GLORES Partner Spotlight: Pacific Environment
We are thrilled to shine this week’s Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) Partner Spotlight on Pacific Environment!
Pacific Environment protects people, wildlife, and ecosystems by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and shaping international policies. In its fight for healthy oceans, the organization leads international campaigns and collaborates with local communities to establish marine protected areas and sensible ship routing measures, and it fights the rising tide of plastic pollution. These efforts seek to create a world in which ocean life is healthy and abundant, and local communities help drive coastal and marine conservation and stewardship.
Pacific Environment builds networks of grassroots environmentalists and offers funding and mentoring. In the Russian Far East and China, the organization has helped partners develop marine initiatives like the International Bering Sea Forum and the Save China Seas Network to address the pressing concerns of coastal communities. Pacific Environment also collaborates with grassroots leaders in Alaska, California, and Vietnam,…
