Mangroves & Coastal - Ocean Institutions
17 ocean institutions and government agencies working on mangroves & coastal across 8 countries.
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Mangroves & Coastal Institutions
Port of San Diego
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Data/Tech, Energy/Maritime, Mangroves/Coastal, Seaweeds/Algae, Waste/Pollution
Port of San Diego is a public port district that manages San Diego Bay and 34 miles of waterfront while supporting maritime commerce, recreation, tourism, environmental stewardship, and blue economy innovation. It also runs the Blue Economy Incubator to fund and facilitate pilot projects in sustainable aquaculture, marine technology, coastal resilience, environmental protection, and maritime decarbonization.
UNOPS
Denmark · Education/Policy, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal, Carbon/Climate, Communities/Tourism
UNOPS is the United Nations Office for Project Services, providing infrastructure, procurement and project management across more than 130 countries, with around 1,100 projects in 2025 and about 3 billion dollars of annual delivery. Its eight priority missions include the resilience of small island developing states, and it executes ocean programmes such as PROCARIBE+ in the Caribbean.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
France · Data/Tech, Education/Policy, Mangroves/Coastal
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is the UN body that promotes international cooperation in marine science, ocean observation, tsunami warning systems, ocean literacy, and sustainable ocean management. It coordinates the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and supports member states with knowledge, capacity building, and policy action.
Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Republik Indonesia
Indonesia · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Carbon/Climate, Communities/Tourism, Corals/Biodiversity, Education/Policy, Mangroves/Coastal, Waste/Pollution
Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Republik Indonesia is the Indonesian government ministry responsible for marine affairs and fisheries policy, regulation, supervision, and sector development. It advances blue economy policies including marine conservation, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, coastal management, blue carbon, and marine plastic waste reduction.
Parc national des Calanques
France · Mangroves/Coastal, Corals/Biodiversity
The Parc national des Calanques is France's tenth national park, created in 2012, protecting the limestone inlets and marine waters across Marseille, Cassis and La Ciotat plus the Frioul islands. It combines environmental policing, non-extraction zones and habitat restoration with visitor management, education and scientific monitoring.
IFRECOR
France · Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal
IFRECOR, the French Initiative for Coral Reefs, protects and sustainably manages coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds across the French overseas territories through a national committee and 10 local committees. Created in 1999, it sits under the ministries of ecological transition and overseas France and is running its fifth action programme for 2022-2026.
Westport
Australia · Mangroves/Coastal, Energy/Maritime
Westport is the Western Australian Government programme relocating container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana, covering a new port precinct, shipping channel, breakwater and freight rail and road upgrades. Its environmental component includes the WAMSI Westport Marine Science Program, seagrass and dredging management, and artificial reef design and deployment.
Comisión Colombiana del Océano
Colombia · Data/Tech, Education/Policy, Mangroves/Coastal
Comisión Colombiana del Océano is Colombia’s national ocean commission responsible for coordinating ocean policy, marine science, coastal management, ocean data, and maritime affairs. It leads interinstitutional committees, scientific expeditions, and national initiatives related to the ocean, coastal spaces, and Antarctic affairs.