MAR Fund - Mesoamerican Reef Fund
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MAR Fund seeks, secures and facilitates regional funding, fosters partnerships and drives capacity building for the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Mesoamerican Reef region.
Final hours to give!
#GivingTuesday ends today at 12 p.m. (EST) Your support for our Lionfish Control Project helps protect coral reefs, restore marine balance, and safeguard the livelihoods that depend on healthy oceans. 🌊💪
#GivingTuesday ends today at 12 p.m. (EST) Your support for our Lionfish Control Project helps protect coral reefs, restore marine balance, and safeguard the livelihoods that depend on healthy oceans. 🌊💪
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Final hours to give!
#GivingTuesday ends today at 12 p.m. (EST) Your support for our Lionfish Control Project helps protect coral reefs, restore marine balance, and safeguard the livelihoods that depend on healthy oceans. 🌊💪
#GivingTuesday ends today at 12 p.m. (EST) Your support for our Lionfish Control Project helps protect coral reefs, restore marine balance, and safeguard the livelihoods that depend on healthy oceans. 🌊💪
It’s here! @GlobalGiving’s #GivingTuesday has begun! 🎉
Until Dec. 3 at noon (EST) donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund’s Community Fishers Project will share in $500,000 in matching funds. Your support helps small-scale fishers build sustainable livelihoods!
Until Dec. 3 at noon (EST) donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund’s Community Fishers Project will share in $500,000 in matching funds. Your support helps small-scale fishers build sustainable livelihoods!
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s here! @GlobalGiving’s #GivingTuesday has begun! 🎉
Until Dec. 3 at noon (EST) donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund’s Community Fishers Project will share in $500,000 in matching funds. Your support helps small-scale fishers build sustainable livelihoods!
Until Dec. 3 at noon (EST) donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund’s Community Fishers Project will share in $500,000 in matching funds. Your support helps small-scale fishers build sustainable livelihoods!
📅 Save the Date: December 2–3!
From midnight on Dec. 2 through noon on Dec. 3 (EST), donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund projects will share in @GlobalGiving’s $500,000 GivingTuesday match.
Mark your calendar and get ready to double your impact!
From midnight on Dec. 2 through noon on Dec. 3 (EST), donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund projects will share in @GlobalGiving’s $500,000 GivingTuesday match.
Mark your calendar and get ready to double your impact!
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📅 Save the Date: December 2–3!
From midnight on Dec. 2 through noon on Dec. 3 (EST), donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund projects will share in @GlobalGiving’s $500,000 GivingTuesday match.
Mark your calendar and get ready to double your impact!
From midnight on Dec. 2 through noon on Dec. 3 (EST), donations up to $2,500 to MAR Fund projects will share in @GlobalGiving’s $500,000 GivingTuesday match.
Mark your calendar and get ready to double your impact!
Coral bleaching is occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. That’s why we must act quickly and decisively.
At MAR+Invest, we promote initiatives to help protect and strengthen the resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Visit mar-invest.org | marfund.org
At MAR+Invest, we promote initiatives to help protect and strengthen the resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Visit mar-invest.org | marfund.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Coral bleaching is occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. That’s why we must act quickly and decisively.
At MAR+Invest, we promote initiatives to help protect and strengthen the resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Visit mar-invest.org | marfund.org
At MAR+Invest, we promote initiatives to help protect and strengthen the resilience of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR).
Visit mar-invest.org | marfund.org
Futuro Cabo del Este hosted a dialogue on sustainable water solutions in Mexico. MAR+Invest's Coordinator, Amy Jones, presented the initiative and the Clean Water Fund, highlighting the urgency of tackling pollution in the Yucatán Peninsula and strengthening regional collaboration mar-invest.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Futuro Cabo del Este hosted a dialogue on sustainable water solutions in Mexico. MAR+Invest's Coordinator, Amy Jones, presented the initiative and the Clean Water Fund, highlighting the urgency of tackling pollution in the Yucatán Peninsula and strengthening regional collaboration mar-invest.org
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves.
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves.
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
MAR+Invest joins Global Roots, a New Ventures initiative designed to gather experts and innovators to scale solutions for biodiversity and ecosystem regeneration. The MAR+Invest coordinator and the director of our partner, Healthy Reefs, have been selected as mentors for the program globalroots.info
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
MAR+Invest joins Global Roots, a New Ventures initiative designed to gather experts and innovators to scale solutions for biodiversity and ecosystem regeneration. The MAR+Invest coordinator and the director of our partner, Healthy Reefs, have been selected as mentors for the program globalroots.info
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves.
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves.
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
#LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #SistemaArrecifalMesoamericano #hopeforcoral
Consultancy Opportunity!
Technical and Strategic Advisory to Propose the MAR Region as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
📝 Terms of Reference and details available at: https://f.mtr.cool/odeupjgnks
📌 Please send the required documentation no later than December 10, 2025, COB (5 pm)
Technical and Strategic Advisory to Propose the MAR Region as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
📝 Terms of Reference and details available at: https://f.mtr.cool/odeupjgnks
📌 Please send the required documentation no later than December 10, 2025, COB (5 pm)
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Consultancy Opportunity!
