Island Update Fall/Winter 2018 • Vol. 20, No. 2 SEACOLOGY Protecting the unique habitats and cultures of islands worldwide

IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the Chair...... 2

Personnel...... 2

Seacology Prize...... 3

Sri Lanka ...... 3

Project updates...... 4-5

New projects...... 6

Seacology supporters...... 7

Thank you, parrotfish crowdfunding donors We’re happy to report that Seacology’s first-ever Members of Seacology Japan join children from ’s Nabubu Village to celebrate the reopening of the community’s school. crowdfunding campaign was a success! The campaign raised funds for our efforts to protect parrotfish at Providencia Island, Pacific partnership Colombia. Thank you to the many donors who made this possible! Seacology’s Japanese affiliate world’s third-longest continuous , thriving They are listed on page 7. with diverse marine life. A deep desire to protect celebrates tenth anniversary, this natural resource led the community to strike helps retrofit Fijian school a deal with Seacology earlier this year.

eacology Japan is one our valued international In exchange for a commitment to protect 560 acres affiliates—groups that fundraise in their of marine habitat and 132 of , Seacology Scountries to support Seacology projects— and our Japanese affiliate, along with the Nu and has been a vital partner in our work since 2008. Skin Force For Good and Millstone Humanitarian With its most recent contribution, a Fijian village Initiative, funded the retrofit and expansion of a now has a vastly improved school and has made a dilapidated, leaky school building. Our grant helped commitment to protect hundreds of acres of nearby the community to repair the building, add two forest and marine territory. new classrooms, and fix up the teachers’ quarters. Donate with confidence The classrooms now have new desks, bookcases The village, Nabubu, sits on the northern coast of and blackboards. The once-crowded school can At Seacology we pride ourselves Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island. It’s two now comfortably accommodate the more than on being careful stewards of hours, via unpaved road, from the 80 students from Nabubu and two neighboring the environment, but also of closest town. Just offshore from the generous gifts that make the picturesque community Continued on page 6 our work possible. Seacology lies the Cakaulevu reef, the recently earned GuideStar’s “Platinum Seal of Transparency” for publicly sharing financials, progress, and results, year over year. This endorsement complements another top rating from Charity Navigator. Seacology earned four stars from that service, meaning our work “Exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in its cause.” 2

From the Chair Dear friends, In September, Barbara and I traveled to Nabubu Village in a remote part of Fiji, in the South Pacific. Together with our friends from Seacology Japan and the Millstone Foundation, we dedicated the SEACOLOGY Namuka i Cake Primary School. Together we had provided funds for the school building, teachers’ quarters, and water tanks. Board of Directors One of the little girls, dressed in her school uniform, shyly asked Donald M. Arntz Barbara if she could have her photograph taken with her. We were Michael Burbank, President later told that some of the children walk barefoot 15 kilometers over , Ph.D., Chair Scott S. Halsted a mountain to get to the school. Douglas Herst, Vice President Shanna Jamieson, Treasurer At the dedication, in my remarks in the Fijian language, I said, “I Masayuki Kishimoto serve as chairman of the Seacology Foundation, which seeks to Barbara Meyer protect island nature and island cultures throughout the world. Ken Murdock, Vice Chair We have built this school in return for your promise to protect your Kimberly Leilani Myers Hewlett Shari Sant Plummer, Vice President coastal forest. You will need courage to stop the logging companies Peter Read from destroying the forest. We leave you with our trust Kristin M. Reed, Vice President and love.” Michael Staffieri Barbara Cox with children from Sandie Tillotson, Vice President Nabubu Village, Fiji Your generous gifts to Seacology have allowed us to Jake Walker launch more than 300 projects like this one. A few, Michael Ward Marsha Garces Williams like our conservation project in , have garnered international recognition and awards. All of them have had a deep impact on local communities, empowering conservation on the world’s islands. Scientific Advisory Board Paul Alan Cox, Ph.D. Thank you for joining with us to help save precious forests, reefs, and other , Ph.D. habitats throughout the world. , Ph.D. Thomas Elmqvist, Ph.D. Cordially, Robert Jansen, Ph.D. John McCosker, Ph.D. John Ogden, Ph.D. William E. Rainey, Ph.D. Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. E.O. Wilson, Ph.D. Paul Alan Cox, Ph.D. Chair, Seacology Board of Directors Staff Duane Silverstein Executive Director Kevin Claassen Seacology welcomes... Accounting Manager Joseph Clerici Communications Associate Farwiza Farhan Indonesia Field Representative Erin Coyne Farwiza is a passionate forest and marine conservationist. Born and raised in Aceh, Farwiza Institutional Giving Officer graduated as a marine biologist from University Sains Malaysia in Penang, followed by a Amanda Kirkhart master’s in Environmental Management from University of Queensland. In 2012, she co- Program and Administrative Assistant founded Yayasan HAkA, a local nonprofit working to conserve, protect, and restore the Leuser in Sumatra. She has received the Whitley Award for her work and in 2017 was Karen Peterson selected as a Future for Nature Award winner. She was also featured as one of the experts Senior Manager of Special Initiatives in Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary about , “Before the Flood.” Mary Randolph Amanda Kirkhart Program and Administrative Assistant Program Manager Michael Scott Amanda comes to Seacology with a longstanding passion for the natural world and Individual Gifts Officer environmental preservation. A native of southern Florida, she grew up with a deep love for beaches, mangroves, and marine life. She graduated with a degree in Environmental Earth Sciences from The Johns Hopkins University in 2009 and has since worked in a variety of fields, including public health, sustainable food systems, and private education. She is thrilled to now be a part of a team who shares her passions for preservation and helping local communities.

