This project is led by SOA Argentina and aims to generate more ocean awareness in the country since only a small portion of the population lives near the coast. They will develop 2 series of podcasts focused on Argentinian coastal wetland ecosystems as well as sharks, rays, and chimera species found in the Argentinian Sea. They will also partner with Proyecto Sub and Proyecto Arrecife to create a photographic record of cartilaginous fish species and marine coastal wetlands in the region. They will develop a website and stronger social media presence to share all this work with the community.

Zero Waste Qatar works towards the goal of zero waste becoming mainstream in the country. This project incorporates workshop series, webinars, conferences, study tours, case studies, policy papers, and long-term online and offline campaigns. Equipping thousands of change agents with the right knowledge to implement change. They also mobilize in favor of good design and denounce products that are not produced with circularity in mind. Public support for waste-free alternatives is the main pillar, as people have identified it as the easiest way to support this joint effort and contribute to the fight against climate breakdown.

Donal, Marine Policy Officer for the Fair Seas Campaign, will co-produce (with Marine Conservation Manager at Ulster Wildlife, Heidi), a monthly podcast intended to raise awareness of ocean issues and solutions in Ireland as well as global issue being addressed by SOA Ocean Leaders.

Fish Alert is an MVP prototype that brings electronic monitoring to recreational anglers through a technology that alerts the angler once a fish is on the hook. In the next phase of development, video will automatically record and can be shared through an App (currently MVP) that is being piloted through demos/events with youth and minorities. Fish Alert aims to go to production in summer 2023.

This project, led by Innoceana, aims to study reef health in Cocos Island, Costa Rica, by carrying out aerial and underwater surveys to then create 3D georeferenced maps. Info collected includes total coral coverage, coral bleaching, algae coverage, and abundance of healthy versus diseased corals. Additionally, the project will train Cocos Island Rangers and Costa Rican university students on the mapping methodology and provide workshops to the Costa Rican public on the importance of coral reefs. Ultimately, the goal is to provide justification for the expansion of the Cocos Island Marine Protected Area.

This is a continuation of an SOA University of Florida Hub project that SOA funded in 2020. They are working with an ecotoxicology lab on campus to collect water samples in a local wetland area - Sweetwater Wetlands - and test them for various contaminants. The results are communicated through community outreach events on and off campus.

We believe that attaching economic benefit to plastic waste is the way to curb its accumulation. Most of the people on the shore of Lake Victoria live on less than 2 dollars a day, especially women. We educate communities on the threats posed to mother earth and change their mindset on the way they think and discard plastic waste. With our waste collection program we collect plastic waste from beaches, streets and bus stations ensuring a clean and safe environment.

This project will digitize the data of 1,000 key specimens at the South China Sea Repository and Reference Centre (RRC) so that data on Malaysian marine biodiversity can be made accessible to researchers and the general public, rather than just the researchers that work at RRC.

SOA Arequipa Hub (Peru) will undertake a survey of marine macroinvertertebrates in the Arequipa region at three different underwater sites, and will catalogue and publish their findings on a website of their own making. This project will develop their skills as researchers and science writers.