Where the Fund invests

In Goa, India and the Caribbean, the Fund is working on research into low cost data sensors and sensor systems that can provide reliable ongoing ocean data. Combining sensors with working materials, such as plastic collection units, and engaging ocean economy workers to benefit from collecting data and waste instead of fishing resources, is all part of the effort.

The Fund is working with marine spatial planners and MPA groups like Oceano Azul and the Azores, Bermuda and other experts to build a global plan for marine protected area projects, and to develop shared and exportable governance, common legal frameworks and other best practices to help drive the development of MPAs. Aspects of the plan will be shared during COP31 in Antalya, Turkey.

The Fund is working with carbon capture and sequestration companies to focus on improving living environments for phytoplankton, a major source of oxygen for the ocean and the planet at large. Saving phytoplankton and ensuring good living environments for this base living organism is a key priority for the Fund.

The Fund's first investment in this sector is with The Reefline in Miami, to fund the development of the ReefTile: a technology that enables seawalls to become living reefs. ReefTiles attach to a seawall, where they can host biodiversity and become an anchor point for coral growth.