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Protection of Marine Environments and Marine Life
Multi-disciplinary marine conservation organizations and groups involved in the protection of marine environments and marine life
Marine protected areas - Marine animal conservation and rehabilitation - Protection of endangered species - Conservation of marine and coastal diversity - Protection of coastline -
Protection of marine life - Lionfish eradication
For specific species, such as Turtles, Cetaceans, or Corals, and for specialised areas, such as Marine Pollution or Marine Research, go to the specific categories on the Conservation base page.
Greenovation:Hub
China
Greenovation Hub (GHub) is ‘an independent environmental think tank with a global outlook, registered with the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau.’ They work to promote sound climate and environmentally friendly policies through research, advocacy, negotiations, education and dialogue. One of their projects is focused on Ocean Conservation, which has as its aim that China leads the conservation of high seas biodiversity and plays a leading role in global ocean governance and collaboration. To achieve this, GHub works in China ‘to advance sustainable fishery and catalyze the building and effective management of science-based and representative marine protected areas (MPAs) by engaging experts in science, policy, law, business, academia and communications.’
Greenpeace International
Netherlands, International
The Green Peace organization works on several issues in the marine environment, amongst their many various interests. With its vast networks across the world, the organisation urges big corporations to act to reduce their plastic footprint to end the flow of plastic into our oceans. In addition, Green Peace is engaged in addressing unsustainable industrial fishing practices, climate change and ocean acidification. Greenpeace's oceans campaign focusing on three major threats to the world's oceans: overfishing, pirate fishing, whaling, and intensive shrimp aquaculture.
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
USA
The GCFI is a non-profit organization that works throughout the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico region, renowned for their annual meetings since 1947, actively promoting the exchange of information on the use and management fo marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. GCFI has worked for over 2 decades on developing coral-reef marine protected areas networks in the Caribbean and has developed the capacity of MPAs and their managers. They work together with multiple organizations, including UNEP and NOAA, to address issues in the area, including marine litter, sustainable fisheries, coral reef monitoring, amongst many others.
HEPCA Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association
Egypt
HEPCA is a NGO specializing in the field of marine and land conservation in the Egyptian Red Sea. What began with a dozen of concerned individuals grew through the years to become a large network of scientists, professional divers, industry experts, and community members who are pro-active in protecting and preserving the natural resources of the Red Sea, as well as promoting conservation and sustainable tourism practices.
Hawaii Wildlife Fund
Hawaii
HWF is a dedicated to the conservation of Hawaii's native wildlife through research, education and advocacy. The HWF Team is made up of educators, conservationists, researchers, naturalists, communities, volunteers and donors devoted to the protection of Hawaii's fragile marine ecosystem and inhabitants.
InPact. Instituto de Pesquisa e Acao
Brazil
InPact was established in 2020 by researchers in the environmental and sustainability areas. They aim to contribute to the conscious use of natural resources, based on research supported by actions aimed at sustainable practices, environmental preservation and conservation, with the engagement of traditional communities and society as a whole. This includes the rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction to the natural environment of marine and aquatic animals. They also carry out environmental education activities; monitoring of coral reefs; research into sediment analysis through granulometric analysis, organic matter and carbonate contents; identification and monitoring of macrobenthic species and reef fish, and analysis of the physical and chemical parameters of the water.
Indo Ocean Project
Indonesia
Indo Ocean Project is a marine research and conservation program in Indonesia. As a field research station located in Nusa Pineda, they have a strong education component, training dive professionals through a conservation-dive master internship program. Their field expeditions host international and local research projects on marine conservation efforts including marine megafauna, coral restoration, ecological monitoring, community outreach and education programs. Projects are at Nusa Penida in Bali, and in Tanjung Bira, South Sulawesi. They also have liveaboard expeditions.
Innoceana
Costa Rica, Spain, USA
Innoceana is a young international team of professional scuba-divers, engineers, biologists, conservationists and ocean lovers, who work on innovative solutions to protect the ocean. To overcome the problems of lack of knowledge and resources within communities, the interdisciplinary team works on developing low-cost and accessible methods that allow locals to play an active role in monitoring the ocean, thus empowering citizen science. Examples of projects include sea currents monitoring, water quality in Isla del Cano, 3D Coral Reef monitoring, 2D GIS mapping, plastic monitoring, turtle identification, interactive books, amongst others. Raising awareness and educating is an important element of their mission, with the recently opened MCEC in Costa Rica an example of their approach achieving effective marine conservation. Innoceana is registered in Costa Rica, California and Spain.
Institute for Marine Research (Philippines)
Philippines
The Institute for Marine Research is a newly established grassroots non-profit organization that aims ‘to conduct long-term and fine-scale research on coastal marine ecosystems, using this scientific evidence to educate, transform and encourage locally led marine conservation strategies within the Philippines’. Their focus region is Apo Island & Dauin Municipality, Negros Oriental, the Philippines.
Institute for Ocean Conservation Science
USA
The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science works to advance ocean conservation through science. They conduct world-class scientific research that increases knowledge about critical threats to oceans and their inhabitants, provides the foundation for smarter ocean policy, and establishes new frameworks for improved ocean conservation. The Institute's research focuses on advancing ecosystem-based fisheries management, a strategy which recognizes that the oceans' problems are interconnected and that species and habitats cannot be successfully managed in isolation; as well as on advancing knowledge about vulnerable and ecologically important marine animals that are understudied. They are dedicated to developing scientific approaches to sustainably manage forage fish, small schooling fish that are food for marine mammals and seabirds but are being depleted from our oceans. They conduct world-class scientific research that increases knowledge about critical threats to oceans and their inhabitants, provides the foundation for smarter ocean policy, and establishes new frameworks for improved ocean conservation. The Institute is part of the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences