Jeff Yonover

2018 ANNUAL REPORT Seacology is dedicated to protecting island environments around the world. Why islands?

he extinction crisis facing communities are under increased challenges, creating around the pressure to boost economic marine and Tworld is most threatening development, even at the cost of terrestrial reserves on islands, where over half of all environmental damage. As many on islands while animal extinctions of the world’s most vulnerable improving the quality of in the past 500 years islands are also among the life for the local communities. have occurred. From smallest, these ecological gems coral reefs to are often overlooked. We find solutions by asking forests, the world’s islanders to identify a communal islands house a Our win-win need Seacology can provide, multitude of unique habitats approach tackles such as a school or a freshwater- and wildlife. both environmental delivery system. In exchange, the threats and village agrees to protect a nearby At the same time, island humanitarian marine or terrestrial area.

People...... 3 Where we work...... 8 Seacology Prize...... 32 Message from the Chair...... 4 Saving ’s ..... 9 Seacology in the news...... 33 Finances...... 5 Project updates...... 15 Supporters...... 6 New projects...... 28 2 SEACOLOGY People

Board of Directors Field Representatives , Ph.D. Chair Donald M. Arntz Dishon Lionel Murage East Africa Scott S. Halsted Douglas Herst President The Americas Shanna Jamieson Treasurer Mykl Clovis Fuller Antigua & Masayuki Kishimoto Barbuda, Anguilla, Barbara Meyer St. Kitts Ken Murdock Vice Chair Claudio Delgado Chile Kimberly Myers Hewlett Vice President Ximena Escovar-Fadul Colombia Peter Read Leida Buglass Dominican Republic Kristin M. Reed Vice President Tyrone Buckmire Grenada Joseph Scalzo Krishna Desai Jamaica Michael Staffieri Marisol Rueda Flores Mexico Seacology staff and board members tour our project site at Montecristi, Dominican Republic. Sandie N. Tillotson Vice President Enrique Michaud Peru Jake Walker Cecilia Suárez Uruguay Michael Ward Marsha Garces Williams Indian Ocean Vineeta Hoon  and Bangladesh Erik Patel Staff Leela Padmini Batuwitage Sri Lanka

Duane Silverstein Executive Director Pacific Ocean Kevin Claassen Accounting Manager Tuaine Tuara Cook Islands Joseph Clerici Communications Associate Pettine Simpson Erin Coyne Institutional Giving Officer Simon Ellis Micronesia Amanda Kirkhart Program Assistant Sam Moko Papua New Guinea Karen Peterson Senior Manager of Sione Faka’osi Tonga Special Initiatives Mary Randolph Program Manager Southeast Michael Scott Individual Gifts Officer Pisit Charnsnoh Farwiza Farhan Indonesia Irman Meilandi Indonesia Scientific Advisory Board Christopher Wright Malaysia Ferdinand Marcelo Paul Cox, Ph.D. , Ph.D. Seacology’s Duane Silverstein, third from right, joins other recipients of the 2018 Momentum For Change award. , Ph.D. Affiliates Thomas Elmqvist, Ph.D. Robert Jansen, Ph.D. Seacology Japan John McCosker, Ph.D. Seacology Germany John Ogden, Ph.D. Elizabeth Pierson, Ph.D. William E. Rainey, Ph.D. Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D.

3 Seacology’s Pettine Simpson and Mary Randolph with village leader Iliki Nationilali at Nakolavo, Fiji. 3 SEACOLOGY Message from the Chair

eacology is a small not-for-profit organization, focused on local forest. Other nearby villages soon copied the model, and the island projects that have global consequences. We partner logging firm withdrew from the entire island. Swith island villagers throughout the world, offering a win-win proposition: funding a school, medical clinic, or water supply in Seacology is focused on mission execution and has deliberately kept return for the village setting aside their forest or as a nature its staff very small, with extremely low administration and fundraising preserve. This “bottom up” approach differs from the “top down” expenses. Augmented by 23 island field representatives, funded by administration of typical conservation programs. our Board, Fellows, and caring individual donors as well as by some thoughtful corporations such as Nu Skin Enterprises, Seacology For example, an Seacology project that saved a small mangrove forest continues to have a global impact based on local village projects. when Seacology funded a walkway and women’s handicraft center in Sri Lanka, blossomed into a national program in which Sri Lanka Conservation pioneers David Brower and René Dubos said, “Think pledged to protect all its coastal forests in return for microloans for globally, act locally.” Seacology represents the embodiment of that 10,500 impoverished coastal women. Because mangroves sequester principle. I invite you to join us. massive amounts of carbon, both the British Commonwealth and the United Nations have recognized Sri Lanka’s program as one of the Cordially, world’s top efforts to fight global warming. Seacology, which has launched over 300 projects in 60 countries, began in Falealupo village, , where villagers were forced to choose between preserving their 30,000-acre or building a school for their children. Quick action from overseas donors, including Verne and Marion Read, Ken Murdock, Rex Maughan, and my family, Paul Alan Cox, Ph.D. funded the school in return for a promise by the village to protect the Chair, Seacology Board of Directors

Dr. Paul Cox visits Seacology’s project at Nabubu village, Fiji, in September SEACOLOGY Finances

eacology continues to direct the commitment to transparency has earned Statement of financial activity Svast majority of its expenses toward us top ratings from both Charity Navigator January 1 through December 31, 20181 our projects. This low overhead and our and GuideStar. Support and Revenue Foundation grants $816,467 Expenses Public Support Donations and bequests $1,231,935 In-kind contributions $1,468 Total public support $2,049,870

Expedition Income, net of expenses $(11,557) Event income, net of expenses $(5,000) Interest/investment income $(383,651) Miscellaneous $15,745 Total revenue ($384,463) Total support and revenue $1,665,407

Expenses Program services $2,621,985 Management and general $135,275 Fundraising $276,023 Conservation programs (86%) Donations and bequests (60%) Total expenses $3,033,283 Management and General (5%) Foundation grants (40%) Fundraising (9%) In-kind contributions (<1%) Change in net assets2 ($1,367,876)

1These figures are unaudited. To request copies of previous years’ audited financial statements prepared by Doran & Associates, Certified Public Accountants, please contact the Seacology office. The 2018 audited financial statements will be available in June 2019.

2Largely due to expenditures of previously raised funds for the Sri Lanka project.

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CHIEF ULU FELLOWS ISLAND FELLOWS SEACOLOGY FELLOWS ($25,000 or more) $10,000-$24,999 $2,500-$9,999 Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Kris Knoernschild Argus Fund Michael Burbank and Cindy Roberts Yvonne Adams and Jeremy Green Annette Leckie Robert Epstein and Amy Roth Albert Chao Carl and Claire Anderson Valerie London Scott and Lisa Halsted Robert Dion and Mary O’Malley Larry and Wendy Barels Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson Douglas and Carolen Herst Terri Hearsh Renee Boicourt John McCosker Maja Kristin Robert and Rosemary Heil Iain Boltin Michael Neidorf Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation Kimberly Leilani Myers Hewlett Pete Boyce Dana Nojima and Elaine Lyford-Nojima Ken Murdock Arthur Kern Craig and Nana Chiappone Buffy Redsecker and Alan Chung Peter and Delanie Read Masayuki and Tamako Kishimoto Lang and Jean Chou Judith Rosenthal Stephen Silberstein Brian and Caroline Lurie Virginia and Peter Dimsey Jozef Ruck and Donna Ito Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith Barbara Meyer Gordon Firestein and Doris Lang Joe Scalzo Newman and Zeneth Ward Family Foundation Shari Sant Plummer Kathryn Fox-Winokur Rand and Carol Selig Marsha Garces Williams Eva and William S. Price III Robert and Michelle Friend Susan and Charlie Selvidge Judah Slavkovsky Markus Fromherz and Heike Schmitz Kathryn and Charley Selvidge Anne Symchych Theodore and Frances Geballe Gilda and Warren Sprung Sandie Tillotson Ian Glascock Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart Paul and Leigh Tischler Bonsal Glascock Michael and Marilyn Staffieri Karen and Burt Yarkin John and Marcia Goldman Barbara Sweet Nan Guslander Christine Symchych and James McNulty Terri Hearsh Maria Taft Swanson BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edward Herbert and May Fung Carolyn and Michael Ward In 2018, all Seacology Board members made Thomas and Bonnie Herman Jake Warner and Toni Ihara generous personal gifts. Board contributions represent a significant portion of Seacology’s total Michael Hofman and Janet Moyer Todd Werby and Nonie Greene fundraising. We are most grateful for the generosity and leadership of each Seacology Board member. Cynthia Hubach Wayne and Julissa Westerman Reed Kathrein Gregory and Patti White Seacology is fortunate to receive many gifts under $2,500 and we deeply appreciate every contribution. Each Murray and Jeanie Kilgour Scott Wilson and Lucy Cummings gift we receive is important to our efforts to protect the world’s islands. John and Janet Kister

