Seacology is dedicated to protecting island environments around the world. Why islands?
The extinction crisis facing ecosystems around the world is most Our win-win approach tackles both environmental threats and threatening on islands, where over half of all animal extinctions in the past humanitarian challenges, creating marine and terrestrial reserves on 500 years have occurred. From coral reefs to mangrove forests, the world’s islands while improving the quality of life for the local communities. islands house a multitude of unique habitats and wildlife. We nd solutions by asking islanders to identify a communal need At the same time, island communities are under increased pressure to Seacology can provide, such as a school or a freshwater-delivery system. In boost economic development even at the cost of environmental damage. exchange, the village agrees to protect a nearby marine or terrestrial area. As many of the world’s most vulnerable islands are also among the smallest, these ecological gems are often overlooked.
Table of Contents Why Islands? ...... 2 Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves ...... 9 Personnel ...... 3 Project Updates ...... 12 Message from the Chair ...... 4 New Projects ...... 20 Finances ...... 5 Seacology Prize ...... 24 Supporters ...... 6 Seacology in the News...... 25 Seacology Around the World ...... 8 Travel ...... 26 SEACOLOGY
2 SEACOLOGY Personnel
Board of Directors Field Representatives Donald M. Arntz Africa Michael Burbank, President Dishon Lionel Murage East Africa Paul Alan Cox, Chair Harriet Nimmo Southern Africa Scott S. Halsted Douglas Herst, Vice President The Americas Suzanna Jamieson, Treasurer Mykl Clovis Fuller Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Masayuki Kishimoto St. Kitts Barbara Meyer Lindsey McCoy Bahamas Ken Murdock, Vice Chair Ian Drysdale Central America Kimberly Myers Hewlett Claudio Delgado Chile Shari Sant Plummer, Vice President Ximena Escovar Fadul Colombia Peter Read Tyrone Buckmire Grenada Kristin M. Reed Krishna Desai Jamaica Joseph Scalzo Marisol Rueda Flores Mexico Michael Sta eri Enrique Michaud Peru Sandie N. Tillotson, Vice President Jake Walker Indian Ocean Marsha Garces Williams Leela Padmini Batuwitage Sri Lanka Vineeta Hoon India and Bangladesh Erik Patel Madagascar
Scienti c Advisory Board Paci c Ocean Tuaine Tuara Cook Islands Paul Cox, Ph.D. Pettine Simpson Fiji Jared Diamond, Ph.D. Simon Ellis Micronesia Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. Sam Moko Papua New Guinea Thomas Elmqvist, Ph.D. Sione Faka’osi Tonga Robert Jansen, Ph.D. John McCosker, Ph.D. Southeast Asia John Ogden, Ph.D. Iona Soulsby Indonesia Elizabeth Pierson, Ph.D. Irman Meilandi Indonesia William E. Rainey, Ph.D. Christopher Wright Malaysia Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. Ferdinand Marcelo Philippines E.O. Wilson, Ph.D.
Sta A liates Seacology Japan Duane Silverstein Executive Director Seacology U.K. Kevin Claassen Accounting Manager Seacology Scandanavia Joseph Clerici Communications Associate Seacology Germany Christine Mania Development Associate Christina Oraftik Program Assistant Karen Peterson Senior Manager of Special Initiatives Mary Randolph Program Manager Aaron Rashba Development Director
3 SEACOLOGY Message from the Chair
n 2016, Seacology had its greatest year since its founding required us to bet Seacology’s reputation and future on a in 1992. This extraordinary year of success was due, in large single endeavor. Could we trust our partners in Sri Lanka in Ipart, to friends of Seacology like you. such an ambitious step forward? In 1988, I was living with my young family in a remote village The answer has been a resounding yes. In an unanticipated in the Samoan islands when a multinational logging company move, Sri Lanka tasked its navy with planting and protecting began clear-cutting the village forest. When we discovered mangroves. In July, I met with the head of the Sri Lankan that the village had accepted the logging company’s o er Navy, who was proud to show me, on his cell phone, photos because it needed money to build a school, we countered with of mangrove seedlings that he had personally planted. On our an alternative. If my wife Barbara and I could raise the funds for side, Board Members Scott Halsted led a careful due diligence the school, could the rainforest be saved? e ort by our Board. The Board, led by Development Chair Doug Herst, then responded to a generous challenge grant The Faleualupo school in Samoa was built as part of Using