Stories
The Ocean Foundation Set Sail for the 2023 GEF Assembly
The Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) took place in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional and unceded lands of Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. The Assembly meets every …
A Ministry for the Planet
Rylee, our summer External Relations intern, takes us through her journey with sustainability and what that means to her.
Our Mission to Defend The Deep
The Ocean Foundation was on the ground of the 28th meeting of the International Seabed Authority in July 2023 for all three weeks to raise our topline messages on finance and liability, underwater cultural heritage, transparency, and stakeholder engagement.
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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.
Rising sea levels sound alarm as oceans heat up
Our president Mark J. Spalding was quoted in an Anadolu Ajansı article about how climate change is posing dire threats to the ocean.
Press Releases
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.
The Ocean Foundation approved as Accredited Non-Governmental Organization to UNESCO’s 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
This achievement strengthens our ability to move forward with our ongoing work on Underwater Cultural Heritage.
The Ocean Foundation and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre Partner to Protect Ocean Heritage
The Ocean Foundation proudly announces a two-year partnership with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), an independent global charity working to engineer a safer world.
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