Ask the Expert: Locally-led Marine Protection
Stefan Gelcich, Global Greengrants Advisor and marine biologist responds to questions about marine conservation issues.
World’s Most Robust Marine Reserve: Cabo Pulmo
From completely depleted to a biodiversity “hot spot,” the Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve has proven that determined communities can use fierce conservation efforts to bring oceans back from the brink.
The Deadly Practice of Shark Finning
Shark numbers are in serious decline as the taste for shark fin soup in China remains steady. Their fins are brutally harvested, leaving the shark to die motionless in the ocean, and their decline is having harmful effects on marine ecosystems.
Protecting Marine Turtles in Papua New Guinea
The Leatherback Turtle is listed as endangered, but one Global Greengrants Fund grantee has found a way to curb its declining numbers.
In the Pacific: Picking up the Pieces after Devastating Tsunami
Global Greengrants grantee Aleipata Marine Protected Area Society is working with local communities in cleanup efforts after the Samoa tsunami of 2009.