“We’re pleased to share with you some of the recent marine conservation successes your support has helped make happen.

- In Florida, a recently completed study on reef resilience, a concept Conservancy scientists pioneered that involves identifying and protecting corals that are most likely to survive bleaching and other traumatic events, is providing important information about where corals survive and flourish in the Keys.

- Through the Micronesia Challenge, the Caribbean Challenge and the Coral Triangle Initiative, the Conservancy has played a key role in influencing governments to pledge to protect some of the most threatened marine systems.

- The Conservancy has launched a Marine Conservation Fellowship Program to prepare recent college graduates to become the next generation of conservation leaders in Hawai’i. Read about the first two Fellows selected who will learn all aspects of marine resource planning, management and monitoring.

- The Mesoamerican Reef — the largest coral reef in the Atlantic — extends more than 400 miles from Mexico to Honduras. In Belize, the Conservancy is working with local government and partners to protect 13 spawning aggregation sites for endangered reef fish.

Thanks to your support, the Conservancy is able to address the crisis facing our oceans in a way unique from other conservation organizations. We’re focused on protecting and restoring ocean and coastal habitats as a whole, as opposed to protecting individual species or managing fishing quotas.

We will continue to work with communities, partner organizations and governments to create networks of marine protected areas that are resilient in the face of climate change and provide benefits to local communities.

Thank you again for all you’ve done to help make this work possible.

Sincerely,

Sue M. Citro
Senior Digital Membership Manager
The Nature Conservancy