our own resources together with generous gifts from by Director Peter Read. Every Board member and most of our the rst Seacology project. family members, students, and signi cant gifts from Verne and Fellows and supporters reached deep in their pocketbooks to Marion Read, Rex Maughan, and Ken Murdock, we were able make generous gifts to the project. A signi cant anonymous to halt the logging and build the school. Using that win-win gift helped push us over the funding threshold. During model, Seacology has since struck deals with island villages in the pursuit of this Sri Lanka mangrove project, Seacology 58 di erent countries for 276 schools, hospitals, water supplies, has continued developing smaller conservation projects solar power systems, and other needed community projects in throughout the world. return for village covenants to protect precious terrestrial and marine habitats. Ably led by Seacology Executive Director Duane Seacology has now signi cantly impacted not only Sri Lanka Silverstein since 1999, and a remarkable Board of Directors, but islands throughout the world. I invite you to join with us as a cohort of Seacology Fellows, and a small but highly gifted Seacology continues to protect the world’s island habitats and sta , Seacology has become adept at negotiating conservation cultures. agreements with island villages throughout the world. Sincerely, One of these, in Kiralakele, Sri Lanka, resulted in the Anuradha Wickramasinghe, Chairman of Sudeesa, establishment of a mangrove conservation area supported receives the Seacology Prize in 2001. by a visitor center and research library. Completed with funds from NuSkin’s Force for Good Foundation, the center included an area in which local coastal women could sell handicrafts to visitors. This successful project gained national attention and brought us into a close working relationship with the Paul Alan Cox , Small Fishers Federation of Sri Lanka (Sudeesa), skillfully Chair, Seacology Board of Directors led by Anuradha Wickramasinghe, who was awarded the Seacology Prize in 2001.
Fast-forward 15 years. Last July, the Seacology Board of Directors met Sri Lanka’s President Sirisena and members of the parliament to dedicate the world’s rst mangrove museum. The nation of Sri Lanka has agreed to protect all of its mangroves; in return, Seacology is providing The Seacology-Sudeesa Sri Lanka Mangrove microloans and training to 15,000 impoverished women. Conservation Project is our largest project yet. This ambitious project, at a cost of $4 million, essentially
4 SEACOLOGY Finances Seacology 016 continued the successful support of Peter Read, other members of Statement of Financial Activity trends of the previous year, with our Board of Directors, and many others. January 1 through December 31, 20161 2Seacology’s development team continuing to set fundraising records for We continue to operate very e ciently, Support and Revenue the organization. In the summer of 2016 with approximately 84% of our budget Public Support we reached the $4 million funding target going directly to our conservation work. Foundation Grants 850,300 for the Sri Lanka Mangrove Conservation In 2016, Charity Navigator awarded Donations and Bequests 2,407,882 Project—Seacology’s largest project to Seacology four stars, its highest rating for In-kind Contributions 820 date—thanks in large part to the generous transparency and nancial e ciency. Total Public Support 3,259,002
Revenue Expedition Income, net of expenses (4,589) Expenses Public Support Event Income, net of expenses - Interest/Investment Income 139,522 Miscellaneous 77 Total Revenue 135,010
Total Support and Revenue 3,394,012
Expenses Program Services 1,977,446 Management and General 131,361 Fundraising 253,050
Total Expenses 2,361,857
Change in net assets 1,032,155 Conservation programs Donations and bequests 1These figures are unaudited. To request copies of previous years’ audited financial statements prepared by Management and General Foundation grants Doran & Associates, Certified Public Accountants, please contact the Seacology office. The 2016 audited Fundraising In-kind contributions financial statements will be available in June 2017.