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

Environment Centre NT

Topics include: Conservation

Country/Region: Australia

The Environment Centre NT is fighting for a future where the Northern Territory’s nature thrives.

The Northern Territory is an area of unsurpassed ecological and cultural value on a global scale, with unique biological diversity, largely intact tropical savannas, and free-flowing rivers and springs.

Originally established in 1983 to fight uranium mining in Kakadu National Park, we continue to work closely with communities across the Northern Territory to stop environmentally destructive projects, hold government and industry to account, and improve environmental regulation and governance.

From campaigns to stop three proposed mines in Kakadu National Park—Koongarra, Jabiluka, and Coronation Hill—to securing a ban on seabed mining along our coasts and a moratorium on dams for our free-flowing rivers, thanks to the Environment Centre NT's work, the Territory’s nature continues to flourish.

Our work aims to shift dominant development paradigms in the Northern Territory that see our landscapes as “undeveloped” and something to be exploited, rather than as unparalleled, precious and biodiverse ecosystems that are in everyone’s interests to protect.

We recognise the ownership and custodianship by Traditional Owners of lands and waters in the NT, and that solutions to the ecological crises we face must be led by First Nations people.

We work closely and in solidarity with First Nations communities to ensure that their voices are amplified and influence decision-makers.

We harness the power of our community so that people everywhere are speaking up for the Territory’s environment.

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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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Eli-Scientific

Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Leisure/Tourism

Country/Region: Nicaragua

L’association ELI-S est une association loi 1901 créée en 2013 qui a pour but de promouvoir, transmettre et développer la science (et le sport) pour tous les publics grâce à deux supports d’actions ELI-Sport et ELI-Scientific. Notre but est de promouvoir, transmettre et développer le sport et la science pour tous les publics.

Nous utilisons le SPORT & la SCIENCE pour créer un impact positif sur la société.

Pour réaliser cela, nous nous basons sur une philosophie commune : proximité & exigence.

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Ekolojik Araştırmalar Derneği (EKAD) / Ecological Research Society

Topics include: Conservation; Sea Turtles

Country/Region: Turkey

Ekolojik Araştırmalar Derneği (EKAD), çoğunluğu biyoçeşitlilik ve doğa koruma konusunda uzman akademisyenler tarafından 2003 yılında kurulmuştur. Derneğimiz, kuruluşundan bu yana akademik çevreler, ilgili bakanlıklar, belediyeler, özel işletmeler ve diğer sivil toplum kuruluşlarıyla uyumlu bir iş birliği içinde çalışmaya devam etmektedir. Yurt içi ve yurt dışından gelen gönüllülerin de desteğiyle faaliyetlerimizi çeşitlendirip geliştirerek görevimizi sürdürmekteyiz. // Vizyonumuz ve Misyonumuz Dünyamız hızla yaşlanırken, doğa koruma çalışmalarının önemini daha iyi anlıyoruz. Bu anlayışı pekiştirmek ve daha büyük adımların atılabilmesini sağlayacak küçük girişimleri gerçekleştirmek için bireysel olarak üzerimize düşen sorumlulukları yerine getiriyoruz. Misyonumuz, ekolojik bilinci anlatmak, öğretmek ve yaygınlaştırmak.

Bizler, EKAD olarak, doğanın bileşenlerinin neden korunması gerektiğini ve koruma çalışmalarının bilimsel olarak nasıl yürütülmesi gerektiğini anlatmak konusunda öncü bir örneğiz. Amacımız, diğer canlılarla bir arada yaşamaya devam ederken, onları en etkili şekilde koruyabilmenin ve sürdürülebilir biyoçeşitlilik konusunda en iyi örnek olmanın yollarını doğru şekilde göstermek.

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Ecomar

Topics include: Conservation; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Spain

Fundada en 1999 por Theresa Zabell, única mujer española con dos oros olímpicos, Ecomar es mucho más que una organización sin fines de lucro, somos el latido de los mares, comprometidos con su conservación y preservación.

En Ecomar trabajamos incansablemente en la Conservación Marina. Nuestra misión es proteger y restaurar los ecosistemas marinos, promoviendo la biodiversidad y combatiendo la contaminación. Cada acción cuenta, y tú puedes ser parte del cambio que el mundo necesita.

