Initiative Type: Programmes

Belém Statement Area: Emerging Pollutants, Ocean Resources

Initiative Location: Canada

Time Frame: 1977-Ongoing

Description:

Sea Shepherd was founded in 1977 by Captain Paul Watson in Vancouver, Canada, with the mission to protect and conserve all marine wildlife. Incorporated in Oregon in 1981 as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, today the movement has independent entities in over 20 countries working together on direct-action campaigns around the world. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is the world?s most passionate and powerful protector of ocean life. We are on a mission to defend, conserve and protect the seas and marine wildlife like no organization can. From its earliest years, Sea Shepherd has embraced the mandate of the United Nations World Charter for Nature to uphold international conservation laws. With the largest private navy on the planet, we collaborate with governments who share our ships and use their authority to intervene and enforce the law. To save marine wildlife and ecosystems, we take more than a stand. We take action.

Contact: Cristopher Storey, Sea Shepherd Portugal, chris@greentechchallenge.eu

Initiative Website: https://seashepherd.org/