Seed funding a powerful model for community-focused marine conservation
In 2006, the Rufford Foundation provided a grant of £3,500 to Alasdair Harris, who was undertaking surveys of marine turtles in south-west Madagascar. Our trustees felt that there was something different about Alasdair’s approach and wanted to see what he …Valuing the ocean
The ocean is the blue heart of our global ecosystem, so efforts to conserve it have broad impacts, helping to regulate the climate, feed communities and support livelihoods. With that in mind, we established the Marine CoLABoration (CoLAB) group in …Establishing community-led marine ranger programmes in Turkey
In 2013, we awarded one of our flagship prizes for conservation leadership, the Whitley Award, to Zafer Kizilkaya. He was working to improve enforcement of coastal no-take zones (NTZs) in Gökova Bay, one of the most degraded bays in Turkey. …Aligning financial markets with sustainable seafood
Carbon Tracker is the organisation that developed the idea of the ‘carbon bubble’ and the associated concept of ‘stranded assets’. They calculated that we will only be able to use 20 per cent of known oil and gas reserves if …Featured publication
