Mission

To save the global oceans and the biodiversity contained therein by strengthening marine conservation grantmaking, and providing an opportunity for information sharing, dialogue, strategy development and collaboration among funders.

Goals

  • Increase collaboration, relationship building, and cooperation within the marine conservation funding community.
  • Increase collaboration among foundations devoted to addressing the challenge of global marine conservation.
  • Increase the level of investment in the field, especially foundation funding.
  • Leverage opportunities to advance strategies to address marine conservation.

Objectives

  • Monitor developments on a wide range of marine conservation issues, including fisheries management reform, establishing a worldwide network of marine protected areas, reducing the global environmental impacts of mariculture, and promoting a worldwide consumer seafood movement.
  • Educate funders on a wide range of international marine conservation issues, looking for strategic linkages to US domestic issues.
  • Investigate strategies to improve the effectiveness of public advocacy for the oceans.

Activities

  • Annual Marine Conservation Program meeting on a variety of marine conservation issues and opportunities for collaboration.
  • Webinars and conference calls on global marine conservation issues.
  • Support and promotion for FundingtheOcean.org, a collaborative effort to improve the collection and dissemination of marine conservation grantmaking information.
  • Coordination with other funder networks and outreach to new funders in the field.
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