

Marine Pollution
Ocean Cleanups - Beach Cleanups - Plastic pollution - Pollution of the sea - Marine debris - Ocean debris - Ghost fishing - Ocean debris recycling - Redesigning plastic - Cleanup technology - Chemical pollution - Ocean noise pollution - Water quality - Water protection
Oceans Alive Conservation Trust
South Africa
Oceans Alive Conservation Trust's statement of their work: 'Scientific research, collaboration, protection, rehabilitation, conservation, community awareness education, social upliftment and a call to action is at the heart of everything we do to ensure a healthy and sustainable future for our oceans and our coastal environments for all future generations'.
Oceanworks
USA
Oceanworks is a marketplace for recycled plastic materials and products, specializing in ocean plastic. With the aim of keeping our oceans clean, Oceanworks makes it easy for brands to address the enormous problem of plastic pollution. Through a global network of collectors and recycled plastic suppliers, the company helps brands to reduce their plastic footprint, reliably and transparently. This includes measuring a brand’s plastic footprint, funding plastic waste removal, finding sustainable alternatives, enabling connection with trusted suppliers, and a full supply chain tracking .
Olive Ridley Project : protecting turtles in the Indian Ocean
Maldives
The Olive Ridley Project protects sea turtles and their habitats in the Indian Ocean through rescue and rehabilitation of injured sea turtles, research and education, removal of ghost gear from the ocean, and by working to reduce and reuse ghost gear. The ORP Marine Turtle Rescue Centre provides veterinarian care and rehabilitation to injured marine turtles rescued across the Maldives.
Our Seas Our Future
New Zealand
Our Seas Our Future is an ENGO group based in aotearoa, New Zealand. OSOF operates as a volunteer driven, non-profit initiative that focuses on coastal and marine conservation advocacy and community engagement projects in New Zealand. The main areas of operation are in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, and Auckland,
PADI AWARE Foundation
USA
PADI's foundation has evolved from Project Aware to PADI AWARE Foundation as of April 2021. It was established to help conserve underwater environments through a wide variety of activities including education, advocacy, and action, and covers coral reef restoration, protection of sharks and rays, marine debris, marine protected areas, amongst others.
PADI AWARE Foundation (Aus)
Australia
PADI's foundation has evolved from Project Aware to PADI AWARE Foundation as of April 2021. It was established to help conserve underwater environments through a wide variety of activities including education, advocacy, and action, and covers coral reef restoration, protection of sharks and rays, marine debris, marine protected areas, amongst others. The office in Brookvale in the north of Sydney serves the Asia Pacific area.
PADI AWARE Foundation (UK)
UK
PADI's foundation has evolved from Project Aware to PADI AWARE Foundation as of April 2021. It was established to help conserve underwater environments through a wide variety of activities including education, advocacy, and action, and covers coral reef restoration, protection of sharks and rays, marine debris, marine protected areas, amongst others. The Bristol office is the HQ for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Pacific Marine Mammal Center
USA
The Pacific Marine Mammal Center is staffed by volunteers whose mission is to rescue, treat, and rehabilitate marine mammals stranded on Orange County, California beaches then release healthy animals back to their natural habitat; and to increase public awareness of the marine environment through education and research.
Parley for the Oceans
USA
Parley describes itself as 'the space where creators, thinkers and leaders raise awareness for our oceans and collaborate on projects that can end their destruction' and 'Where creators, thinkers, and leaders come together to raise awareness for our oceans & collaborate to end their destruction.' Founded in 2012 by Cyrill Gutsch, Parley aims to raise awareness about the Oceans, and to inspire and empower diverse groups such as pacesetting companies, brands, organizations, governments, artists, designers, scientists, innovators and environmentalists in the exploration of new ways of protecting this vital part of the planet, especially with regard to plastic pollution of the seas.
Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute
France
The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute is an oceanographic institute situated on the Île des Embiez. The island is in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in South Western France. The Institute was founded in 1966 in response to one of the first cases of industrial pollution in the Mediterranean, and since then has continued to protect marine life globally, and specifically in the Mediterranean. In the words of Paul Ricard's granddaughter, 'Through its research and public outreach activities, the Institute is addressing today's most pressing challenges: preservation of marine biodiversity, climate change, sustainable exploitation of living resources, and restoring coastal environments. As we race to save the Earth, the Ocean could be our second chance.'