Funding Area: Ocean

for Japan Human Rights Due Diligence Advocacy

to support and strengthen fisher associations, women’s groups, and community surveillance groups in Lampung, Indonesia

to develop a proposal for an Urgent Action Fund in Chile, drawing on analysis of similar funds abroad and the support needs of potential applicants, enabling swift, timely, and pertinent responses to Indigenous and local communities facing risks and threats to their biocultural territories and defenders

to support the creation of a Legislative Observatory for Coastal Communities in Chile that promotes justice and equity in access to information, resources and power of excluded groups, such as Indigenous Peoples and artisanal fishers, whose livelihoods and culture depend on the well-being of coastal ecosystems

for Curators of the Sea, a program to collect and safeguard validated scientific information that informs the planning and management processes of Marine Protected Areas in Chile

for core support of the Kanan Kay Alliance (Alianza Kanan Kay), an intersectoral and collaborative initiative working to establish an effective network of fishing refuge areas that protect the waters of the Mexican Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico territorial sea and contribute to the recovery of artisanal fisheries that are overexploited in Yucatan Peninsula

to support knowledge and capacities for Indigenous-led resilient coastal wetlands and blue economies

for conserving and restoring macroalgae within Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries

to enhance Costa Humboldt’s conservation strategies for the region’s unique marine ecosystems; catalyze collaboration and capacity-building among administrators of Marine and Coastal Marine Areas for Indigenous People and their partners through the Small Donations Program, to implement impactful conservation initiatives aligned with local communities, bolstering the long-term health and resilience of marine ecosystems

to support: the strengthening of local capacities to advance community-led conservation, climate and management actions in Marine and Coastal Areas for Indigenous Peoples (MCAIP); conduct a learning exchange between donors and local communities to explore collaboration opportunities; support Chaitén Indigenous communities and fishers in the marine spatial planning and fisheries management on their Territorial Use … Continued