For many years, countries established new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) with great fanfare, but few are actually protected against illegal fishing, reef destruction and marine wildlife poaching. Without real enforcement and penalties for our existing MPAs, the oceans will continue to be ravaged.
Our goal is to deploy Global Park Defense with Marine Monitor radars in every capable endangered MPA in the world. We work to secure critical support from donors like you – families, foundations, dive groups and others to stop illegal fishing, bombing, poisoning and reef destruction.
To learn more about our efforts to protect the world's last pristine marine ecosystems, watch the video above and read our Marine Protection Impact Report!
Led by Sabah Environmental Trust (SET), Global Conservation extend their five-year MOU with Sabah Forestry and Sabah Foundation to deploy Global Park Defense. Additionally, progress was made to build a unified national park and secure a nomination for UNESCO World Heritage status.
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Targeting 3% of protected areas could accelerate progress on 30×30 goals, says Global Conservation’s Jeff Morgan
Farwiza Farhan, GC collaborator, was recently honored as one of this year’s TIME 100 Impact Award Honorees. Farwiza is the co-founder of Forest, Nature and Environment of Aceh (HAkA), an NGO that aims to create long-term sustainability around the Leuser Ecosystem on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
read moreWatch our newest video about Global Park Defense in Belize's Turneffe Atoll!
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