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEACOLOGY FELLOWS In 2016, all Seacology Board members made $2,000-$9,999 generous personal gifts. Board contributions Anonymous John Hunting Cherri and Randall Tom represent a signi cant portion of Seacology’s total Yvonne Adams and Jeremy Green Reed Kathrein Jake Warner and Toni Ihara fundraising. We are most grateful for the generosity John and Betty Ann Altman Murray and Jeanie Kilgour Todd Werby and Nonie Greene and leadership of each Seacology Board member. Larry and Wendy Barels John and Janet Kister Wayne and Julissa Westerman Linda Benge Lang Foundation Gregory and Patti White Renee Boicourt Annette Leckie Scott Wilson and Lucy Cummings CHIEF ULU FELLOWS Iain Boltin David and Valerie London ($25,000 or more) Pete and Ginny Boyce Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson Anonymous Peter and Mimi Buckley Brian and Caroline Lurie Seacology is fortunate to receive many gifts under Argus Fund Craig and Nana Chiappone Mel McCombie and Harris Friedberg $2,000. Space limitations prevent us from listing the Robert Epstein and Amy Roth David Davis Allen and Kim Meredith name of each donor, but we deeply appreciate every Maja Kristin Virginia and Peter Dimsey Taka Moriuchi/Axe Taka, Inc. contribution to Seacology. Each gift we receive is Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation Glenn and Bettina Duval Mark Murzin and Kris Knoernschild important to our e orts to protect the world’s islands. William and Eva Price Gordon Firestein and Doris Lang Michael Neidorf Suriyakumar Family Trust Kathryn Fox-Winokur Patagonia.com Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith Robert and Michelle Friend Matsuno Kuhara Patrick Newman and Zeneth Ward Family Foundation Markus Fromherz and Heike Schmitz Bu y Redsecker and Alan Chung Theodore and Frances Geballe Wen Rosencrance and Eugene Crocilla Ian Glascock John and Pauline Ryan ISLAND FELLOWS John and Marcia Goldman Rand and Carol Selig $10,000-$24,999 Nan Guslander Ruth Shapiro Esmond Harmsworth Charitable Foundation Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart Anonymous Terri Hearsh Gilda and Warren Sprung Albert Chao Wolcott Henry Barbara Sweet Robert Dion and Mary O’Malley Thomas and Bonnie Herman Christine Symchych and James McNulty Friedman Family Foundation Michael Hofman and Janet Moyer Maria Taft Robert and Rosemary Heil Arthur Kern Mariposa Fund Anne Symchych Paul and Leigh Tischler
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SEACOLOGY ISLAND LEGACY SOCIETY We are pleased to honor the following members of the Island Legacy Society: Anonymous Masayuki Kishimoto Frank W. and Margaret B. Adelstein Fund* Mr. Raleigh Klein Marie-Louise Ansak Ken Murdock Larry and Wendy Barels Charitable Remainder Mark Murzin and Krista Knoernschild Trust Dana Nojima and Elaine Lyford-Nojima Michael Burbank & Cindy Roberts Matsuno Kuhara Patrick Kimo Campbell* Mickey Petersen Charitable Fund* Paul and Barbara Cox Peter Pistor Rosalind Douglas Trust* Shari Sant Plummer Graham Farrar Living Trust John C. and Susan C. Racanelli Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Feigenbaum* Gordon Radley Kathryn Fox-Winokur James and Gretchen Sandler Susan Friedman Guy and Jeanine Saperstein Christy Gavitt Joseph and Catherine Scalzo Eliot Girsang & Richard Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Selig Kathleen Goetten* Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart Hank and Jane Goichman Rose & Arthur Silverstein Memorial Fund* Mr. G. Morgan Gri n Mr. Lindley S. Sloan Craig Grube Michael and Marilyn Sta eri Family Trust Scott Halsted Sandie N. Tillotson Foundation Doug and Leni Herst Cindy and Richard Troop Michael N. Hofman and Janet Moyer James L. Walker, IV Hotham Family Trust Alex Weinstein, MD and Betty Helton, MD Cynthia Hubach, in memory of Richard A. Erin West Hubach Herbert A. West Carlton A. Hubbell Trust* Greg and Pat White Suzanna Jamieson Marsha Garces Williams Sara Katz * deceased
If you are a Seacology Fellow, a longtime Seacology supporter, or are new to our cause and feel a great affinity for our mission, please consider joining our Island Legacy Society. Members of the Island Legacy Society have made a commitment to protecting islands for future generations to enjoy by making a planned gift to Seacology. To join the Island Legacy Society:
• Make a gift to Seacology in your estate plan through your financial advisor. • Contact Seacology’s Development Department at (510) 559-3505 or [email protected], and we will send you a Letter of Intent to complete and return to us.
On behalf of Seacology’s Board, staff, and most especially, the habitats and peoples of the world’s islands, we thank the following Island Legacy Society members. Your thoughtfulness and generosity will conserve the unparalleled biodiversity and cultures of islands for many generations to come.
