10 students from the communities surrounding two mangrove forests, Mikoko Pamoja and Vanga Blue Forest, will be recruited and trained in forest monitoring and conservation to continue to provide over 7,000 tonnes of verified carbon offsets each year. This meets the important need these communities have for training and capacity building among local youth to engage them practical conservation projects. They will learn how to collect and analyze forest data, and receive training on key concepts of climate change, carbon sequestration and conservation that underpin the maintenance of these 'Blue Carbon' ecosystems.

Beatriz, founder of the Brazilian nonprofit Marulho, leads the recovery of fishing nets from the seafloor to turn them into salable products benefitting the local community.

In collaboration with the local community, CERIOPS is creating a mangrove nursery to improve stock in preparation for restoring degraded mangrove sites.

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 is restoring Bahamian coral reefs and providing the next generation with tools to act as ocean stewards. The Bahamas Coral Innovation Hub located in South Eleuthera is a collaborative research and restoration initiative between The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Perry Institute for Marine Science, and The Nature Conservancy, aiming to reverse the decline of Bahamian reefs. They use the latest photogrammetry technology and methodologies to monitor coral restoration success and disseminate findings, providing information about the resiliency of coral genotypes local to Eleuthera.

We will be using analytical chemistry methods and instrumentation in the lab to detect various compounds (Carbamazepine, Sulfamethoxazole, Diclofenac, and etc.) at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Florida, in collaboration with the University of Florida Environmental Toxicology Lab which specializes in pharmaceutical analysis. The goal is to produce a study of these compounds and other pollutants in Sweetwater and present our findings to the public. Outreach efforts will also encourage environmental education and participation during the project.

This project is part of a Master's degree thesis in Marine Ecology that explores the Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) on the Mexican Tropical Eastern Pacific coast near the Gulf of California. With SOA funding, this project would use the Winkler method to conduct dissolved oxygen titrations to study the variability of the oxycline in relation to the presence of mesoscale processes in the seasonal cycle, including coastal currents. This would contribute to knowledge on OMZ permanence, distribution, and formation, which is pressing since OMZs are expected to expand under climate change.

Semarang, Java has heavily polluted beaches, including Mangunharjo beach, which is directly adjacent to local fishermen housing, and many low-income families. Due to lack of education and resources, many residents of this area throw litter in the ocean and the local estuary. Recently, women in the village have begun to make waste bank and upcycle their garbage into handicrafts, which they would like to sell for a living; but they lack the tools and training to develop and create a market for these items. This project aims to "accelerate" their handicraft enterprises.

SOA Peru will implement a number of projects related to supporting fisherfolk in coastal communities; one through assisting fishermen in achieving sustainable certifications, one through recording and sharing their stories. After conducting data analysis, a bill that raises copper mining standards in the region will be drafted. SOA Peru will also self-publish a children's book about the threat of seabed mining. This grant has been expanded to include emergency funds to address the January 2022 Peru oil spill.