Michael Scott Individual Gifts Officer 1623 Solano Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 USA Michael’s lifelong dedication to environmental conservation began in his native city of Rio 510.559.3505 de Janeiro doing field work to safeguard Brazil’s endangered coastal Atlantic rainforest, [email protected] then continued in the U.S. through successive development positions raising funds for www.seacology.org facebook.com/seacology environmental organizations including The Nature Conservancy, The Sierra Club and The instagram.com/seacology_photos Center for Biological Diversity. He earned a Master of Nonprofit Administration degree from twitter.com/seacology the University of San Francisco, and a B. of Architecture from Universidade Santa Úrsula, Brazil. 3

Patricia Lamelas of the Dominican SEACOLOGY Republic has led an effective campaign to PRIZE protect hotspots

s she addressed the director of the Center for attentive crowd at the Conservation and Eco- Athe Seacology Prize Development of Samaná Bay Ceremony in October, Patricia and its Surroundings (CEBSE), Seacology Lamelas went out of her way to she has worked with diverse Board of Directors thank her colleagues from the stakeholders to overcome co-chair Ken Dominican Republic. legal and economic hurdles Murdock to conservation in the presents “This award is not only for me,” Samaná Bay region. Under Patricia Lamelas she said. “I must pay tribute to Lamelas’ leadership, CEBSE with the the enormous contributions has helped build the area’s 2018 made by the incredible nascent sector and Seacology Prize. persons who have worked helped connect unemployed with me during these 25 years youth to jobs in the growing towards the conservation industry. The organization and sustainable development has established underwater of the natural and cultural nurseries, propagating coral resources of Samaná Bay and to replenish damaged nearby urban development. development there. We look its environs.” reefs. It has built ecotourism forward to supporting more infrastructure like platforms to Seacology has only been active efforts in the country. This emphasis on cooperation observe the bay’s humpback in the Dominican Republic for and partnership has been whales and birds. And in a short time, but the presence You can read more about critical to this year’s Seacology partnership with Seacology, of committed conservation Lamelas’ accomplishments Prize recipient’s nearly three it has helped to protect some partners like Lamelas has and watch her acceptance decades of success as an of the last healthy mangroves convinced us that there is speech at the prize ceremony environmental leader. As in the area from encroaching great potential for sustainable at seacology.org/prize.

A Seacology-funded training and conservation center SRI LANKA’S in the island’s formerly war-torn north will serve both MANGROVES disadvantaged communities and the local environment

new facility in northern Sri Lanka recognition of Sri Lanka’s environmental will play a key role in Seacology’s leadership in preserving mangrove A nationwide project to protect the . Earlier this year, the 53-country country’s mangrove forests and support appointed economic development. Sri Lanka to lead a new committee to advise on best practices for mangrove The center, located just outside the town of conservation. And in September, the Mannar, is run by Sudeesa, our Sri Lankan project won a Momentum for Change partner organization. Sudeesa will use it climate action award, given by the United to offer job training to thousands of local Nations Framework Convention on women from communities hard hit by Sri Climate Change. This recognition was Lanka’s three-decade civil war. The women Sri Lankan women at the opening ceremony of the north- given to 15 projects around the world that will also learn about mangroves—and ern training center in July. employ particularly innovative strategies pledge to actively protect the trees in to address the disruption of the Earth’s their communities. The facility also hosts center was officially opened in July. You can climate. a large nursery to grow native mangrove see a video exploring the impressive facility seedlings for ongoing replanting efforts. and featuring highlights of the opening at It’s exciting to see the importance of seacology.org/srilankamangroves. mangroves and Sri Lanka’s unprecedented Built with funding Seacology received commitment to saving them recognized as a winner of the Global Resilience This expansion of the Sri Lanka Mangrove and rewarded by the international Partnership’s Water Window Challenge, the Conservation Project follows more community. 4

With dozens of active projects around the world, PROJECT things are happening all the time. Here are UPDATES just a few highlights of the past several months.

