Marine Conservation Organizations
Directory
The phenomenal work happening in marine conservation around the globe is astonishing, and a source of great hope.
Check out our database of organizations to see who is doing what, and where
MARINE CONSERVATION AROUND THE WORLD
Choose how you would like to navigate the database
The Maps will give you places where the organizations are based
The Directory will give you the full database, searchable by name, place, or specific subjects of interest
Specific Areas of Expertise provides selective broad subject categories, eg. Marine Pollution or Cetaceans, which are then searchable by region, country or city
The Maps
Click on the world map on the area that interests you.
This will take you to one of three maps.
Note that these maps show where organizations are based. In many cases, the work they do impacts globally, and happens far from their home base.
The Directory
This includes all groups in the directory.
Via the search box you can enquire on specific organization names and acronyms, or other criteria such as place including country or city, or a specific subject of interest to you, such as seagrass, or dugongs or dolphins.
For broad subject groupings, see the grid below.
Specific areas of expertise
For broad subject areas within marine conservation, click on the various groupings in the grid below. While all the organizations in the database are involved in conservation work, these categories include those with a particular focus or speciality. Once on the topic page, these categories can be further searched by place, eg. country or city.
Whaleshark
This global marine conservation organizations database covers a wide range of groups which are involved in protecting the marine environment and marine life. The directory brings together in one listing many various organizations, large and small, at work in the field around the world.
The term 'marine conservation organizations or groups' is loosely used, and includes a variety of organizations, groups, companies, academic institutions, international bodies, government agencies, networks, alliances, and initiatives. As long as what they do contributes to conserving the marine environment, we are interested in them.
Ranging from large institutions and foundations with a global reach to grassroots informal local groups, they all have one common interest, that of keeping our oceans healthy, clean and rich with marine life.
This is an ongoing project. Suggestions of groups to be added are welcomed.