Además, desde Ecomar promovemos un estilo de vida saludable y con un compromiso sostenible. Creemos en el vínculo indisoluble entre la salud personal y el bienestar del planeta. ¿Te unes a nosotros?

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Eco Flores

Topics include: Capacity Building; Leisure/Tourism; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter)

Country/Region: Indonesia

Eco Flores is a non-for-profit network organisation supporting sustainable and equitable development of the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. We promote, initiate and facilitate collaboration and partnerships between local-, national- and international stakeholders who have a stake and are interested in the healthy development of the island within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. Eco Flores connects communities and individuals, such as among others local pioneers and champions, local-, national- and international NGOs, local-, national- and international universities and researchers, local and national governmental departments and industry. In short people from "all walks of life”, who are all engaged and committed in their own professional as well as personal way to support the development of Flores. All stakeholders of this platform have a stake in the development, which is in actual fact is often part of their own development.


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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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Dorset Coast Forum

Topics include: Aquaculture; Archaeology/Heritage; Blue Economy; Coastal Communities; Leisure/Tourism; Ocean Literacy; Restoration/Rehabilitation

Country/Region: UK

Dorset Coast Forum is an independent coastal partnership that brings together individuals and organisations, to collectively deliver on a whole range of social, environmental, and economic opportunities that are relevant to the Dorset coast, its communities and its seas. Through working in partnership, DCF develops and shares ideas, information and expertise.

The Dorset Coast Forum team coproduce partnership projects along the coast from Christchurch to Lyme Regis. One of our key strengths is our independence and neutrality, allowing us to facilitate discussion between individuals and organisations, often with different sets of needs, identifying common goals and establishing next steps.

The team also reach out to local communities, sharing information on plans and policies, and giving communities, businesses and organisations a voice, ensuring their views are fed back to policy and decision makers.

The Forum’s partnership is made up of almost 500 members from around 260 private, voluntary and public organisations. This membership is special as it brings with it a vast amount of expertise and local knowledge of Dorset’s coast and its inshore waters. Through membership, organisations and individuals can connect with others and share information via referrals; communications; workshops and meetings; and the Dorset Coast Forum annual conference covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to the Dorset coast.

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De Waddenvereniging (The Wadden Sea Society)

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Topics include: Conservation; Restoration/Rehabilitation

Country/Region: Netherlands; Wadden Sea

De Waddenvereniging komt op voor de rust, ruimte en ruige natuur van de Wadden. Uit liefde voor het kwetsbare Waddengebied, dat we willen beschermen en behouden. Dat doen we door schadelijke activiteiten te bestrijden, de natuur te herstellen en mensen te laten zien hoe bijzonder de Wadden zijn. Wij zijn een particuliere en onafhankelijke vereniging. Altijd in verbinding met de natuur én de mensen om ons heen. Alleen met jouw steun kunnen we het verschil maken. // De Waddenvereniging streeft naar behoud, herstel en goed beheer van natuur, landschap en milieu en van de ecologische en cultuurhistorische waarden van het Waddengebied, waaronder begrepen het noordelijk zeekleigebied, en de Noordzee als onvervangbare en unieke natuurgebieden. De vereniging stelt zich tevens ten doel de bevordering van de belangstelling voor deze gebieden. In haar handelen gaat zij uit van het besef, dat de mens onderdeel is van het ecosysteem.

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Coral Triangle Center

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Topics include: Capacity Building; Coastal Communities; Conservation; Coral Reefs; Mangroves

Country/Region: Bali; Indonesia; Malaysia; Maluuku; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste

We are a foundation based in Bali with a regional scope and global impact. We work closely with local communities, private sector, governments, and partners to strengthen marine resource management in the Coral Triangle to protect coral reef ecosystems, ensure sustainable livelihoods, and food security. CTC supports on-the-ground conservation in Nusa Penida in Bali, Banda Islands in Maluku, as well as Atauro Island and Liquica in Timor-Leste. We are developing our Center for Marine Conservation in Bali to serve as an integrated learning space for training programs, outreach activities, and artistic and cultural performances to influence millions of people to care for our oceans and those that depend on it. We lead regional learning networks of women leaders, local government executives and marine protected area practitioners in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. We are a certified training center of the Government of Indonesia and an official partner of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security.

