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Marine Conservation organizations in North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean
Earth Island Institute
2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, California 94704, USA
Region Active
Global
Non-profit
1982
Activity
Marine pollution, Advocacy, Marine and environmental law and policy
Description
Earth Island InstituteĀ is known for its activism on environmental issues. Founded in 1982 by environmentalist David Brower, it is a non-profit environmental organization and fiscal sponsor to more than seventy-five projects working in the areas of conservation, including amongst many others, projects related to the oceans. Not without controversy, they have targeted fishing methods and plastic pollution of the oceans, amongst many other issues.
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