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Honduras expands coastal marine protection

April 2025

Strengthening ocean governance through investigative journalism

March 2025

Denmark proposes ban on bottom trawling in over 17% of its waters

February 2025

Strengthening ocean protection in West Africa

February 2025

Unlocking new markets for ocean farmers

February 2025

Sweden takes first steps to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas

January 2025

New law protects over half of Argentina’s kelp forests

December 2024

68,000 sq km of Bahamian waters to benefit from enhanced protection & management

November 2024

$51.7 million pledge for high seas marine protection

October 2024

Australia adds 523,000 sq km of no-take zones, protecting 23% of its ocean

October 2024

Protecting kelp forests in Argentine Patagonia

September 2024

Public campaigning to ban bottom trawling in MPAs within the European Union

June 2024

Europe moves to ban harmful bisphenols in food packaging

June 2024

EU Council adopts Nature Restoration Law

June 2024

Sweden announces bottom trawling ban in territorial waters

June 2024

Ensuring the High Seas Treaty becomes a reality

April 2024

EU court ruling: overfishing laws clarified, but incomplete

January 2024

Restoring mangrove ecosystems in the Bahamas and El Salvador

November 2023

Agreement between Canada and Greenland marks major step forward for protection of shared Arctic ecosystem

October 2023

The Nature Conservancy announces mainland Africa’s first debt swap for ocean conservation in Gabon

August 2023

Campaign update: stopping overfishing in Canada

June 2023

UN adopts world’s first treaty to protect the high seas

June 2023

Australian marine park to almost triple in size to an area larger than Germany

June 2023

Global Fishing Watch to reveal all human activity at sea with investment through The Audacious Project

June 2023

Canada rejects Arctic mine expansion project after years of fierce protest

November 2022

Advancing the protection of up to one million square kilometres of marine and coastal habitat in Canada

November 2022

Increasing public support for climate action through data-driven communications

November 2022

Extension of funding to securing an expanded UK MPA network which covers 30% of UK national waters by 2030

October 2022

Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation project in Barbados will conserve 30% of marine and coastal environments

September 2022

We are now the Becht Foundation

September 2022

Expanding and strengthening protected areas in the European Union

June 2022

Colombia, WWF and Partners Announce $245M Agreement to Permanently Protect Vital Systems of Nation’s Protected Areas

June 2022

Fair Seas launches new report identifying areas of interest for Marine Protection in Irish Waters

June 2022

Canada reaches over 14% marine protection as it declares 44K sq km protected off Nova Scotia

June 2022

Campaigning to end overfishing in Canada and restore abundance to Canada’s wild fish

May 2022

Award for innovation – bond structure (sustainability bond); and Sustainability bond of the year – sovereign: Belize’s blue bond

April 2022

Legal first: CJEU must decide if ministers broke law with unsustainable fishing limits

February 2022

Advancing sustainable fisheries and marine protection in UK waters

December 2021

Replicating and scaling up regenerative ocean farms to create jobs and protect the planet

December 2021

Increasing transparency and traceability in the seafood supply chain through Electronic Monitoring in longline industrial fishing

December 2021

Accelerating mangrove conservation and restoration in Colombia and supporting expansion of blue carbon credits

December 2021

Supporting Mangrove Action Project to scale up CBEMR (Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration)

December 2021

Over 90,000 sq km across Western James Bay and North Ontario coast moving towards protected status

August 2021

The Tristan da Cunha Marine Protection Zone (~690,000 sq km) is a physical reality

August 2021

Advancing protections for up to 780,000 sq km of important ocean habitat across the Canadian Arctic

July 2021

Achieving ambitious legislation to protect Ireland’s marine resources by 2025 and highly protecting 10% of its EEZ with a clear pathway towards protecting 30% by 2030

July 2021

Better protecting human health, wildlife, and the environment from harmful chemicals, particularly EDCs through new legislation in the EU

July 2021

Increasing ocean protection by 15% (4 million sq km) towards the goal of 30 by 30, whilst ensuring sustainable economic development through TNC’s Blue Bonds

July 2021

Providing cost-effective, high impact MPA monitoring solutions that are globally scalable

January 2021

The largest fully protected marine reserve in the Atlantic and 4th largest in the world designated around Tristan da Cunha

November 2020

Creating a network of highly & fully protected MPAs in 30% of UK waters

August 2020

Creating over 4 million km2 of protected marine ecosystems in the eastern Pacific Ocean with Oceana

June 2020

Empowering grassroots communities to protect their coastal seas in the biodiversity-rich Mesoamerican Reef by funding Rare’s Fish Forever programme

June 2020

Protecting half the planet by supporting High Seas Alliance in their work towards a UN treaty to protect the high seas

June 2020

Ensuring robust EU legislation against Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) by funding CHEM Trust

June 2020

Accelerating creation of Indigenous and marine protected areas with Oceans North in Canada

June 2020

Advancing high-protein alternatives for soybean meal in animal & fish feed, by investing in UK Agritech company, DryGro

April 2020

Stronger enforcement of fishing quotas, better implementation of protected areas and limiting pollinator harming pesticides by supporting ClientEarth

March 2020

Tackling ocean health & climate change through investment in AiiM Partners

February 2020

Revival of tropical fisheries in east Africa and south-east Asia through grant to Blue Ventures

January 2020

Enabling provision of clean drinking water in a Malagasy village through installation of Elemental Water Foundation’s plug and play desalination unit

September 2019

Scaling challenger brands with righteous causes through investment in The Craftory

August 2019