Ocean conservation changemakers

The selection

• Ama, Japanese Freediving WomenMie Prefecture, Japan“Two thousand years of diving in rhythm with the sea, taking only enough to return, still teaches us how to live with the ocean.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Billion Oyster ProjectNew York, USA“Urban ecological restoration at scale with an exemplary educational dimension, a rare model of city/ocean reconciliation.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Cesar Jung-Harada / ProteiHong Kong, China“Cesar treats open-source hardware as a public good, and that generosity is rare in invention.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Institut Océanographique Paul Ricardîle des Embiez, France“Fifty years of independent Mediterranean science, freely open to the public, is a gift.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• MareBluGarabito, Costa RicaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Ocean AliveSetúbal, Portugal“Raquel hands the work of protecting the seagrass to the fisherwomen who know the estuary best.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Oceans 2050USA“Alexandra is building the data that lets ocean farmers prove and earn from the carbon they store.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• OceanWellLos Angeles, USARecommended by Simon Bernard
• Olivier RoellingerCancale, FranceRecommended by Katy Foraz
• Plastic OdysseyMarseille, France“Simon's ship shows coastal towns how to make plastic a local resource they can use.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• rrreefsZurich, Switzerland“Printing reef bricks shaped like real coral gives larvae a home to colonize, which is beautifully direct.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Sungai WatchBali, IndonesiaRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Under The PoleConcarneau, France“They dive where science cannot easily reach and share everything they find.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• ÉcomarisMontréal, Canada“Making plankton visible is a quiet way to help us care about the half of our oxygen we never see.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume