Conserving Habitats
Please Don’t Let Them Go
It seems at once hopeful and dramatic: Dozens, even hundreds of brightly colored balloons released by the celebrants and their guests, drifting off into the sky. But it is not …
Dive into Underwater Cultural Heritage
What is Underwater Cultural Heritage? UNESCO defines underwater cultural heritage (UCH) as all traces of human existence of a cultural, historical or archaeological nature which, for at least 100 years, …
Potentially Polluting Wrecks: First Steps Towards Remediation
Our Ocean Heritage is expansive. It includes physical objects on the seafloor like shipwrecks and submerged coastal settlements, and also non-physical connections to the sea, including Indigenous and local customs …
Invest in Ocean Health, Not Deep Seabed Mining
Advocates for deep seabed mining (DSM) claim it promises a gilded, sustainable future chock full of electric vehicles, but at what cost? Between breakthroughs in new battery technology, technical risks, …
CLOSED: Request for Proposal: Project Manager to Lead Work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks
The Ocean Foundation (TOF) is seeking a Project Manager to lead work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks (PPW).
Earth Is the Blue Planet
Celebrate Earth Day with us by honoring the reason why Earth is called the blue planet — the ocean! Covering 71 percent of our planet, the ocean feeds millions of …
Announcing the 2024 Boyd Lyon Scholar
The 2024 Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund’s winner was Jaime Restrepo.
Golden Acre Foods to complete $1.4M donation for habitat restoration in Puerto Rico by 2024
Golden Acre has been partnered with The Ocean Foundation since 2021 and is proud to support their mangrove and seagrass restoration projects. The project work that The Ocean Foundation is …
Announcing park designations for Nopoló and Loreto II, providing ecological protection to a pristine and biodiverse coastline in Baja California Sur, Mexico
On August 16th 2023, Nopoló Park and Loreto II Park were set aside for conservation via two Presidential decrees to support sustainable development, ecotourism, and permanent habitat protection.
Pacific Islands Application to Receive a GOA-ON in a Box Kit
Applicants can receive the low-cost, high-quality ocean acidification measurement kit; hands-on training in Fiji; and research support.
Communicating Care
Program Officer Erica Nuñez spoke with Dr. Phaedra Pezzullo about her career in plastic pollution and her proudest moments in the fight for a global treaty.
The largest mangrove restoration project in the United States will double in size
Our Blue Resilience Initiative was featured in Causa Natura’s article about our large-scale restoration project in Jobos Bay.