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Coral Sea Foundation

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Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship; Ocean Literacy

Country/Region: Australia; Melanesia

Our Mission is to raise awareness of the ecological and social value of the reefs of the Coral Sea, Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef, and to be proactive in their sustainable management.

Our approach combines science, gender equity, and sustainability with captivating visuals and a compelling social media presence. The Coral Sea Foundation develops pragmatic reef monitoring solutions and works to empower First Nations custodians with the skills and knowledge they need to sustainably manage their own Sea Country.


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Coral Reef Alliance

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

📍 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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Coralive

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🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy; Restoration/Rehabilitation

📍 Country/Region: France; Indonesia; Madagascar; Maldives; Palau; Seychelles

Coralive is dedicated to protect and restore healthy oceans around the world. Our work includes restoring coral reef and coastal ecosystems, managing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), conducting long-term environmental monitoring, creating livelihood solutions for coastal communities, and pairing all efforts with tailored environmental education programs. In each of our projects, we collaborate with local stakeholders from grassroot organizations to the private sector and governmental bodies so in collaboration we can achieve long-lasting results. We recognize the value of passing on knowledge and experience to activate communities and empower the next generation to invest in a sustainable future.

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Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI)

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Restoration/Rehabilitation

📍 Country/Region: USA

The Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI) is a 501c3 non-profit organization formed in 1996 by a small group of resource managers and scientists that share a commitment to northwest ecosystems. Our goal, through CWI, is simple: promote partnerships that foster understanding protection, and long term wise management of our natural ecosystems.

CWI achieves protection of intact and critical natural ecosystems thru linking science, mentoring our next generation of scientists and managers, and citizen partnerships. Over our careers we’ve learned that -without exception- what is good for the environment is good for community. We’ve learned that saving what we have is so much better for the ecosystem and economy-so we emphasize protection. As senior scientists, collectively we have hundreds of years of experience managing and researching the natural history of this region. We know that most of the community-which is growing rapidly- want to be wise stewards if they have the tools to do so. So CWI fosters community and college student education on wise natural resource management. We know that preservation and restoration can take decades-and that bureaucratic and political challenges (sometimes significant) are not reasons to quit. Our work is to link senior scientists, managers, and citizens to motivate for the best, not just the easiest, management actions and solutions. We engage college students, citizens, and landowners on the ground to understand how our natural ecosystems function a nd how to protect them. We specifically bring science to management in a rural, and sometimes extremely conservative, but ecologically critical region of the Pacific Northwest.

Over the last quarter century CWI has supported applied research of nearshore habitats of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, led challenging but important public forums on net pens, tsunami debris, and coal export issues. We’ve partnered with the Olympic National Park and Olympic Peninsula Tribes cataloging historic use and contemporary priorities for nearshore cultural natural resources. We’ve coordinated scientific and compelling photos of the nearshore restoration response of the Elwha dam removals. In the next decade CWI will dedicate it’s leadership in ecosystem management and research to furthering the knowledge-based long term ecosystem management of our coastal watersheds through partnering with local and regional co-managers in nearshore restoration, monitoring, and research, public outreach, and promoting cultural resources as a natural resource management tool. Our work will focus on scientific pursuits, scientific mentoring, environmental advocacy, protection through preservation, and implementing ecosystem based restoration priorities. Our top priorities will include: Developing and implementing nearshore restoration and protection action plans for the central Strait of Juan de Fuca that focus on the Twin Rivers, Salt Creek, Elwha, and Dungeness nearshore; ‘Living on the Edge’. A campaign to protect and restore feeder bluffs-the engines of our critical northwest nearshore ecosystems. Elwha Nearshore Restoration. Documenting and promoting the nearshore restoration needs to complete the world scale restoration event of the Elwha dam removals, inlcuding coordinating the Elwha Nearshore Consortium, and; Ecosystem Services of the Nearshore. A collaborative project with Earth Economics, Clallam County, and partners to define, for the first time, ecosystem services of the nearshore, and how much money citizens can save if they leave intact ecosystems intact. Continuing long term nearshore research and community outreach to define and promote nearshore ecosystem services at the local and regional scale. As the population of the northwest grows and our economy continues to struggle the need for CWI is greater than ever.

CWI’s current momentum, strong local network, and the burgeoning technical needs in the management arena (including the need to fill basic scientific and cultural data gaps) dictate our direction. We are excited about our role, as both local stewards and regional scientists, in the future of ecosystem management.