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2 CARRIACOU ISLAND, GRENADA 1 Mangrove replanting in seven-acre area, conservation of mangroves and nesting habitat for 10 years; materials and training for women’s cooperative

Every year, hundreds of sea turtles, including the magnificent leatherbacks, nest on Carriacou’s beaches, and our project partners protect them every night during nesting season. Seacology made a grant for sewing machines, and now the “Creative Women of Carriacou” have opened a small shop and are selling the bags they make from old sails and other used fabric.

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AILINGLAPLAP, MARSHALL ISLANDS CARYSFORT REEF, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA Replanting and restoration of coral reef over five Protection of 121-acre marine area for 10 years, in years exchange for basketball/volleyball court with six solar-powered lights Seacology’s role in this ongoing five-year reef restoration project is now complete. Since 2016, our The marine no-take area, home to dolphins, turtles, partner, the Ocean Reef Conservation Foundation, and endangered fish species, is being protected. An has grown and outplanted more than 3,100 staghorn official opening of the court was held with government and elkhorn corals (two critical reef-building corals) officials, traditional leaders, and members of local at Carysfort Reef. communities in attendance. The ceremony began around sunset and was followed by games. The timing highlights the importance of the lights: It is so hot in the daytime that people tend to rest during the day and be up after dark. 5

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AGDANGAN MUNICIPALITY, LUZON, Protection of two no-take fish sanctuaries (301 acres total) and 124 acres of mangroves for 15 years, in exchange for a new environmental education center and 400-meter mangrove boardwalk 5 3 Construction of both the education center and boardwalk is complete. 4 Community members are patrolling the two marine protected areas to prevent poaching, and they are strictly enforcing all new restrictions. Schoolchildren are also coming to the boardwalk and education center 6 to learn about the mangrove ecosystem.

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TAVOLO, NEW BRITAIN ISLAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Community health clinic in exchange for the establishment of a 988-acre no-take coastal marine conservation area

TERIAN, BORNEO, MALAYSIA The Seacology-funded health clinic for this remote village was finished several years ago, but the Protection of a 107-acre watershed, in exchange for community has had to rely on volunteers and part- community micro-hydro system time workers until the government agreed to provide a permanent clinician. Hundreds of villagers from Tavolo It took three tries to get pipes for the micro-hydro and nearby communities celebrated their victory. system up to this mountain village. But thanks to the Meanwhile, the coral reef in the is hard work from every household in the community, healthy and thriving. the system is up and running again, providing clean electricity to the whole village. Community members have also finished mapping the entire protected forest area. 6

In June, Seacology launched nine new projects, NEW bringing our total to more than 300. For details on all of PROJECTS our work, past and present, visit seacology.org/projects.

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

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

Honduras Guanaja Island Replanting five acres of mangroves Support for ecotourism and reduced fishing pressure by providing dive training for unemployed youth

India Berhampur and Protection of 20 acres of Chilika Lagoon Education center, organic garden, and Mahinsha Islands for 10 years and mangrove replanting ecotourism job opportunities

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

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

Philippines Lobo Municipality Protection of 118 acres of forest for Solar-powered visitors center, guest huts, 10 years, reduction of fishing pressure, and gear for ecotourism initiative support of three fish reserves (78 acres total)

Tanzania Unguja Island Conservation of 8,213 acres of forest for Community training center, signage, 20 years, environmental education environmental education and apiculture

Uruguay Queguay Islands Enhanced legal protection for 6,326-acre Technical help necessary to request islands protected status, a tourist awareness program, and tour guide training

latest of 17 projects that our affiliate has Fiji continued from page 1 made possible over this decade of steadfast villages. The grant also funded ten large support. In that time, they have raised tanks for the community to store water for hundreds of thousands of dollars for our the dry season. work in Mexico, Indonesia, Grenada, and other countries. We also worked with our In September, 11 members of Seacology Japanese affiliate to provide emergency Japan joined members of our staff supplies to the people of Izu Ōshima, a small and board of directors at Nabubu to Japanese island, following the devastating officially dedicate the project. In an all- earthquake and in 2011. day celebration, the community gave their international guests the warmest Though thousands of miles of ocean of welcomes, with traditional food, separate Fiji, Japan, and the United States, song, dance, and other hallmarks of the the success of these projects shows the hospitality Fiji is known for. Seacology model at its best. The values of stewardship, community, and concern for Seacology Japan recently celebrated its the next generation transcend time, place, Seacology Japan formed in 2008 to help raise funds for our tenth anniversary and Nabubu is just the and culture. projects around the world. 7