7 SEACOLOGY Around the world
Iceland 2 Sweden United Kingdom
Germany
United States Portugal 2 Japan 6 China 4 The Bahamas 1 Federated States of Micronesia Mexico 1 Turks & Caicos 18 Cuba 1 1 Haiti 1 Bangladesh 5 India 1 Taiwan Marshall Islands Cayman Islands 1 1 U.S. Virgin Islands Egypt 6 1 Tuvalu 3 1 Belize 5 2 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 South Paci c 1 23 Philippines Honduras 3 3 Antigua Cape Verde Thailand Vietnam Islands Nicaragua 1 1 Dominica 3 Palau 1 5 French Costa Rica 1 4 Grenada Uganda 1 Malaysia 4 Polynesia Panama 1 1 3 Jamaica 7 Kenya Maldives 6 Papua New Guinea Cook 3 Colombia 1 Ecuador 1 Sri Lanka Islands 44 10 3 Indonesia 5 7 Seychelles Tanzania Peru 1 Legend 11 1 Madagascar # Number of Projects Mozambique 1 Australia 4 East Timor 1 American Field Representatives Chile 9 7 Samoa Samoa 4 Vanatu A i l a t e s 24 5 Fiji Seacology Prize Winners Tonga Seacology Headquarters Argentina 1 1 Solomon Islands SEACOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD 276 projects in 58 countries • Appoximately 1.3 million acres protected 23 eld representatives, four international a liates, eight full-time sta
8 Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves 2016 was the rst full year since the launch of of our Sri Lankan partner organization, Sudeesa, in planting mangrove seedlings and enforcing the the Sri Lanka Mangrove Conservation Program, we opened the world’s rst mangrove museum, new legal protections, and the country’s president, Seacology’s rst nationwide initiative and rst which has become a popular destination for Maithripala Sirisena, personally cut the ribbon to multimillion-dollar project. Sri Lankans and tourists alike. We propagated dedicate the museum. thousands of mangrove seedlings to be replanted The landmark project—which protects all of along Sri Lanka’s deforested coastlines. And we As we move into the next year of the ambitious Sri Lanka’s mangrove habitats while providing forged important partnerships with Sri Lanka’s ve-year project, we look forward to continuing economic assistance for thousands of coastal institutions. Its navy, now at peace following the this success and applying its lessons to our future women—marked many successes. With members country’s devastating civil war, has assumed a role work.
Seacology sta and board members tour mangroves in northern Sri Lanka.
9 Left, Sri Lankan President Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves Maithripala Sirisena joins leaders of Seacology and Sudeesa to open the world’s rst mangrove museum in Pambala, Sri Lanka. The museum, below, is situated at the edge of a mangrove forest and o ers a wealth of information about the ecological and economic importance of mangroves.
Mangrove seedlings grow at one of the Seacology-funded nurseries Jeewanthi Mallawarachchi is one of hundreds of new Members of the Sri Lankan navy join Seacology and Sudeesa established by the project. In 2016, such nurseries provided about entrepreneurs who has received nance and training through the personnel and local civilians to plant mangrove seedlings. 300,000 seedlings that were planted on Sri Lanka’s coastline. project.
10 Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena joins leaders of Seacology and Saving Sri Lanka’s Mangroves Sudeesa at the dedication ceremony for the Sri Lanka mangrove museum.
11 2016 Project highlights
Seacology funded a school building for children in an isolated village in the BANGLADESH island’s south. The building has been completed and a teacher has been St. Martin’s Island hired there. Our project supports a 1,480-acre reserve, protecting coral reefs and sea turtle nesting grounds. Project Updates
In exchange for the planting of 10,000 mangroves and other trees and protection of 20 acres INDIA of lagoon habitat, Seacology funded a new solar-powered community center. The center, Berhampur Village, which will host alternative-livelihood trainings and environmental education programs and coordinate the replanting e ort, opened recently. Because of a favorable exchange rate, it Chilika Lake came in under budget, and our project partners used the surplus to purchase bio-toilets and build a wall and gate around the new center. Project Updates Hundreds of people attended environmental education and education environmental of people attended Hundreds in grown and 75,000 mangroves alternative-livelihood workshops, planted. the project were nurseries established by HAITI Bay Caracol Project Updates Updates
Community members repaired and reinforced a 1.5-km section of canal that and reinforced members repaired Community the project and will complete supplies the rice-growing Baru, village of Puncak along the canal trees many also planted have They crop. after this year’s planting in the area. of forest 2,325 acres actively protecting and are route
INDONESIA Baru Puncak Project Updates Project Updates This project, supported by Seacology’s Save an Acre program, has program, an Acre Save supported project, This Seacology’s by Much of the trash beaches. Island’s Wasini from refuse of tons removed produce to recyclers handicrafts or sold to into has been repurposed our Conservation Group, Mkwiro Eco-Friendly The the village. for revenue than 100 participants more 26 to and from has grown project partner, conducts now cleanups twice a week. KENYA KENYA Mkwiro Village Island Wasini Project Updates Working with renowned mangrove conservation mangrove with renowned Working 988 acres this project protects Ventures, Blue specialists, In exchange, the next 30 years. for mangroves of healthy currently center, Seacology is funding an ecotourism under construction.
