Topics include: Climate Change; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter)
Country/Region: Canada
Ocean Wise has been an ocean champion for 50 years. From humble beginnings in Vancouver in 1951, we have grown into a global environmental charity that addresses overfishing, ocean pollution and climate change.
Topics include: Aquaculture; Capacity Building; Fisheries
Country/Region: Australia
OceanWatch Australia Ltd is a national not-for-profit environmental company that works to advance sustainability in the Australian seafood industry. OceanWatch's key activities involve: enhancing fish habitats and improving water quality in estuaries and coastal environments; working with industry and local communities to minimise environmental impacts; introducing industry and communities to sustainable technologies and behaviours. Since its establishment in 1989, OceanWatch Australia has managed and administered a broad range of successful projects to improve environmental practices, protect threatened marine species, reduce by-catch, introduce sustainable technologies, change behaviours and restore important marine habitats. To achieve these positive outcomes, OceanWatch Australia works in partnership with the Australian seafood industry, federal and state governments, natural resource managers, private enterprise and local communities. In 2013, delivering on an election promise of further developing Australia’s sustainable fishing sector, Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce recognised OceanWatch as the NRM organisation with responsibility for enhancing fish habitats and the marine environment.
Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Conservation; Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Sri Lanka
Vision Oceanswell envisions a world where all people recognize the integral role that oceans play in our planet and are equipped to work towards its preservation.
Mission Oceanswell works to change the trajectory for the world’s oceans by educating the next generation of diverse ocean heroes, equipping students from underrepresented nations to conduct marine conservation research, and engaging everybody in conversations about the magic of our world’s oceans.
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.
Topics include: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises); Conservation; Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Ireland
The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) is Ireland's leading technology focused eNGO, committed to monitoring and minimising disturbance to marine megafauna through innovation in research, conservation and education. //. We aim to aim to enhance our scientific knowledge and understanding of marine megafauna in Irish waters through conservation, research and education.
Topics include: Environment/Sustainability
Country/Region: Europe-Wide
Topics include: Capacity Building; Deep Sea; Technology
Country/Region: Global
About Us Founded by deep-sea explorer Dr. Katy Croff Bell, the Ocean Discovery League’s mission is to accelerate deep-ocean exploration by developing accessible systems to broaden the community of those who explore and understand the deep sea.
The deep sea covers two-thirds of our planet, yet over 99% remains unexplored because present-day ocean exploration is exclusive, expensive, and slow. We aim to accelerate deep-ocean exploration by co-designing accessible, low-cost opportunities and systems for ocean explorers worldwide. This will dramatically increase and accelerate our ability to observe, manage, and protect the ocean, resulting in humankind thriving on Earth now and in the future.
Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises); Deep Sea Mining; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Maritime
Country/Region: Global
Seit 1989 erhebt OceanCare die Stimme für das Leben im Meer. Die internationale Organisation mit Sitz in der Schweiz ist UNO-Sonderberaterin für den Meeresschutz und trägt zur Erreichung der globalen Nachhaltigkeitsziele bei.
Wir setzen uns weltweit mit viel Leidenschaft, breitem Fachwissen und grosser Beharrlichkeit für lebendige Ozeane ein. Die Weltmeere sind die Basis des Lebens auf dem blauen Planeten. Wir müssen es schaffen, diesen wichtigen Lebensraum zu erhalten.
Was uns alle angeht, können wir nur gemeinsam lösen. Deshalb kooperieren wir weltweit eng mit führenden Wissenschaftlern und Partnerorganisationen. Wir bündeln unsere Stärken und überzeugen Entscheidungsträger mit unseren Argumenten.
Topics include: Aquaculture; Climate Change; Deep Sea Mining; Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Renewable Energy
Country/Region: Global
The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast.
But the oceans face many threats — from overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, and the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks.
What does Oceana do? We win science-based policies in important coastal countries that rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans. With more than 325 victories, Oceana’s campaigns are delivering results.
A restored, healthy, and abundant ocean can help fight climate change, sustain livelihoods, and feed more than 1 billion people a healthy seafood meal every day, forever. Together, we can save the oceans and help feed the world.
Topics include: Fisheries; Marine Pollution (inc plastics, litter); Policy/Governance; Renewable energy
Country/Region: Global
NRDC works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
Topics include: Policy/Governance
Country/Region: Canada
The Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network (NLEN) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation whose purpose is to carry out environmental education with the following objective:
to educate members of the public (including members of environmental and other non-profit organizations, students, policy makers, educators, professionals and the general public) through topics such as climate change, protected areas, biodiversity, sustainable forestry, sustainable fisheries, waste management, water conservation, pesticide use and sustainable development.
We do this through a number of activities including:
Public Forums, Workshops & Events: The NLEN organizes public forums, workshops and events, usually in partnership with other organizations, to raise public awareness and education on environmental issues in our province. Educational materials: We work with our member groups to create education materials about environmental work in Newfoundland and Labrador. Participating in decisions that affect our environment: We respond to government calls for submissions on policy and legislation, and participate in multi-stakeholder consultations and initiatives. Working with our member groups to support their work through capacity building workshops, network facilitation, media support, and promotion.
Topics include: Climate Change; Conservation; Policy/Governance; Seabirds
Country/Region: Canada; Carribbean; Latin America; USA
Audubon protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Across aisles. Across landscapes. Across borders. When it comes to our environment, birds are a uniting force. Birds cross borders, from neighborhoods to states and beyond, migrating tens of thousands of miles across multiple countries from one tip of the planet to the other. And so do we. Audubon's hemispheric approach recognizes that the majority of bird species in the Americas migrate annually between Canada, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Audubon’s programs are like the birds—unencumbered by political boundaries and seamlessly integrated across the Western Hemisphere.