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Anonymous Challenge/Z Zurich Foundation Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation Argus Fund Hellman Foundation Stanford University Center on Philanthropy Arntz Family Fund Jamieson Foundation and Civil Society Baugh Foundation Millstone Humanitarian Initiative The Eucalyptus Foundation Bernard Osher Foundation Moore Family Foundation The Giant Steps Foundation Change Happens Foundation Newman and Zeneth Ward Foundation The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation Environment Clif Bar Family Foundation Nu Skin International Inc./Pharmanex LLC The Margot Marsh Foundation Flora Family Foundation Patagonia.com The White Pine Fund Global Resilience Partnership/The Global Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Waitt Foundation Reslience Partnership Water Window Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund Yerba Buena Fund

SEACOLOGY ISLAND LEGACY SOCIETY Anonymous Doug and Leni Herst Kristin Reed Frank W. and Margaret B. Adelstein Fund* Michael N. Hofman and Janet Moyer Judith Rosenthal Marie-Louise Ansak The Hotham Family Trust James and Gretchen Sandler Larry and Wendy Barels Cynthia Hubach, in honor of Richard A. Guy and Jeanine Saperstein Charitable Remainder Trust Hubach, PhD. Joseph and Catherine Scalzo Michael Burbank & Cindy Roberts Carlton A. Hubbell Trust* Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Selig Kimo Campbell* Shanna Jamieson Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart Paul and Barbara Cox Sara Katz Rose & Arthur Silverstein Memorial Fund* Rosalind Douglas Trust* Masayuki Kishimoto Mr. Lindley S. Sloan Graham Farrar Living Trust Mr. Raleigh Klein Michael and Marilyn Staffieri Family Trust Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Feigenbaum* Ken Murdock Sandie N. Tillotson Foundation Kathryn Fox-Winokur Mark Murzin* and Krista Knoernschild Cindy and Richard Troop Susan Friedman Dana Nojima and Elaine Lyford-Nojima James L. Walker, IV Christy Gavitt Matsuno Kuhara Patrick Alex Weinstein, MD and Betty Helton, MD Eliot Girsang & Richard Wilson Mickey Petersen Charitable Fund* Erin West Kathleen Goetten* Peter Pistor Herbert A. West Hank and Jane Goichman Robert D. Plotnick and Gay L. Jensen Greg and Pat White Mr. G. Morgan Griffin Shari Sant Plummer Marsha Garces Williams Craig Grube John C. and Susan C. Racanelli Scott Halsted Gordon Radley

* in memoriam

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.

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Iceland 2 Sweden United Kingdom

Ireland 1 Germany

United States Portugal 2 Japan 6 China 4 The Bahamas 1 Federated States of Micronesia Mexico 1 Turks & Caicos 20 Cuba 1 Haiti 3 Dominican Republic 1 India Bangladesh 7 1 1 Taiwan Marshall Islands Cayman Islands 1 1 U.S. Virgin Islands Egypt 8 2 Tuvalu 3 1 South Belize 5 2 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 1 25 Philippines P a c i  c Honduras 3 3 Antigua Cape Vietnam Islands Nicaragua Verde Thailand Palau 1 2 1 Dominica 3 1 Colombia French Costa Rica 1 5 Grenada Uganda 7 1 Malaysia 8 Polynesia 1 1 Panama 3 Jamaica 8 Kenya 6 Papua New Guinea Cook 3 1 Sri Lanka Islands Ecuador 46 9 3 Indonesia 6 8 Seychelles Peru 2 Tanzania 10 Madagascar # Number of Projects 1 4 East Timor 1 American Field Representatives Chile 7 7 Samoa 5 2 Uruguay Samoa A i l a t e s 25 4 Fiji Seacology Prize Winners Tonga Seacology Headquarters 1 Argentina Solomon 1 Islands Seacology around the world 311 projects in 60 countries • Approximately 1.3 million acres protected • 24 Field Representatives • eight full-time sta • two international a liates