Blue Ventures
Ambaro-Ambanja Bay Bay Ambaro-Ambanja MADAGASCAR Project Updates Project Updates
This project, protecting 8,388 acres of marine habitat, is MICRONESIA now complete. A solar power system for the ranger station Ant Atoll, Pohnpei overseeing the area’s four no-take zones has been installed and is now in operation. Project Updates
Our rst project in Peru, begun in June 2016, has moved forward quickly. quickly. forward begun in June 2016, has moved Our rst project in Peru, in the mainland center ecotourism Construction of the Seacology-funded new facilityThe will aid in the enforcement shing village of La Islilla is nished. all shing will be o limits to that area marine protected of a new 24,216-acre small-scale artisanal for techniques. except
Foca Island Foca PERU Project Updates Projects Begun in 2016 Photo by Mary by Photo Randolph
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LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BENEFIT Photo by Mary by Photo Randolph Chile Development of a management plan for 12,630-acre marine protected area and purchase of Koldita Island surveillance equipment such as marine radios and binoculars
Costa Rica Environmental education programs for local Establishment of a marine protected area Islas Catalinas schools for giant manta rays
Cuba Support for alternative livelihoods, Increased protection of the o shore Cocodrilo including ecotourism skills, and reef- marine environment monitoring training and equipment
Federated States of Restoration of damaged women’s meeting Protection of 300 acres of mangroves for Micronesia place 15 years Balebat Village, Yap
Federated States of Community water system Protection of 24-acre mangrove forest as Micronesia no-take area for 15 years Rang Village, Yap
Construction of one oor of an environmental Environmental education programs, support Honduras and children’s center, comprising two classrooms of alternative livelihoods Sandy Bay, Roatán 734,471 and a kitchen Acres of marine Funding provided by Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation habitat protected by Seacology 21 NEW PROJECTS
LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BENEFIT
Indonesia Renovation of community center used for Permanent protection of 1,600 acres of Pakraman Wongaya, youth activities, meetings, and music and rainforest Bali dance instruction and performance
Indonesia Repair of community freshwater supply Preservation of 2,325 acres of forest for 15 Puncak Baru, system years West Java
Kenya Watchtowers, mangrove mapping and Conservation of 1,977 acres of mangrove Sii Island replantation, and community awareness forest for 15 years program
Marshall Islands Basketball court and solar lighting 121-acre marine protected area for 10 Buoj Island, years Ailinglaplap Atoll Photo by Je Greenwald by Photo
Mexico Installation of solar power and restoration 3,927-acre permanent lobster refuge Contoy Island of shermen’s shelters 551,510 Acres of terrestrial Funding provided by Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation habitat protected by Seacology 22 NEW PROJECTS Since our founding in 1991, LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL we have launched BENEFIT BENEFIT
Peru Construction of ecotourism and interpretive Protection of 24,216 marine acres for 15 La Islilla, center years Foca Island
Philippines Funds to rebuild tourist docks and an Protection of Abatan River and the 276 Abatan River, amphitheater mangroves along Maribojoc Bay for 10 projects Bohol Island years
Philippines Multipurpose building that will, among Protection of 287-acre no-take sh on islands in San Carlos, other uses, be a venue for an alternative sanctuary for 25 years Cuyo Island learning system for children
United States Replanting and restoration of coral reef 58 Carysfort Reef, countries Key Largo, Florida Photo by Je Greenwald by Photo
Funding provided by Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation
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Over the past two decades Roatán, the largest of Honduras’ Bay Islands, has experienced an unprecedented boom in tourism, and today it is a popular destination for large cruise ships, scuba divers, and other visitors. While the development has provided economic bene ts for many of Roatán’s people, it has also threatened the island’s sensitive Caribbean ecosystems. Slash-and-burn agriculture on the island has led to massive loss of forest, air quality problems, and coastal runo .
