fisheries

📍 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

📍 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

📍 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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BLOOM

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Fisheries

📍 Country/Region: Europe-Wide

BLOOM est une association de loi 1901 à but non lucratif fondée en 2005 par Claire Nouvian. Entièrement dévouée à l’océan et à ceux qui en vivent, BLOOM a pour mission d’œuvrer pour le bien commun, la préservation de la biodiversité, des habitats marins et du climat en inventant un lien durable et respectueux du vivant entre les humains et la mer.

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Bite-Back

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Elasmobranch (sharks, rays, skates); Fisheries

📍 Country/Region: United Kingdom

Bite-Back is a leading UK charity dedicated to shark and marine conservation. Founded in 2004 our goal is to combat the overfishing and overconsumption of wild seafish.

We won’t rest until retailers put conservation before commerce.

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Biosphere Foundation

🏷️ Topics include: Climate Change; Conservation; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Indonesia

Biosphere Foundation is a USA 501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1991 for research and education; it owns a limited liability company (PT Biosphere Stewardship Center) in Bali Indonesia and has a partnership with Yayasan Biosfir Indonesia (Jakarta) to carryout nature stewardship projects in Bali Barat National Park with the Ministry of Forestry and Environment.

We work in Bali at our Biosphere Stewardship Center and onboard MIR, our 113’ sailing vessel that is our flagship in the Coral Triangle region of Indonesia. Our programs are useful to all people and provide knowledge and skills to practice becoming a champion of our earth’s biosphere.

The Foundation is led by Abigail Alling and Mark Van Thillo, two of the ‘Biospherians’ who lived for 2 years (1991-1993) in Biosphere 2, a laboratory for the study of global ecology; and navigated by an international board of advisors.

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Bimini Biological Field Station

🏷️ Topics include: Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, skates and sawfish); Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Bahamas

Established in 1990 by Dr. Samuel Gruber, today the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation (BBFSF) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization located on the island of South Bimini, Bahamas.

The mission of the BBFS Foundation is to advance our knowledge of the biology of marine animals especially the heavily impacted elasmobranch fish fauna (sharks and rays); to educate future scientists at undergraduate and graduate levels; and to disseminate our research results to advance the field of marine science and conservation biology, as well as raise public perception and awareness of sharks and other marine species.

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Belize Audubon Society

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation

📍 Country/Region: Belize

BAS is the longest standing conservation NGO in Belize charged with co-managing seven of Belize’s most biologically and topographically diverse protected areas. BAS helped establish Belize’s first protected area at Half Moon Caye, and now manages these protected areas in partnership with the Government of Belize.

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Australian Marine Conservation Society

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation

📍 Country/Region: Australia

We are Australia’s leading national charity dedicated solely to protecting our precious ocean wildlife – a community of ocean lovers across the nation working for healthy seas. We are an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of scientists, educators and passionate advocates who have defended Australia’s oceans since 1965. Our paid and volunteer staff work every day to protect our coasts and oceans.

AMCS works on the big issues that risk our ocean wildlife. Together, we have protected critical ocean ecosystems with marine reserves around the nation, including Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef. We have led the movement to ban whaling, stopped supertrawlers, and protected threatened and endangered species like the Australian Sea Lion. Together, our community of ocean lovers save our oceans every day.

If you want to help ensure Australia’s coasts and oceans remain healthy and free for tomorrow’s generations, join us today.

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Atoll Marine Centre

🏷️ Topics include: Restoration/Rehabilitation; Sea Turtles; Wildlife rescue

📍 Country/Region: Maldives

Atoll Marine Centre is a local Maldivian NGO based on Naifaru Island in Lhaviyani Atoll. Our aim is to involve the local community in the protection of the marine environment.

Our international team of Marine Biologists and Veterinarian facilitate the rescue and rehabilitation of injured sea turtles, with the assistance of local interns. We provide a high standard of care and aim to get the turtles healthy and back into the ocean as soon as possible.

Alongside this we are also growing coral fragments on our nursery to increase coral cover, and partner with Parley Maldives to recycle plastic from Naifaru.

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Association Gardiens Des Iles

Topics include: Conservation; Environment/Sustainability

Country/Region: Oceania-Wide

L'association Gardiens Des Iles se fixe comme objectifs de jouer le rôle de Centre de Recherche et d’Action sur la Biodiversité, l’Écologie et la Société notamment en participant à l'amélioration des connaissances et à la préservation de l'environnement et à la formation des jeunes dans les domaines de l’environnement, notamment les étudiants et diplômés Calédonien.

L’association se fixe comme objectif de participer à la préservation de manière générale avec un intérêt particulier pour les habitats et les espèces végétales et animales littorales et des îlots, notamment les oiseaux marins, les récifs coralliens et les espèces emblématiques. Elle a également pour objectif de participer à la préservation d’espèces terrestres notamment les chauves-souris et à la lutte contre les espèces exotiques envahissantes.

L’association a également pour objectif de mettre en place, former et démocratiser l’utilisation des Solutions fondées sur la Nature afin de restaurer les habitats et améliorer la résilience des écosystèmes et des populations face au changement climatique.

La vision de l’association est une démarche de développement durable et de conservation de la biodiversité inclusive et participative notamment via une gestion de proximité de l’environnement et le renforcement des capacités et l’empowerment de jeunes leaders locaux de la conservation.

L’association a pour objectif de réaliser ses missions sur l’ensemble de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, voire dans le Pacifique, avec une concentration des actions sur la zone littorale et marine, îlots compris, de la commune de Païta.

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Association Cétamada

🏷️ Topics include: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises); Conservation; Leisure/Tourism; Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Indian Ocean; Madagascar

Notre objectif est la préservation de la mégafaune marine et des milieux marins à Madagascar et dans l’Océan Indien. Pour cela nous travaillons en collaboration avec des chercheurs, des étudiants, des ONG et des institutions, des opérateurs économiques, des autorités locales et nationales. En impliquant les populations locales dans nos actions, nous nous engageons dans une démarche de développement durable. Nous soutenons la mise en place d'activités économiques autour de la mégafaune marine qui génèrent des revenus directs pour les communautés locales.

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Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation

Topics include: Aquaculture; Environment/Sustainability; Fisheries; Maritime; Seagrass, Sea Turtles, Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises), Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses)

Country/Region: Greece

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation is a Greek, non-profit, non governmental organization active since 1998. It was established in order to address the urgent need for protection across the seas of the northeastern Mediterranean. Archipelagos’ international multidisciplinary team combines research, in cooperation with leading universities and organizations, with active conservation work by which local communities play an important role. Present in the field year-round, Archipelagos has worked for over two decades at sea and in coastal island regions. This foundation has enabled and strengthened Archipelagos in our efforts to protect marine and island ecosystems at a local, national and international level.

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