Pristine Seas

Our team of scientists, filmmakers and policy experts have traveled to vital places in the ocean, to inspire the creation of marine protected areas. Take a closer look at some of our success stories from around the world.

Tristan da Cunha is a remote group of islands in the South Atlantic with an irreplaceable population of seabirds and a unique marine ecosystem. In 2020, the U.K. government and the people of Tristan da Cunha made a visionary declaration to create the Atlantic’s largest marine reserve.

Six hundred kilometers off the coast of Chile lies the Juan Fernández Archipelago. We worked with the local community to support their proposal to create the largest marine park of the South American continent, protecting its waters from industrial fishing and benefiting tourism and local fishing.

In partnership with Mares Mexicanos, we conducted an expedition to the Revillagigedo archipelago, “the Galapágos of Mexico,” home to extraordinary life, including sharks, manta rays and whales. A year later, the government of Mexico created and expanded the island’s existing MPA.

Niue, a raised coral atoll, is an island country in the South Pacific, home to an incredible shark refuge of grey reef sharks, a globally threatened species. In 2017, the government of Niue announced the creation of a large-scale marine protected area of 127,000 square kilometers.