Irma Brady, a lifelong resident of the islands, became increasingly concerned about these growing threats and took action. In 1992, she founded the Bay Islands Conservation Association, a grassroots NGO designed to promote the sustainable use of the island’s resources, monitor environmental impacts, and ensure that development doesn’t come at the cost of irreplaceable habitats. BICA has grown in scope and in uence over the years, and now has chapters on both Utila and Guanaja, Roatán’s neighboring islands. It also manages the Sandy Bay West End Marine Reserve, the site of our most recent project in Honduras.
2016 Seacology prize winner ABOUT THE SEACOLOGY PRIZE Many foundations recognize exemplary achievements by scientists, educators, business leaders, and other individuals who work toward conservation. Seacology has chosen to recognize Irma Brady heroic achievement by people who seldom receive any publicity: indigenous leaders who risk their own lives and well-being to Our 2016 prize recipient has led an incredible sustainability movement on protect their island’s ecosystems and culture. The Seacology Prize is underwritten by Ken Murdock, Vice Chair Honduras’ Bay Islands of Seacology, in memory of his mother, Lalovi Fish Murdock.
24 SEACOLOGY In the news
Eye TV, Mar 17, 2016 BBC News, July 26, 2016 Diario Roatán, August 8, 2016 “Rise and Shine: Seacology’s Karen Peterson and Aaron Rashba and “Sri Lanka prime minister: Mangroves curb climate threat” “Island ecologist receives the “Seacology 2016” award” Sudeesa’s Dr. Herath Dissananayake discuss progress” Baltimore Sun, July 26, 2016 The Holiday Place, August 10, 2016 UNDP, May 16, 2016 “Protecting the mangrove forests of Sri Lanka” “Sri Lankans work together to save native mangroves” “Wanang Conservation Area Awarded Equator Prize in Madang” Sri Lanka to conserve climate-friendly mangroves ecosystem | The Seattl... http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/sri-lanka-to-conserve-climate-... Associated Press, July 26, 2016 SciDevNet, August 18, 2016 WISTV, July 26, 2016 “Sri Lanka prime minister: Mangroves “Sri Lankan mangroves respond to conservation plan” “Leading the ght against climate change: California nonpro t, curb climate threat” [republished at Seacology, marks big successes in Sri Lanka on World Mangrove Day” ABC, Belfast Telegraph, China Daily Devex, September 15, 2016 Asia, Daily Mail, Independent.ie, KTAR, “Ocean conservation starts — but doesn’t stop — with communities” Sri Lanka News Live, July 26, 2016 Philadelphia Enquirer, San Francisco “President to open world’s rst Mangrove Museum” Chronicle, Seattle Times, Washington Southwest Magazine, September 2016 Post, WRAL] “Flying foxes, Caribbean Monkeys, a tiny laboratory in a Wyoming Mongabay, July 26, 2016 cabin, and a young Mormon missionary who became a Samoan Chief “On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants” The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, July 27, before pursuing one of life’s greatest medical mysteries” 2016 Mongabay, July 26, 2016 “President declared opens Mangrove Playacar Magazine, Oct 24, 2016
“Sri Lanka set to become rst nation to protect all mangroves” 1 of 5 1/3/2017 10:46 AM museum” “Entrevista Marisol Rueda Flores”
The Guardian, July 26, 2016 PMD News, July 27, 2016 Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine, November/December, 2016 “Mangroves and incomes ourish as Sri Lanka’s women promote “President opens Mangrove Museum” “Sri Lanka protects mangrove forests” conservation – in pictures” Mother Nature Network, July 27, 2016 CONSERVATION Eye TV, July 26, 2016 “Battered mangroves nd reprieve in Sri Lanka with new conservation SRI LANKA PROTECTS MANGROVE FORESTS “Rise & Shine” plan” Oliver Tickell reports on a plan to benefit plants and people Eye TV, July 26, 2016 Lonely Planet, July 28, 2016 or decades coastal mangrove forests around the tropics Fhave been sacrificed to development – to make way for “Sri Lanka local TV newscast” “Sri Lanka opens world’s rst mangrove museum” shrimp farms, ports, urbanisation and luxury resorts – with little or no thought for the value of the mangroves, the wild- life they harbour, or the many essential services they perform. Sri Lanka opens world’s first mangrove museum - Lonely Planet Travel... http://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2016/07/28/sri-lanka-opens-worlds-fir... These services include protecting vulnerable coastlines ESPA, July 26, 2016 Ledger Independent, July 28, 2016 from storms and rising sea levels, acting as nurseries for marine fish, and storing more carbon in their biomass and “World Mangrove Day – A Blog!” “Photos: Sri Lanka once destroyed its