WWF Global Marine Programme

Working to safeguard our oceans and coasts

WWF's Global Marine Programme focuses its activities on the most significant threats facing the marine environment today, and where WWF has the expertise to provide solutions for the future.

Our team of marine scientists, policy experts, economists, lawyers, and communications experts work in more than 40 countries, with work focused in over 20 diverse marine ecoregions around the world - from polar ice caps and highly productive upwellings, to coral reefs, mangrove forests, and recently discovered deep-sea habitats.

Using our global scope, credibility, and expertise, we develop and advocate solutions for sustainable fishing and the creation and management of Marine Protected Areas. This involves working with fishermen and local communities; commissioning and publishing impartial data; developing political advice for governments; campaigning through the media; lobbying decision-makers; and above all, championing sustainable livelihoods and the conservation of our oceans and coasts.


Our work features:

• Targets and milestones to guide conservation work and priorities

• A large-scale ecoregional approach that incorporates ecosystem-based management

• Advocating for policy change

• Initiatives to address specific issues

• The involvement of many partners, from governments and international bodies to fishermen and local communities

• Hundreds of on-the-ground projects