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2017 ANNUAL REPORT Seacology Is Dedicated to Protecting Island Environments Around the World Seacology 2017 ANNUAL REPORT Seacology is dedicated to protecting island environments around the world. Why islands? he extinction crisis facing pressure to boost economic on islands while improving ecosystems around the development, even at the cost of the quality of life for the local Tworld is most threatening environmental damage. As many communities. on islands, where over half of all of the world’s most vulnerable animal extinctions in the past 500 islands are also among the We find solutions by asking years have occurred. From coral smallest, these ecological gems islanders to identify a communal reefs to mangrove forests, the are often overlooked. need Seacology can provide, world’s islands house a multitude such as a school or a freshwater- of unique habitats and wildlife. Our win-win approach tackles delivery system. In exchange, the both environmental threats and village agrees to protect a nearby At the same time, island humanitarian challenges, creating marine or terrestrial area. communities are under increased marine and terrestrial reserves Personnel ............................... 3 Where We Work ....................... 8 Seacology Prize ..................... 24 Message from the Chair ............ 4 Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves .... 9 Seacology in the News ............ 25 Finances ................................. 5 Project Updates ..................... 12 Travel ................................... 26 Supporters .............................. 6 New Projects ......................... 20 2 SEACOLOGY Personnel Board of Directors Field Representatives Donald M. Arntz Africa Michael Burbank, President Dishon Lionel Murage East Africa Paul Alan Cox, Chair Scott S. Halsted The Americas Douglas Herst, Vice President Mykl Clovis Fuller Antigua & Suzanna Jamieson, Treasurer Barbuda, Anguilla, Masayuki Kishimoto St. Kitts Barbara Meyer Ian Drysdale Central America Ken Murdock, Vice Chair Claudio Delgado Chile Kimberly Myers Hewlett Ximena Escovar-Fadul Colombia Shari Sant Plummer, Vice President Leida Buglass Dominican Republic Peter Read Tyrone Buckmire Grenada Kristin M. Reed Krishna Desai Jamaica Sri Lankan women meet with Seacology and Sudeesa staff members. Joseph Scalzo Marisol Rueda Flores Mexico Michael Staffieri Enrique Michaud Peru Sandie N. Tillotson, Vice President Cecilia Suárez Uruguay Jake Walker Marsha Garces Williams Indian Ocean Vineeta Hoon India and Bangladesh Erik Patel Madagascar Scientific Advisory Board Leela Padmini Batuwitage Sri Lanka Paul Cox, Ph.D. Pacific Ocean Jared Diamond, Ph.D. Tuaine Tuara Cook Islands Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. Pettine Simpson Fiji Thomas Elmqvist, Ph.D. Simon Ellis Micronesia Robert Jansen, Ph.D. Sam Moko Papua New Guinea John McCosker, Ph.D. Sione Faka’osi Tonga John Ogden, Ph.D. Elizabeth Pierson, Ph.D. Southeast Asia William E. Rainey, Ph.D. Iona Soulsby Indonesia Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. Irman Meilandi Indonesia E.O. Wilson, Ph.D. Christopher Wright Malaysia Ferdinand Marcelo Philippines Staff Board members Ken Murdock and Paul Cox speak with ABS-CBN News in the Philippines about the Seacology Prize. Affiliates Duane Silverstein Executive Director Kevin Claassen Accounting Manager Seacology Japan Joseph Clerici Communications Associate Seacology U.K. Erin Coyne Institutional Giving Officer Seacology Scandinavia Christina Oraftik Program Assistant Seacology Germany Karen Peterson Senior Manager of Special Initiatives Mary Randolph Program Manager Kathryn Selvidge Development Director Seacology staff and our project partners at Orika, Colombia. 3 SEACOLOGY Message from the Chair e are pleased to share with you our progress in protecting island habitats and Wcultures in this 2017 Annual Report. Seacology has emerged as the premier island conservation in the world, with over 290 projects in 60 different countries. Our projects are based on funding construction of a school, medical clinic, water supply, or other needed public good in return for villagers promising to protect a rain forest, coral reef, or other precious island habitat. In this win-win approach, island villages Children at Puncak Baru, Indonesia do not become supplicants dependent on foreign aid, but instead are full-fledged partners with Seacology in conserving precious island ecosytems. Although we typically work with village councils and island leaders in these efforts, our most ambitious project to date has involved working with an entire island nation. In return William Marré for Seacology funding mangrove nurseries, a wonderful mangrove museum, and providing an entirely volunteer board. Seacology has, in microloan assistance for a sense, become a highly efficient machine in 15,000 impoverished coastal translating a donor dollar into a conservation