mangroves. soils than almost any other kind of tropical forest. But now that’s all changed, at least in Sri Lanka. On July, Lonely Planet Travel News Now, it’s trying to save them” World Mangrove Day, President Maithripala Sirisena announced that the south Asian island nation would become the first to grant ColomboPage, July 26, 2016 legal protection to all its surviving mangrove forests, working with local communities and NGOs to deliver a range of local “Sri Lanka President launches Mangrove Conservation Hiru News, July 28, 2016 benefits – economic, environmental and educational. The project began as the brainchild of Sudeesa, the Small Program uplifting coastal communities” “President launches mangrove conservation Fishers Federation of Sri Lanka, set up in to “improve the social and economic living conditions of all the coastal, program uplifting coastal communities” inland fisher communities and associated farming communi- ties of Sri Lanka”. Sudeesa then teamed up with Seacology, a US-based group that protects island habitats around the Care2, July 28, 2016 world. In May Seacology launched its US$. million funding drive, and raised the entire sum in little over a year. “Mangroves Deserve a Global Day of Celebration” Working with the Sri Lankan government, the NGOs are now driving forward their plan to protect the island’s surviving , acres of mangroves and replant a further , acres with half a million mangrove seedlings. This means reaching inshorts, July 29, 2016 into , coastal communities, each of which will protect its own area of mangroves, and training , village women in “World’s rst mangrove museum opens in Sri Lanka” mangrove conservation, propagation and planting. “Much has been achieved since the project launched, particularly at a grass-roots level, transforming the lives of some of the poorest people in Sri Lanka,” Sudeesa reports. Reuters, August 3, 2016 “Women and children are at the heart of this project and many have received microloans as part of the project’s “Sri Lanka success whets international appetite for Livelihood Programme, which oers training and funding to develop alternatives to cutting mangroves. mangrove conservation” [republished at Dhaka “Women have set up small businesses such as ice-cream sellers, small shopkeepers, poultry farmers and mill grinders. Tribune, Gulf Times, The Hindu, Yahoo! News] Through generating sustainable income from sources other than cutting mangroves, they can now pay for food for their families and for their children to go to school.” President Sirisena also opened the world’s first mangrove Sri Lanka News Live, August 4, 2016 museum to mark what he hopes will be a “new model for mangrove forest conservation around the world” – a topic “Mangrove conservation to success” now incorporated into the national curriculum. tinyurl.com/sri-lanka-mangroves www.sudeesa.org Oliver Tickell is Contributing Editor for Resurgence & Ecologist. 1 of 5 1/3/2017 10:58 AM Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today, August 4, 2016 Pictures, from top: Half a million mangrove seedlings are being grown, and then planted out around the coast. The new mangroves will provide work and inspire new business, especially for Sri Lankan women. “Sri Lanka leads the world in Mangrove conservation” Photographs courtesy of Seacology www.seacology.org
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Explore Nicaragua Argentina JANUARY 8-16, 2016 February 14 - 25, 2016 Join Seacology in Nicaragua for an unforgettable tour of Lake Nicaragua and its breathtaking archipelago of over Join Seacology on an exciting trip to Argentina. Explore 350 volcanic islands. Enjoy the Spanish Colonial grandeur of the vibrant city of Buenos Aires, marvel at the Perito Granada and the tranquility of the island of Jicaro, located Moreno Glacier, and experience the spectacular Iguazu on the edge of a bird preserve. A treasure trove of natural Falls, one of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the world. marvels awaits on Ometepe Island and the journey concludes on the Paci c Coast beaches of San Juan del Sur. Witness Seacology’s mission in action, preserving Nicaragua’s natural wealth while helping local communities. Seacology Seacology
In early 2016, Seacology led two trips to Latin America, where guests visited our rst projects in both Nicaragua and Argentina.
Above, Seacology funded a retro t of the visitors center on Nicaragua’s Volcán Maderas as part of our rst project in Nicaragua.
Right, guests on Seacology’s expedition to Argentina visit one of the bird watching platforms built as part of our project on Tierra del Fuego Island.
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