8 Saving Sri Lanka’s mangroves n 2018, the penultimate year of our five-year nationwide In September, the project was named a winner of the 2018 Momentum conservation project in Sri Lanka, Seacology was able to for Change Award, sponsored by the United Nations Framework Idramatically expand the program’s reach into the country’s north. Convention on . Seacology was one of only 15 With nearly a million dollars in support from the Global Resilience recipients from around the world to receive the prestigious and Partnership, Seacology funded a new conservation and training competitive recognition, joining NGOs, governments, and businesses facility in this under-served region of the island country, an area that offer innovative solutions to climate change. We took part in the disproportionately damaged by Sri Lanka’s long civil war. Conference of Parties (COP24) to discuss the project’s unique model of community-led conservation, and how mangroves are one of nature’s The other components of the program continue to move forward, greatest tools to mitigate climate change and protect coastlines from with hundreds of thousands of new mangroves planted around the its devastating effects. country, and thousands of microfinance recipients receiving training and financial support.

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Saving Sri Lanka’s mangroves

Momentum for Change award. Momentum for mangrove conservation project was named one of 15 winners of the UN-sponsored conservation named one of 15 winners of the UN-sponsored project was mangrove conference in Poland. Seacology took part in the conference after our nationwide after our nationwide part Seacology took in the conference in Poland. conference Seacology’s Senior Manager of Special Initiatives, Karen Peterson, speaks at the COP24 the COP24 speaks at Karen Senior Peterson, Manager of Special Initiatives, Seacology’s 10 Saving Sri Lanka’s mangroves

The new training center in Sri Lanka’s northern Mannar District opened over the summer. The facility offers training in sustainable livelihoods, serves as a marketplace for products made by the project’s beneficiaries, and hosts a large nursery to grow mangrove seedlings.

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The northern training center is also home to a large nursery for growing mangrove seedlings to replant in the area.

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Women from rural communities in northern Sri Lanka attend the opening ceremony for the new facility. The facility will offer short courses in sustainable trades and business management for such women, and serve as a marketplace for the goods they produce.

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Saving Sri Lanka’s mangroves

trips, visiting scientists, and tourists. visiting scientists, trips, our project and opened in 2016, is a popular destination for school field for our project and opened in 2016, is a popular destination Pambala on World Mangrove Day, July 26. The museum, built as partThe of July 26. Day, Mangrove World on Pambala Sri Lankan youth visit the Seacology-Sudeesa Mangrove Museum in Sri Lankan Mangrove visit the Seacology-Sudeesa youth 14 2018 project highlights

Villagers haul water pipes to repair Terian’s micro-hydroelectric power system, Malaysia originally built as part of a 2004 Seacology project. A series of landslides destroyed Terian the original supply line, but Seacology made a new grant to repair and upgrade Borneo the system. Work was completed in the fall of 2018, and the generator is operating again, delivering renewable power to the remote community.

15 Project updates The multifaceted project is working with the fishing community, project is workingcommunity, multifaceted with the fishing The awareness build raise to and other stakeholders schools, restaurants, reefs. on the island’s the fish play about the important role ecological Supported by Seacology’s first-ever crowdfunding campaign, our campaign, first-ever crowdfunding Supported Seacology’s by parrotfish. island is helping protect Caribbean project on this isolated

Providencia Island Providencia Colombia 16 Project updates

In one of our first projects in the country, Seacology is helping to develop Dominican Republic and bolster enforcement against poaching in Jaragua National Oviedo Lagoon Park. The vibrant wetland area is home to one of the country’s healthiest remaining mangrove forests and a dazzling array of bird and reptile life.

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In exchange for Seacology’s assistance in retrofitting and expanding a dilapidated school Fiji building, this remote Fijian village has pledged to protect hundreds of acres of nearby rainforest Nabubu Village and reef habitat. The work on the building was finished in September and it formally reopened Vanua Levu in a joyous ceremony attended by leaders of Seacology and our Japanese affiliate.

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Seacology funded a new multipurpose community center and freshwater Indonesia storage tanks for this low-lying coastal village plagued by flooding and water Pantai Bahagia Village contamination. In exchange, the community has agreed to protect 50 acres of Java mangroves and replant an additional 197, bolstering its resilience to the elements.

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Touring the site with our partner organization, Seacology staff observed that this Jamaica 2011 project continues to demonstrate its success. Since the fish sanctuary was Oracabessa Bay established and Seacology provided additional resources to the rangers that patrol it, fish populations and have increased significantly in and around the reserve.

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Seacology’s investments in this drought-prone community included Kenya a new freshwater cistern. In exchange, the villagers in the Mida Creek Kirepwe Island estuary committed to protect nearly 900 acres of mangrove forest and replant large sections of it.