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.
Topics include: Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Global
Our mission To provide scientific and relevant indigenous knowledge and encourage artistic expression about the sea in order to promote its restoration, conservation and sustainable use, to further the study, understanding and respect of aquatic ecosystems and associated biological and cultural diversity.
See the recent monthly newsletters and annual reports below with links to our activities.
Who we are? We are scientists, artists, school teachers, concerned parents from different regions of the world, joining forces to promote transitions towards sustainability values and practices as well as human and dignified lives.
The objectives of the Initiative To make accessible to non-specialists scientifically validated knowledge [including 'ethno-scientific' knowledge] in ways that facilitate critical engagement and encourage active use of such knowledge for the transition towards sustainability. To encourage artistic expression in response to scientific knowledge reflecting diverse ways of 'knowing' and articulating such knowledge. To enable social networking and appropriation of knowledge for understanding marine and coastal ecosystems on one hand and marine cultures on the other. To support the development of international cooperation among schools and other entities centered on education, acquisition, valuation and sharing of knowledge and associated activities. To encourage the development of didactic tools for education and self-training. To provide a repository for accumulating and sharing information, knowledge and experience about initiatives and activities in the public domain. To give exposure to works of students and other people involved with the pursuit of knowledge of the sea through exhibitions and other forms of audio-visual and written expression. To encourage and promote the valuation of fishing communities' social capital and cultural heritage in pursuit of sustainable relations with the sea and the coast, including through exhibitions and other forms of communication.
Topics include: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphns, & Porpoises)
Country/Region: Slovenia
Morigenos – slovensko društvo za morske sesalce je neodvisna in neprofitna strokovna nevladna organizacija, ki je bila ustanovljena leta 2001 z namenom proučevanja in raziskovanja delfinov v slovenskem morju ter ozaveščanja in izobraževanja javnosti.
Morigenos v starem keltskem jeziku pomeni “rojen v morju”. Osrednja dejavnost društva je Slovenski projekt za delfine, dolgoročni program raziskovanja, monitoringa in varstva delfinov vrste velika pliskavka (Tursiops truncatus) v severnem Jadranu. To je prva dolgoročna in sistematična raziskava delfinov v Sloveniji. Naši cilji varovanje morja in njegovih prebivalcev ohranjanje narave izobraževanje in ozaveščanje javnosti o delfinih v slovenskem morju ter o pomembnosti ohranjanja morskega okolja razumevanje biologije in ekologije velike pliskavke z namenom boljšega varovanja vseh morskih živali in njihovega habitata širjenje znanja o biotski pestrosti našega morja
Topics include: Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: USA
Our mission is to inspire conservation of the ocean. We envision a future where the ocean flourishes and people thrive in a just and equitable world. We create extraordinary experiences that inspire awe and wonder, champion science-based solutions, and connect people across the planet to protect and restore the ocean.
Topics include: Archaeology/Heritage; Conservation; Ocean Literacy
Country/Region: Global
Mission Blue™ inspires action to explore and protect the ocean. Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue™ is uniting a global coalition to inspire an upwelling of public awareness, access and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots®. Under Dr. Earle’s leadership, the Mission Blue™ team implements communications campaigns that elevate Hope Spots® to the world stage through documentaries, social media, traditional media and innovative tools like Esri ArcGIS. Mission Blue™ also embarks on regular oceanic expeditions that shed light on these vital ecosystems and build support for their protection.
Currently, the Mission Blue™ alliance includes more than 200 respected ocean conservation groups and like-minded organizations, from large multinational companies to individual scientific teams doing important research. Additionally, Mission Blue™ supports the work of conservation NGOs that share the mission of building public support for ocean protection. With the concerted effort and passion of people and organizations around the world, Hope Spots® can become a reality and form a global network of marine protected areas large enough to restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet.
Topics include: Conservation; Coral Reefs
Country/Region: Indonesia
Misool Foundation is the registered charity arm of the private island resort, Misool. Based in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, our joint mission is to safeguard the most biodiverse reefs on Earth through the empowerment of local communities, providing a structure by which they are able to reclaim their traditional tenureship of reefs.
The Misool Foundation team manages a suite of conservation programmes which combine marine governance, waste management, community empowerment and species conservation.
We protect the most biodiverse marine environments on earth while consistently delivering measurable conservation results.
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.
Topics include: Elasmobranch (Sharks, Rays, Skates)
Country/Region: Caribbean-Wide; Mexico
We are a registered Non-Profit Organization under Mexican Law.
The Manta Caribbean Project is dedicated to taking a multidisciplinary approach to the conservation of manta and mobulid rays, and their habitat in the Caribbean Sea through robust science and research, while raising awareness and providing education to the community and stakeholders.// Located in the northern Yucatan Peninsula, the transition zone of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea is thriving with life.
Driven by the deep currents of the Yucatan Channel, the nutrient rich waters support a high biodiversity of marine life. With these upwellings comes huge blooms of plankton that attract a range of species from small molluscs to the larger animals such as sea turtles, birds and marine mammals.
This feeding frenzy also attracts the world’s largest fish, the whale shark and of course the curious ocean giants, the manta ray. Both deceptively large animals are filter feeders and come to the area annually to feast upon the plankton buffet.
The Manta Caribbean Project aims to identify and conduct research on the poorly understood populations of mobulids in the Mexican Caribbean.
