Maui, Hawaii-based group works to protect the marine environment, particularly for whales, through public education, research and anti-pollution campaigns.

Mangrove forests, which grow in tropical intertidal areas and estuary mouths, constitute a critical habitat for a diverse marine ecology, but are rapidly disappearing and degrading as a result of development, charcoal and timber industries, and a burgeoning, unregulated shrimp/prawn farming industry. MAP's 400 NGOs and 250 scientists from 60 nations are engaged in the restoration and protection of mangrove forests, in education, and in working towards a sustainable aquaculture through regulation and eco-friendly practices.

Fights to protect rivers and watersheds, including campaigns to halt new dams, decommissioning of existing dams and canals, and to search out alternative, equitable and sustainable means of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management. European Rivers Network is a sister group.

DSF works to find definable solutions to the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and to provide useful information, thought-provoking communications, and plans for a truly sustainable society. Founded by renowned scientist/environmentalist (and television personality), David Suzuki. In Oceans, #jointhepod the help Salish Sea orcas, and understand what oceans do for us in the report Not Just a Pretty View.