OUR SUPPORTERS

Chief Ulu Fellows Island Fellows ($10,000-$24,999) ($25,000 or more) Anonymous Robert and Rosemary Heil Anne Symchych Albert Chao Arthur Kern Paul and Leigh Tischler Anonymous Robert Dion and Mary O’Malley Mariposa Fund Argus Fund Friedman Family Foundation Buffy Redsecker and Alan Chung Robert Epstein and Amy Roth Maja Kristin Alice and Leslie E. Lancy Foundation Seacology Fellows ($2,500-$9,999) William and Eva Price Nadine Tang and Bruce Smith Anonymous Terri Hearsh Susan and Charlie Selvidge Stephen Silberstein Yvonne Adams and Jeremy Green Ed Herbert and May Fung Duane Silverstein and Marcia Stewart Newman and Zeneth Ward Carl Anderson Thomas and Bonnie Herman Judah Slavkovsky Family Foundation Larry and Wendy Barels Michael Hofman and Janet Moyer Michael and Marilyn Staffieri Renee Boicourt Reed Kathrein Maria Taft Swanson Iain Boltin Suzanne Keith Barbara Sweet Pete Boyce Murray and Jeanie Kilgour Christine Symchych and James McNulty Board of Directors Craig and Nana Chiappone John and Janet Kister Jake Warner and Toni Ihara Lang and Jean Chou Mark Murzin and Kris Knoernschild Todd Werby and Nonie Greene In 2018, all Seacology Board members Virginia and Peter Dimsey Annette Leckie Wayne and Julissa Westerman made generous personal gifts. Board David and Helen Dornbusch Valerie London Gregory and Patti White contributions represent a significant Gordon Firestein and Doris Lang Brian and Caroline Lurie Scott Wilson and Lucy Cummings portion of Seacology’s total fundraising. Kathryn Fox-Winokur Mary Love May and Paul Gabrielson We are most grateful for the generosity Robert and Michelle Friend Mel McCombie and Harris Friedberg Seacology is fortunate to receive many gifts and leadership of each Seacology Board Markus Fromherz and Heike Schmitz Michael Neidorf under $2,500. Space limitations prevent us member. Theodore and Frances Geballe Dana Nojima and Elaine Lyford-Nojima from listing the name of each donor, but Bonsal Glascock Patagonia.com / Yvon Chouinard Family we deeply appreciate every contribution to Ian Glascock Judith Rosenthal Seacology. Each gift we receive is important John and Marcia Goldman Joseph and Cathy Scalzo to our efforts to protect the world’s islands. Nan Guslander Rand and Carol Selig Esmond Harmsworth Kathryn and Charley Selvidge Charitable Foundation Ruth Selvidge and Philippe Moutarlier

Island Legacy Society Members of the Island Legacy Society have made a commitment to protecting islands by making a planned gift.

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

Crowdfunding donors These individuals generously supported our first-ever crowdfunding campaign, to save parrotfish in Colombia

Anonymous (16 donors) Betty and David Karen Peterson C.A. Andres Gutierrez Jeff Rosenbloom & Melissa Mednick Glenn Ackerson C.J.H. Leinnan Roylo Enrique Alvarado Sherry Hotham Peggy Scott Ian Andrews Jenny Team Seacology Weston, Maddie and Alden Mike Kamm Susan and Charles Selvidge Roger Behnken Kathryn Charles Selvidge Ilona Bray Janna Katz Edibaldo Silva Erin C. Jeanie & Murray Kilgour Patricia Silver Philip Carlucci Larry Klumb Robb Silverstein Kevin Claassen Meg Koch Rachel Silverstein Fred and Norma Clerici Laurel Duane Silverstein Andrew J. Cole Rhianna Lynch Wes S. Russ Cohen Mike Lindley S. Sloan Seacology’s crowdfunded educational Ann R Danforth Katharine M. Solano Avenue Assocaition project on Isla Providencia is now known Kent Downs Phanor Montoya Maya Tom’s Beautiful Hair, San Francisco, CA as “Pure Parrotfish.” Jon Eager Sandi Morey Paula Stemmle A Fan of Seacology Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation Ronald Stone Cate Wolfe Naomi Feger Gregory Parrish Cindy Wakefield Charlie Wood and Jennifer Nixon Paula M Giglio David Peattie Walenekina Burt and Karen Yarkin Mariana Gnecco Anonymous Judith Weis Scott Zablackis SEACOLOGY

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