We hope that you will join us.

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Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island

🏷️ Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Conservation; Ocean Literacy; Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses)

📍 Country/Region: USA

The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, was founded in the summer of 1996 by a group of experts in marine mammal science, environmental sciences, education and conservation. CRESLI was formed for the purposes of conducting research, providing educational experiences, and promoting conservation of coastal ecosystems. Research and education are inextricably linked in all CRESLI activities. As such, CRESLI actively develops cooperative alliances with researchers, educational institutions, and the participation of the public. Our pinniped and cetacean research projects, for example, utilize public whale watch cruises and seal walks/cruises as platforms for educating the public and conducting research at the same time. We are an entirely volunteer-based organization.

Commercial fishers, pleasure boaters, and the public at large have also been enlisted to provide sighting information used in population and distribution studies. This public participation has not only led to the finding that Long Island's coastlines provide a essential habitat for pinnipeds, cetaceans and sea turtles, but has also fostered greater awareness and appreciation of these animals and their habitats among fishers, boaters and the public.

Cooperative alliances with institutions such as Gotham Whale, Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society Ocean Giants Program, the Thorne Lab at Stony Brook University, OBIS-SEAMAP, and others are entirely consistent with CRESLI's mission and purpose. The sharing of resources, and coordination of activities, significantly enhances the opportunities for research and public education.

CRESLI is a member of the South Shore Estuary Reserve Citizen's Advisory Committee (SSER-CAC), and Dr. Artie Kopelman, our president, is a member of the SSER Technical Advisory Committee

CRESLI's Purpose

to stimulate public interest in and to encourage conservation of coastal ecosystems through education programs for schools and public and private organizations.

To foster a lifelong appreciation of and sense of stewardship towards coastal ecosystems through our programs, outreach activities and membership.

To conduct research that will enable greater understanding of coastal ecosystems and to disseminate this information through scientific publications and conferences and meetings.

To provide research and educational opportunities to students and others wishing to pursue educational interests or careers in coastal studies.

To support marine mammal and sea turtle stranding programs which respond to stranded marine mammals and turtles with the goal of rehabilitating these animals for release back to the wild.

To be a regional, national and international resource on marine mammal, sea turtle and pelagic bird species and their environments for researchers, educators and policy makers.

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Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)

🏷️ Topics include: Capacity Building; Conservation; Coral Reefs; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: Indian Ocean Wide

Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) was established in 1999 as a regional research network in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) focused on coral reef science. Its formation was originally spurred by the global coral bleaching event of 1998.

Registered as a non-profit organisation in Kenya in 2003, CORDIO has grown over the past two decades into a leading centre for coastal marine and ocean science and conservation in East Africa and the wider WIO region.

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Coastal America Foundation

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs; Restoration/Rehabilitation; Rocky Reefs

📍 Country/Region: USA

The Coastal America Foundation provides support to initiatives that protect, preserve and restore aquatic habitats, fund students in science, support education and outreach for biomedical research, humanitarian support, animal welfare programs and cutting edge scientific research. This support includes education and outreach, scientific research, project implementation and related initiatives, nationally and internationally.

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Clear Seas

🏷️ Topics include: Maritime; Shipping

📍 Country/Region: Canada

Clear Seas is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that provides independent fact-based information to enable governments, industry, and the public to make informed decisions on marine shipping issues. We work to build awareness and trust so that all people can feel a part of the marine sector. Our vision is a sustainable marine shipping sector that is safe, vibrant, and inclusive, both now and for future generations.

Clear Seas fills knowledge gaps and builds capacity in an important sector of the Canadian and global economy. We achieve this through comprehensive research, communications, and people development programs, including Indigenous-led research and Indigenous-focused development.

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City to Sea

🏷️ Topics include: Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: UK

We’re City to Sea, an environmental organisation on a mission to stop plastic pollution. We run people-powered, community–serving campaigns that help individuals and businesses to change the world whilst having some fun on the way. The problem might be complicated, but we think the solutions don’t have to be.

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Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI)

🏷️ Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs; Ocean Literacy

📍 Country/Region: Caribbean-Wide

CCMI is dedicated to conducting and facilitating research, education, and outreach that will sustain marine diversity for future generations. Our goal is to become the Caribbean’s premier marine research institute, discovering real solutions to declining ocean health.

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