women to begin their own outcome. businesses, the government Members of the Sri Lankan navy have become of Sri Lanka is protecting The family of one of Seacology’s cofounders and valuable partners in protecting mangroves. all of the island’s coastal the individual who coined our organization’s forests. The Sri Lankan name, Bill Marré, can be very proud of Seacology’s navy has been tasked with ongoing success. Bill died while surfing in overseeing protection February; we will miss him and his contributions of the mangrove forests, to the world. and they are proving to be highly effective stewards of Sri Sincerely, Lankan biodiversity. All of the conservation projects you will read about in this report have been administered by a very small Paul Alan Cox , staff at Seacology, Chair, Seacology Board of Directors Our project at Terian, Malaysia provides the village with sustainable electricity. and overseen by 4 SEACOLOGY Finances eacology continues to spend the In 2017, Seacology received a nearly Statement of financial activity vast majority of our budget on our $1 million grant from the Global Resilience January 1 through December 31, 20171 Sconservation programs, helping us to Partnership to support our work in Sri again earn a four-star rating from Charity Lanka. Various other foundations, our Support and Revenue Navigator (its highest score). In 2017, 85% Seacology Fellows, individual donors, and Foundation grants $1,137,537 of our spending went to programmatic board members contributed the majority Donations and bequests $1,334,509 expenses, up about 1% from 2016. of our other funding (see next page). In-kind contributions $820 Total public support $2,472,866 Expedition Income, net of expenses ($10,352) Interest/investment income $631,885 Expenses Public Support Miscellaneous $1,000 Total Revenue $622,533 Total support and revenue $3,095,399 Expenses Program services $2,407,209 Management and general $171,415 Fundraising $239,593 Total expenses $2,818,217 Change in net assets $277,182 1These figures are unaudited. To request copies of previous years’ audited financial statements prepared by Doran & Associates, Certified Public Conservation programs Donations and bequests Accountants, please contact the Seacology office. The 2017 audited financial Management and General Foundation grants statements will be available in June 2018. Fundraising In-kind contributions 5 SEACOLOGY Supporters CHIEF ULU FELLOWS SEACOLOGY FELLOWS ($25,000 or more) $2,000-$9,999 Anonymous Anonymous Reed Kathrein Barbara Sweet Argus Fund Yvonne Adams and Jeremy Green Suzanne Keith Christine Symchych and James McNulty Robert Epstein and Amy Roth John and Betty Altman Murray and Jeanie Kilgour Maria Taft Swanson Maja Kristin Larry and Wendy Barels John and Janet Kister Cherri and Randall Tom Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation Linda Benge Annette Leckie Jake Warner and Toni Ihara William and Eva Price Renee Boicourt David and Valerie London Todd Werby and Nonie Greene Suriyakumar Family Trust Iain Boltin Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson Wayne and Julissa Westerman Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith Pete and Ginny Boyce Brian and Caroline Lurie Gregory and Patti White Stephen Silberstein Pete and Mimi Buckley Mel McCombie and Harris Friedberg Scott Wilson and Lucy Cummings Newman and Zeneth Ward Family Foundation Craig and Nana Chiappone Allen and Kim Meredith Virginia and Peter Dimsey Taka Moriuchi/Axe Taka, Inc. Gordon Firestein and Doris Lang Mark Murzin and Kris Knoernschild Seacology is fortunate to receive many gifts under ISLAND FELLOWS Kathryn Fox-Winokur Michael Neidorf $2,000. Space limitations prevent us from listing the $10,000-$24,999 Robert and Michelle Friend Patagonia.com name of each donor, but we deeply appreciate every Anonymous Markus Fromherz and Heike Schmitz Matsuno Kuhara Patrick contribution to Seacology. Each gift we receive is Albert Chao Theodore and Frances Geballe Buffy Redsecker and Alan Chung important to our efforts to protect the world’s islands. Robert Dion and Mary O’Malley Ian Glascock John and Pauline Ryan Friedman Family Foundation John and Marcia Goldman Rand and Carol Selig Robert and Rosemary Heil Nan Guslander Charles and Susan Selvidge BOARD OF DIRECTORS Arthur Kern Esmond Harmsworth Charitable Foundation Ruth Selvidge and Philippe Moutarlier In 2017, all Seacology Board members made Mariposa Fund Terri Hearsh Kathryn and Charley Selvidge generous personal gifts. Board contributions Anne Symchych Edward Herbert and May Fung Ruth Shapiro represent a significant portion of Seacology’s total Paul and Leigh Tischler Thomas and Bonnie Herman Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart fundraising. We are most grateful for the generosity Michael Hofman and Janet Moyer Judah Slavkovsky and leadership of each Seacology Board member. 6 6 SEACOLOGY Supporters CORPORATE
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