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A Seacology-funded pipeline now carries fresh water five kilometers Malaysia from its source to the village of nearly a thousand people. In Langkabong Village exchange, the community has committed to protecting 840 acres of Borneo forest habitat.

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In exchange for the establishment of a 121-acre marine , Seacology Marshall Islands funded the construction of a basketball court for this community. The facility will help Ailinglaplap Atoll combat the epidemic of childhood obesity in the area and features solar-powered lighting, so it can be used at night when the intense daytime heat subsides.

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Finished in April of 2018, this boardwalk was built along with a visitors’ Philippines center to encourage ecotourism in the area’s dense mangrove forests. The Agdangan Municipality local communities struck an agreement with Seacology to protect 124 acres of this habitat along with two nearby fish sanctuaries.

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After nearly a decade of pressure by the community, Papua New Guinea’s national Papua New Guinea government assigned a permanent health worker to the clinic built in this 2010 Tavolo Seacology project. Hundreds of people from Tavolo and surrounding villages New Britain Island attended the celebration to mark the facility’s official opening.

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This project on Zanzibar’s main island officially kicked off with a footrace Tanzania through the forest that it protects. In exchange for protection of more than Kiwengwa Indigenous Forest 8,000 acres of this habitat, Seacology is making a multifaceted investment Unguja Island in the surrounding communities, including a new multipurpose center, educational programs, and support for local beekeepers.

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Our second project in Uruguay bolsters protection of more than 6,000 Uruguay acres of sensitive riverine island habitat. The islands, at the intersection Queguay Islands of the Queguay and Uruguay rivers, are a key nesting ground for migratory birds. Our grant is helping a local conservation group hire the experts needed to complete their application for protection by the national government.

27 New Projects LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BENEFIT

Bangladesh Conservation of 8,000 acres Solar-powered community Sonadia Island for 10 years, environmental center and boardwalk education

Federated States Increased protection of Ranger station for surveillance of Micronesia 25,089-acre permanent and enforcement of the area Kuop Atoll (Chuuk) marine protected area

Federated States Repairs and upgrades to the Protection of 79-acre mangrove of Micronesia basketball court, and concrete area for 50 years Peidie (Pohnpei) seating with roofing

Fiji Renovation and expansion of 560-acre marine no-take zone Nabubu Village, village school and teachers’ and 132-acre rainforest reserve Vanua Levu quarters, water tanks for 15 years

India Protection of 20 acres of Education center, organic Berhampur and Chilika Lagoon for 10 years garden, and ecotourism job 17 Mahinsha Islands and mangrove replanting opportunities New Seacology projects launched in 2018 28 28 New projects LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BENEFIT

Indonesia Rice-processing machinery Protection of 4,638 acres of Mekarjaya Village, and building rainforest (including replanting West Java 326 acres) for 15 years

Indonesia Protection of 741 acres of Forest guard tower, toilets, Rasau Sebaju, forest for 15 years bridge, and communication Borneo equipment

Madagascar Repairs to cyclone-damaged Protection of 25-acre rainforest Macolline Reserve environmental education preserve for 30 years and center environmental education

Malaysia Sustainable livelihood Protection of 550 acres of Dagat Village, initiative rainforest for 15 years Borneo

Malaysia Micro-hydro electricity Protection of 371-acre riparian Long Liam Village, generating system forest reserve for 15 years Borneo 590,076 acres of terrestrial habitat protected by Seacology 29 New projects

LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT BENEFIT

Malaysia Protection of 840 acres of Gravity-fed water supply Langkabong Village rainforest watershed for 15 system years

Mexico Mooring buoys and lobster 528-acre no-fishing zone Isabel Island shelters around protected island for at National Park least 18 years

Philippines Multipurpose community Protection of 272-acre Manamoc Island center Caseledan Lagoon for 25 years

Philippines Protection of 118 acres of Solar-powered visitors center, Lobo Municipality forest for 10 years, reduction guest huts, and gear for of fishing pressure, support of ecotourism initiative three fish reserves (78 acres total) Photo by Jeff Greenwald by Photo Tanzania Conservation of 8,213 Community training center, Kiwengwa acres of forest for 20 years, signage, environmental Indigenous Forest, environmental education education and apiculture Unguja Island 799,861 acres of marine habitat protected by Seacology 30 30 New projects Since our founding LOCATION COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL in 1991, we have BENEFIT BENEFIT launched

