WWF's Global Marine Programme runs hundreds of projects around the world, which combine scientific analysis, practical field implementation, and high-level policy work.
We are at the forefront of marine conservation - finding and implementing solutions to the problems facing the world's oceans and coasts, and the millions of people who depend on their resources.
Featured project profiles
Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Jul 1999
Conservation of the Baltic Seals
WWF Finland has worked with WWF Sweden, Stockholms Riksmuseum and other parties to protect the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and Ringed seal (Phoca h...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Jul 1998
Eastern Africa Marine Ecoregion
The Eastern African Marine Ecoregion (EAME) is an area of exceptionally high biodiversity and provides a livelihood for millions of people who depend ...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Oct 2004
Conservation of the Nosy Hara Archipelago
The coasts and inshore waters of Madagascar are a long-standing source of commercially valuable resources through fisheries and tourism, and are consi...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Apr 1993
Conservation of the Gulf of California
Located in Northwest Mexico, the Gulf of California separates the Baja California Peninsula, the world's most extensive and insulated peninsula, and t...
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Modified: Sep 2008
- Started: Oct 1998
Arctic - Barents Sea Ecoregion
The decision to run the Barents Sea Ecoregion project was taken in 1999, after a reconnaissance study carried out by an independent research instituti...
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Yellow Sea Ecoregion
Reducing Cod Bycatch
Modified: Aug 2008
- Started: Jul 2007
Peninsular Malaysian Seas
The Peninsular Malaysia Seas (PMS) programme represents a major shift in scale and scope of the WWF Malaysia marine and turtle conservation programme....
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Modified: Aug 2008
- Started: Aug 2006
Sustainable Seafood
The purpose of the Sustainable Seafood project is to work with the seafood industry to promote leading sustainable fisheries with the introduction of ...
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Modified: Jul 2008
- Started: Jul 1998
Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef
The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) project aims to improve protected areas management and influence regional development in support of conservation of the MA...
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