Marine and Coastal Keystone
Requests for Proposals are now available for the Marine and
Coastal Keystone. Click on individual Initiatives in the right
hand navigation bar of this page.
The Marine & Coastal Keystone focuses on building conservation
partnerships to overcome the most important challenges to the health of
the marine and coastal environment. Our goal in the Marine & Coastal
Keystone is to find the best conservation investments, fund the best
solutions, and deliver measurable results for a broad cross-section of
fish and wildlife representing marine and coastal ecosystem health.
Under this mission statement, we have selected Initiatives that are
focused on making a measureable impact on specific species and their
habitats. Individual initiatives are listed on the right but are focused
under three themes that we believe are critical for marine and coastal
wildlife in America.
Promoting Sustainable Fisheries
The need satisfy an ever-growing demand for human consumption
has driven many fisheries to overharvest fish populations, exceeding
their ability to replenish themselves. In addition to undermining a
potentially sustainable source of protein and impacting the well-being
of coastal communities that depend on marine fisheries, overfishing
undermines the heath of the marine environment, increasing its
vulnerability to climate change. The Foundation's sustainable fisheries
initiative is focused on building partnerships to strengthen the
management of marine fisheries and to minimize the impacts of fishing on
marine wildlife.
Protecting our Marine Natural Heritage
The Foundation is working to protect the nation's marine
natural heritage, as represented by the myriad marine species of fish
and wildlife and the habitat they need to survive. In partnership with
various stakeholders, the Foundation will help craft balanced solutions
to pressing marine conservation challenges. To that end, the Foundation
will support the development and implementation of the U.S. National
System of Marine Protected Areas, in places and situations where this
important tool is determined to be the most appropriate approach to
fulfill specific marine conservation objectives.
Climate Change and Adaptation
Many experts agree that climate change will dramatically
increase rates of wildlife extinctions in marine environments. While
others are working to stabilize and reduce the volume of greenhouse gas
emissions that are causing these changes, the Foundation is committed to
supporting efforts to help marine wildlife adapt to changing climate
conditions. In addition, innovations in renewable energy development
offer new opportunities to create valuable environmental services from
native habitat. Those added values create additional market incentives
to keep habitat in place and improve conditions for the wildlife that
depend upon it.
Grant Cycles
Preproposal: April 1, 2010
Full Proposal: June 1, 2010
Notification: November 30, 2010
Preproposal:
September 1, 2010
Full Proposal: November 1, 2010
Notification: March 31, 2011
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