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Good MateOcean pollution
Ongoing, since 1996
Involves private boaters to help clean the ocean. Watercraft cleanups have been an integral part of the International Coastal Cleanup for over thirty years. All boaters and marinas can get involved and plan a cleanup for your favorite waterway. Educational material and handbooks for best practrices on keeping the ocean healthy and pollution free.
Physical area: global waters
Country: United States
Participant: Ocean Conservancy | Volunteers | Private boat owners | U.S. Coast Guard
International Coastal Cleanupbeach clean up
Ongoing, since 1980
In partnership with volunteer organizations and individuals around the globe, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris and change the behaviors.
Physical area: Global coastal and river areas.
Country: United States | Philiipeans | Ecuador | China | Chile | Canada | Malaysia | Peru | Norway | Thailand
Participant: Local Volunteers | Ocean Conservancy
Mangrove Action ProjectMangrove Restoration
Ongoing, since
Mangrove Action Project (MAP) is a US-based nonprofit which collaborates with stakeholders at all levels to preserve, conserve, and restore our world’s mangrove forests.
By working with forest communities, research academics, forest and environment departments, policy makers, and international policy and funding groups, we encourage the preservation and conservation of existing mangroves, educate on how to restore degraded or unhealthy mangrove ecosystems, and encourage multiple generations to take an active interest in their local forests. Why do we do this? Because healthy mangroves can provide coastal communities (particularly the poorest) with a sustainable living and reduce their vulnerability to disasters from natural events such as hurricanes and storm surges. Mangroves also provide a host of other benefits to the world at large – including sequestering and storing more carbon than any other forest type per hectare.
Physical area:
Country: United States | Cambodia | El Salvador | French Guiana | Honduras | India | Indonesia | Malaysia Myanmar | Senegal | Sri Lanka | Tanzania | and Thailand