Uruguay Honey-extracting equipment Mapping of invasive trees to Nuevo Berlin, and GPS be removed on islands in the Filomena Islands Uruguay River 312 Uruguay Technical help necessary to Enhanced legal protection for Queguay Islands request protected status, a 6,326-acre islands projects tourist awareness program, and tour guide training on islands in 60 countries Photo by Jeff Greenwald by Photo

Funding provided by Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation Funding provided by Seacology Germany Funding provided by Seacology Japan

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atricia Lamelas has worked with the nonprofit CEBSE, the Center for the Conservation and Eco- PDevelopment of Samaná Bay and Surroundings, for more than 25 years. Her voice has been influential in the movement to conserve the rapidly changing region. She has advocated for protection of the bay, which is home to countless bird species and an important breeding and birthing ground for humpback whales. Awareness of the importance of mangrove forests is now growing worldwide, but Lamelas was ahead of the curve, having worked for the preservation of these vital ecosystems for more than two decades.

At CEBSE, she has worked with local communities, where many people relied on cutting mangroves for charcoal, to find sustainable livelihoods. She has helped to secure legal protections for mangroves, established the first mangrove nursery in the province, and led programs to educate many Dominican youth about their local environment and climate change.

CEBSE is a valuable partner in one of Seacology’s first projects in the Dominican Republic, working to promote ecotourism and protect mangroves in the community of Las Garitas.

ABOUT THE SEACOLOGY PRIZE 2018 Seacology prize winner Many foundations recognize exemplary achievements by scientists, educators, business leaders, and other individuals who work toward conservation. Seacology has chosen to recognize heroic achievement by people who seldom receive any publicity: indigenous leaders who risk their own lives and well-being to protect their island’s ecosystems Patricia Lamelas and culture. The Seacology Prize is underwritten by Ken Murdock, Vice Chair of Our 2018 Seacology Prize recipient has spent decades Seacology, in memory of his mother, Lalovi Fish Murdock. advocating for the Dominican Republic’s vanishing habitats 32 SEACOLOGY In the news

New Internationalist, January 22, 2018 BBC Newsroom, June 8, 2018 Gina Lopez fights Philippine mining [World Oceans Day interview about Providencia, Colombia Making Waves project] Earth Island Journal, Spring 2018 “Love Is a Force for Change” El Isleño, June 8, 2018 “They launch a campaign to protect the ‘parrot fish’ in Gina Lopez Hudson Valley One, April 5, 2018 Providencia” (translated) The Philippines’ maverick “Learn about ethnobotany and new ALS & Alzheimer’s environmentalist waging war on treatments at SUNY-Ulster” Dive Magazine, June 8, 2018 the powerful mining industry “Columbian Caribbean Island of Providencia to Protect speaks with VERONIQUE MISTIAEN. Sunday Times Sri Lanka, April 20, 2018 Parrotfish to Save Coral Reefs” “Sri Lanka to give leadership for Mangrove Conservation in ‘We have the most beautiful country: 7,000 islands Commonwealth countries” El Espectador, June 8, 2018 with coral reefs, mountains, rivers and forests with rare medicinal plants. We have the highest biodiversity on the

“Protect the parrotfish, the key to saving the coral reefs of planet. But our people are not benefiting from it. It is opez being destroyed because someone wants gold or nickel,’ Bulletin, April 22, 2018 Providencia” (translated) says Gina Lopez in one long gulp, on a Skype interview

