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Who We Are

OUR

NETWORK

We are a coalition of NGO’s, academic institutions, foundations, and other organizations working together to assist committed governments in developing and implementing sustainable marine spatial plans to protect the environment and improve the economy at the same time. We provide technical expertise to build capacity and support our local partners.

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"No one person, no one entity can save the oceans, but if we work together, we pool our resources, this is a problem we can fix."

Ted Waitt

Founder & Chairman 

Waitt Foundation & Waitt Institute

SITE
LEADERSHIP

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Andreia Nobre
Site Manager, Blue Azores

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Key Partner, Blue Halo Barbuda

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Cheryl Mapp
Site Coordinator, Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme

Endirah Palm
Site Manager, Blue Halo Curaçao

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Micronesia Conservation Trust
Key Partner, Blue Prosperity Micronesia

FOUNDING

PARTNERS

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Fathimath "Nisthu" Nistharan
Site Manager, Noo Raajje

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Karen Stone
Key Partner, Vava'u Environmental Protection Association

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 Creates and implements sustainable ocean plans in partnership with committed governments, local stakeholders and communities.

Exploring and protecting the last wild places in the ocean.

An international funders’ collaborative comprised of new and experienced philanthropists dedicated to protecting the world’s five oceans.

Advancing markets to restore nature.
 

Founded to unify and mobilize impactful voices at key moments that matter to drive positive Ocean conservation action.

Supports marine conservation efforts around the globe through funding and grants. 

TECHNICAL
LEADERSHIP

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Ted Waitt

Founder/Chairman, Waitt Foundation, Waitt Institute and Blue Prosperity Coalition

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Tom Grueskin

Director, Blue Prosperity Coalition

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Cherie Prothro-Shea

Managing Director, Waitt Foundation

Kathryn Mengerink, JD PhD

Executive Director, Waitt Institute

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Adrian Arias
Program Manager, Oceans 5

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Christopher Costello

UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

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J. Charles Fox
Executive Director, Oceans 5

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Seth Horstmeyer

Program Director, Oceans 5

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Dr. Sarah Lester
Assistant Professor, Florida State University

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Will McClintock

Director, SeaSketch

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Bruce Myers
Executive Director, Oceans 5

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Xiao Recio-Blanco
Ocean Program Director, Environmental Law Institute

Karen Sack

CEO, Ocean Unite

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Enric Sala

Assistant National Geographic Pristine Seas

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Kristin Rechberger

CEO, Dynamic Planet

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Dr. Stuart Sandin

Professor,  100 Island Challenge at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

GOVERNMENT

PARTNERS

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THE AZORES