Revolutionizing ocean conservation and creating collaboration to save the ocean by raising awareness and signing petitions
It all started in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, on the island of Moorea. Here, coral reefs shape our lives below and above the surface of the ocean. We owe them everything: from every single wave we surf to every bite of food we eat and every breath of air we take. We restore the most damaged reef areas around the world by empowering local communities and teaming up with local and global experts and scientists.
Oceana was established by a group of leading foundations — The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oak Foundation, Marisla Foundation (formerly Homeland Foundation), Sandler Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund — after a 1999 study they commissioned discovered that less than 0.5 percent of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy.