“Earth Lady: Gina Lopez shares her profound love for the from the Philippines. Courtesy of Gina L Lopez, the country’s former environment secretary, has environment” The Guardian, June 8, 2018 made it her mission to protect the immense biodiversity of the country’s largest lake. But her strongest actions were the Philippines while, at the same time, promoting social directed at mining operations. “The week in wildlife—in pictures” justice – a daunting task in a country where big business The DENR had a reputation for feeble oversight of the calls the shots. Philippines’ lucrative mining industry. But during her 10 Diario Correo Within days of taking office, the fiery and fearless months in office, Lopez banned open-pit mines and moved minister challenged the powerful mining industry, which is to shut down more than half of the operations of the “Patronato Turistico de Puerto Pizarro abre las puerta de la Devdiscourse, June 10, 2018 polluting the islands’ vital watersheds. country’s mining companies, after audits showed massive ‘Yes, mining creates a few jobs and perhaps a few violations against the environment and the law. Casa del Manglar en Tumbes” “Parrotfish are key to save coral reefs of Providencia, schools, and a few people enrich themselves, but thousands ‘What is needed is greater realization and awareness of Colombia” suffer and water sources are polluted for generations the damage some economic activities (mining, logging afterward. Mining is just greed and selfishness.’ and rampant quarrying) inflict not only on our economic El Espectador The maverick daughter of one of the country’s wealthiest potential, but on our wellbeing as a people. What is needed and most prominent families, 64-year-old Lopez is both is a total economic valuation (monetizing the costs, the “Garbage, terrible business” Semana Sostenible, June 19, 2018 an environmentalist and a philanthropist. She fled the benefits) of these activities and then asking the very Philippines in 1972 to avoid political persecution under pertinent question: is it worth it?’ “The struggle to save the parrotfish, the guardian of the coral the Marcos regime, but returned in 1986 after being Taking on the country’s mining industry cost Lopez educated in the US, becoming a yoga master, and then her job in May 2017, when the Congressional Committee The National (Papua New Guinea), May 8, 2018 reefs of Colombia” (translated) working with disadvantaged communities in Africa. In refused to confirm her appointment. Some members of that 2017, she received the Seacology Prize, awarded to those committee have strong ties to mining companies. “Clinic to benefit hundreds of East New Britain villagers” showing exceptional achievement in preserving island Many of the islands are still suffering from the effects El Isleño, July 2018 environments and culture. of mining, and mining permits are still being filed in core For more than 15 years, Lopez has championed social protected areas. However, Duterte has restated his broad Peatlands International, May 18, 2018 “Jardineros del arrecife” and environmental causes, spearheading the clean-up of the support for the ban on open-pit mining. , which was choked by trash and sewage, and But inside or outside the government, Lopez has “Taking Action for Curlew” campaigning to save La Mesa Watershed, which contains vowed to keep fighting to end ‘mining poverty’ and the last rainforest in Manila, as well as a reservoir used by protect the nation’s environment. She has already started I Colombo Telegraph, August 3, 2018 12 million people for drinking water. LOVE (Investments in Loving Organizations for Village “The Value Of Mangroves: Ecological Services Of Mangroves In 2010, on a visit to the Edenic Island, she Economies), to help lift out of poverty by building OCTUBRE DEL 2018 EDICIÓN Nº 36,477. JUEVES, 25 DE discovered the destructive nature of open-pit mining. green businesses at the grassroots level. SANTO DOMINGO, RD. AÑO CXXIX. 4C LA VIDA ‘When the chopper took me there, I saw a huge hole in the ‘I believe that through care of the environment and Informaciones, fotografías, infografías e ecología, cambio climático, In Sri Lanka” Busque en: y entrevistas sobr ground. I was horrified. The farmers and fishermen were adequate marketing, communities can get out of poverty www.listindiario.com ecoturismo y energías limpias. VIDA VERDE crying. They couldn’t fish, they couldn’t grow food. And in record time. The mainstream performance indicators are there were some 100 new applications for open-pit mining, way more impressive than that of mining, which has been RE.THINK, August 23, 2018 so I set up the Save Palawan movement to oppose them.’ going for over a hundred years and has nothing to show for In 2016, Lopez was appointed as acting secretary it, except the enrichment of a few and the destruction for “Building resilience one mangrove forest at a time” of the Philippines’ Department of Environment and generations to come.’ n Natural Resources (DENR) by the then newly elected, authoritarian President . She established Veronique Mistiaen is an awardwinning ournalist writing the first-ever forums for consultations between the DENR aout gloal development human rights and the environment. The