Despite growing demand and desirable ecological conditions, the Colombian seaweed economy remains underdeveloped. As the industry grows, insufficient infrastructure and legislation may lead to the construction of an extractive and exploitative seaweed economy. Project leaders will conduct focus groups with Indigenous Wayuu people and regional fishing communities harmed by overfishing and climate change to build the foundation of a community-led seaweed ecosystem in Colombia.

This group, in partnership with the indigenous people of Haruku Island, will make a documentary about how they are adapting to climate change. SOA funds were geared toward production and time to conduct interviews and film ongoing issues and initiatives in Haruku Island, and they will also host a live-event on the island to highlight the stories of indigenous women and youth.

SOA Ecuador is working with Latin American influencers on a social media challenge to raise awareness and pose challenges to viewers to take action on deep seabed mining. The posts and live discussions aim to reach over 500,000 people and generate at least 200 signatures for SOA's campaign for a moratorium on deep sea mining.

20 college students are trained as STEM instructors to educate primary school students about marine conservation, piloting archiREEF’s new initiative to integrate standing curricula about marine science in Hong Kong classrooms to ensure the next generation stewards the reef regeneration activities of archiREEF.

Ambakofi will train 75 fishers from three coastal villages on sustainable mangrove restoration and maintenance, using the techniques of the Mangrove Action Project's Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) course. These trainees will then work to restore (clear waterways of debris) and monitor 7.5 hectares of mangrove.

Businesses, governments and scientists increasingly need reliable environmental data to adapt to accelerating devastation brought on by the climate crisis, yet it's extremely costly to harness information from waterways, which cover 71% of the planet. Aquaai provides affordable, quality underwater data, easily accessed on a web dashboard using bio-inspired, autonomous fishlike drones. FaaS - Fish as a Service®. Aquaai's end-to-end solution is that affordable “John Deere” tool for workers in waterways.

Returnity replaces single-use shipping and delivery packaging by designing, manufacturing and implementing reusable packaging and circular logistics systems. Used for over 500,000 shipments per month, their packaging addresses the negative impacts from the rapid growth in direct to consumer shipping.

Over the years, the ocean has played a critical role as a climate regulator by absorbing about 30% of human emissions of carbon dioxide, but the ocean health has been severely damaged as a result of plastic waste in the last two decades. This project seeks to leverage data and storytelling tools to spotlight the challenge of marine pollution and its dangers to society. The project also deploys a digital campaign involving use of short videos and infographics to educate residents across West Africa on the dangers of marine pollution, and improve practices of waste management.

In affiliation with the African Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience at the University of Cape Coast, this project worked to isolate and culture local marine microalgae strains to serve as a food source for oyster larval rearing. The performance of these microalgae-fed larvae was assessed in the laboratory and then transplanted to the field. This is being done in order to find a solution for the recent exploitation of the West African Mangrove Oyster.