Causes: Environment, Forest Conservation, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management
Mission: Seacology is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization with the sole purpose of preserving the environments and cultures of islands worldwide. We implement solutions by asking islanders to identify a communal need Seacology could support, such as an elementary school or fresh water delivery system. In exchange, the village agrees to establish and manage a marine or terrestrial reserve. Our innovative win-win model is inexpensive, maintains indigenous land ownership and improves the entire community.
Results: To date, Seacology has launched more than 300 island-based projects, saving nearly 1.5 million acres of vulnerable island habitat.
Target demographics: Our win-win partnerships also benefit the local, often indigenous, people who depend most on the environmental health of their islands.
Geographic areas served: International in scope, Seacology supports island environments and cultures worldwide. Our work protects island habitats, which are disproportionately the site of species extinctions.
Programs: In return for establishing island marine and terrestrial reserves, Seacology has helped islanders build facilities such as schools, community centers, solar energy systems, and other critically needed infrastructure, and funded programs providing scholarships, vital medical services and supplies for island communities. From 2015-2020, we implemented our largest project to date, the Sri Lanka Mangrove Conservation Project. Through this initiative, our first nationwide project, Sri Lanka pledged to become the world's first country to pledge to protect all of its mangrove forests. The project replanted more than a thousand acres of mangrove seedlings, organized coastal communities around the island nation to protect their local mangroves, and provided microloans and training in sustainable livelihoods for thousands of disadvantaged coastal women and youth. Seacology has launched partnerships with island communities in 64 countries on islands around the globe. A list of all our projects can be found at www. seacology. org.
Mission: Seacology is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization with the sole purpose of preserving the environments and cultures of islands worldwide. We implement solutions by asking islanders to identify a communal need Seacology could support, such as an elementary school or fresh water delivery system. In exchange, the village agrees to establish and manage a marine or terrestrial reserve. Our innovative win-win model is inexpensive, maintains indigenous land ownership and improves the entire community.
Results: To date, Seacology has launched more than 300 island-based projects, saving nearly 1.5 million acres of vulnerable island habitat.
Target demographics: Our win-win partnerships also benefit the local, often indigenous, people who depend most on the environmental health of their islands.
Geographic areas served: International in scope, Seacology supports island environments and cultures worldwide. Our work protects island habitats, which are disproportionately the site of species extinctions.
Programs: In return for establishing island marine and terrestrial reserves, Seacology has helped islanders build facilities such as schools, community centers, solar energy systems, and other critically needed infrastructure, and funded programs providing scholarships, vital medical services and supplies for island communities. From 2015-2020, we implemented our largest project to date, the Sri Lanka Mangrove Conservation Project. Through this initiative, our first nationwide project, Sri Lanka pledged to become the world's first country to pledge to protect all of its mangrove forests. The project replanted more than a thousand acres of mangrove seedlings, organized coastal communities around the island nation to protect their local mangroves, and provided microloans and training in sustainable livelihoods for thousands of disadvantaged coastal women and youth. Seacology has launched partnerships with island communities in 64 countries on islands around the globe. A list of all our projects can be found at www. seacology. org.
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