New York Times, September 21, 2018 and indigenous groups, and shut down illegal fish pens in eroistiaen therighthuman.logspot.co.u “Culture and Conservation Beneath the Sea” ● ● La Ceremonia del Premio NEW INTERNATI O NALIST de Seacology 2018, en honor a Patricia Lamelas, se llevó a cabo el pasado 4 de octubre 2018 en 018 el David Brower Center United Nations Climate Change, September 26, 2018 Y 2 eley, California, O SEACOLOG de Berk PREMI Estados Unidos S “15 Projects Win 2018 UN Climate Action Award” ATRICIA LAMELA En las imágenes de ANA P en Murdock, PARA LA DOMINIC arriba: K vicepresidente y Trabajo. Además de la a personas que se hayan cofundador de Seacology, El reconocimiento se otorga restauración de manglares, Santo Domingo vación del cuando entregaba el cepcionalmente en la preser Lamelas ha colaborado en destacado ex premio a Lamelas; y las islas. acuerdos de cogestión para más de 20 años, Patri- ambiente y la cultura de Patricia junto a Leida urante medio la observación de ballenas - (( epresentante de Hoy, October 12, 2018 cia Lamelas se ha dedicado ar Buglass, r en y el ecoturismo en el salto duamente a proteger los man- Patricia Lamelas ha colaborado Seacology en República esenciales para peces juve- del Limón. Sus aportes más importantes de Re- guarderías acuerdos de cogestión para glares recifes. establecer xtienden a muchas Dominicana. D crucial para el niles de los ar de ballenas en la bahía se e pública Dominicana, de manglares la observación eas de la geografía “Dominicana receives prize for contributions in Bahía de Además, los bosques en el salto otras ár bienestar de la isla y su gente, además glo- de Samaná, el ecoturismo udan a frenar el calentamiento los nacional. ecosistema clave en la lucha ay Limón y en la restauración de de ser un bloquean mucho más car- del climático, en evitar bal, porque del Parque Nacional Bajo contra el cambio que otros tipos de manglares y expansión urbana, bono atmosférico es responsable de pro- Samaná” [translated] la contaminación desarrollo cos- Yuna. También el desa- bosques. El desmedido , como un sen- factores intrascendentes para remueve yectos de ecoturismo tero, sin embargo, a menudo financiado rrollo sostenible. turísticos dero costero de manglares los manglares para hoteles a las per- Por su esfuerzo, ha sido galardonada tierras por Seacology, que ayuda junto a la playa, y el desagüe de los gy 2018, otorgado sonas locales que viven cerca de con el premio Seacolo , también los daña. La gente organización con- agrícolas a obtener ingresos soste- anualmente por esta pocas maneras de manglares California, local, enfrentada con servacionista, con sede en los man- nibles. ganarse la vida, a veces corta y a individuos que se hayan destacado “Estoy asombrada, complacida Listín Diario, October 25, 2018 gles para obtener carbón. Sea- excepcionalmente en la preservación honrada de recibir el Premio las recal- medio ambiente y la cultura de cology”, expresó Patricia, del Gestión sostenible lo “agradecida de ser re- islas. Lamelas, trabajadora social cando “Premio Seacology 2018 Para La Dominicana Patricia Lamelas” demostrado Patricia que he “Patricia Lamelas ha Santo Do- conocida por el trabajo de profesión, proveniente de jó- trabajar en estrecha colaboración hecho para involucrar a los que , llegó a Samaná impulsada por clave mingo y las comunidades de la con las comunidades isleñas es la de promover la partici- venes os y cambios medio- su entusiasmo para partici- para obtener logr en los asuntos am- Bahía de Samaná expresó el di- pación comunitaria sostenible de ambientales tangibles”, la condujeron par en la gestión Duane bientales, intereses que rector ejecutivo de Seacology, para los recursos naturales”. a trabajar para CEBSE - Centro Silverstein. Ecodesarrollo de la y compren- la Conservación y Travel With Chatura, October 27, 2018 “Debido a su liderazgo su Entorno. En el , se están Bahía de Samaná y sión de las inquietudes locales de la ins- en 2003 se convirtió en directora gestionando los recursos naturales de edu- titución, liderando programas la región de Samaná en la República “Travel with Chatura @ Mangrove Museum 27 10 2018” que capacitan responsable, y cación ambiental Dominicana de manera para real en a jóvenes comunitarios la población local tiene una voz que promuevan a través de su el proceso de restauración”. la con- situada en propia voz y acciones La península de Samaná, de la República servación de los ecosistemas de el extremo nororiental vas de adap- los bosques de manglares e iniciati Dominicana, mantiene . país. tación al cambio climático manglares más importantes del Philippines Tatler, December 27, 2018 anización creó el primer protegen a las comuni- Su org Los manglares marino costero de la pro- de fuertes viento y ma- vivero dades costeras centra en el cultivo de inundaciones de vincia, que se reas, así como en las más estatus gión. De manglares, impulsando “50 Eco Warriors You Should Know” fuertes huracanes de la re los para los remanentes de STOCK costera, de protección FOTOS: SEACOLOGY, CEBSE E I esta forma protegen la línea de im- prevén manglares y otros humedales restauran pesquerías locales y portancia global.

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