Technical and Strategic Advisory to Propose the MAR Region as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
📝 Terms of Reference and details available at: https://f.mtr.cool/odeupjgnks
📌 Please send the required documentation no later than December 10, 2025, COB (5 pm)
Technical and Strategic Advisory to Propose the MAR Region as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA)
📝 Terms of Reference and details available at: https://f.mtr.cool/odeupjgnks
📌 Please send the required documentation no later than December 10, 2025, COB (5 pm)
MAR Fund shared the experience of MAR+Invest and #WomenForTheMAR at the #UNDP #BIOFIN LAC Regional Dialogue in Mérida, Mexico. Great interest in empowering women in the blue sector and advancing innovative finance for a resilient Mesoamerican Reef. 🌊 #BlueEconomy #MARInvest #MARFund
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
MAR Fund shared the experience of MAR+Invest and #WomenForTheMAR at the #UNDP #BIOFIN LAC Regional Dialogue in Mérida, Mexico. Great interest in empowering women in the blue sector and advancing innovative finance for a resilient Mesoamerican Reef. 🌊 #BlueEconomy #MARInvest #MARFund
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves. #LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #MesoamericanReefSystem #hopeforcoral
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The vibrant colors of coral reefs reflect the richness of marine life. Every Friday, a burst of reef colors to brighten your feed. Fridays in full color celebrate the beauty beneath the waves. #LifeIsBetterInColor #CoralBleachingAwarenessMonth #MARFund #MesoamericanReefSystem #hopeforcoral
Coral bleaching is an ocean warning sign. 🌊 Today we tell you what causes it, how it affects reefs and how we can make a difference. 🤍 Swipe and find out why life is better in color:
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Coral bleaching is an ocean warning sign. 🌊 Today we tell you what causes it, how it affects reefs and how we can make a difference. 🤍 Swipe and find out why life is better in color:
The evaluation of the MAR Fish Project is complete! 🐟✨ Focused on protecting fish spawning aggregations across the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR), this regional initiative has been recognized as an exemplary model of collaboration and conservation 🤝.
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The evaluation of the MAR Fish Project is complete! 🐟✨ Focused on protecting fish spawning aggregations across the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR), this regional initiative has been recognized as an exemplary model of collaboration and conservation 🤝.
🌊✨ We are thrilled to share that the MAR Fish Project was featured at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI78), in Cartagena, Colombia, on October 30.
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🌊✨ We are thrilled to share that the MAR Fish Project was featured at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI78), in Cartagena, Colombia, on October 30.
Join our webinar: “Women for the MAR: from conservation to entrepreneurship” In commemoration of the Intl. day of Rural Women, this session brings together leaders who are transforming conservation into sustainable opportunities.
📅 October 30, 2025
🕘 9:00 a.m. (GTM-6)
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/phreaucvel
📅 October 30, 2025
🕘 9:00 a.m. (GTM-6)
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/phreaucvel
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join our webinar: “Women for the MAR: from conservation to entrepreneurship” In commemoration of the Intl. day of Rural Women, this session brings together leaders who are transforming conservation into sustainable opportunities.
📅 October 30, 2025
🕘 9:00 a.m. (GTM-6)
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/phreaucvel
📅 October 30, 2025
🕘 9:00 a.m. (GTM-6)
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/phreaucvel
The #WorldNatureProtectionDay reminds us that the MAR is a natural heritage that sustains the lives of millions. Every decision to reduce pollution or conserve a mangrove is a concrete action to protect it.
#MARFund #HopeForCoral
#MARFund #HopeForCoral
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The #WorldNatureProtectionDay reminds us that the MAR is a natural heritage that sustains the lives of millions. Every decision to reduce pollution or conserve a mangrove is a concrete action to protect it.
#MARFund #HopeForCoral
#MARFund #HopeForCoral
In the face of climate change, Fondo Acción has successfully developed a parametric insurance mechanism for coral reefs in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, Colombia. Read more:
Innovative Financing for Coral Reef Protection, Repair, and Restoration in San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia – MAR Fund – Protecting the Mesoamerican Reef
Innovative Financing for Coral Reef Protection, Repair, and Restoration in San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Colombia MAR FundAnnouncements, General, MAR News15/10/20250 Photo: Juan Carlos Huitrón In the face of climate change, Fondo Acción has successfully developed a parametric ins...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In the face of climate change, Fondo Acción has successfully developed a parametric insurance mechanism for coral reefs in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, Colombia. Read more:
Today, on #RuralWomen'sDay, we recognize the women of the MAR who plant, fish, gather and pass on knowledge that sustains their families and communities. Their work strengthens security food security and the conservation of coastal ecosystems.
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today, on #RuralWomen'sDay, we recognize the women of the MAR who plant, fish, gather and pass on knowledge that sustains their families and communities. Their work strengthens security food security and the conservation of coastal ecosystems.
The RedLAC 2025 Congress was a gathering marked by commitment, innovation, and hope for the future of our planet. MAR Fund participated in this annual event, which brings together environmental funds and key stakeholders to strengthen financing dedicated to environmental conservation.
RedLAC 2025 Congress: A Space for Conservation and Sustainable Finance – MAR Fund – Protecting the Mesoamerican Reef
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October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The RedLAC 2025 Congress was a gathering marked by commitment, innovation, and hope for the future of our planet. MAR Fund participated in this annual event, which brings together environmental funds and key stakeholders to strengthen financing dedicated to environmental conservation.
🌊 Check out this story and discover “The Hidden Jewel of the Caribbean: The Cayman Crown Reef” — a dive into one of the most biodiverse and important reefs in the Mesoamerican Reef. This new publication tells the story of Cayman Crown and outlines key next steps to safeguard its future.
October 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🌊 Check out this story and discover “The Hidden Jewel of the Caribbean: The Cayman Crown Reef” — a dive into one of the most biodiverse and important reefs in the Mesoamerican Reef. This new publication tells the story of Cayman Crown and outlines key next steps to safeguard its future.
This #WorldHabitatDay reminds us that every reef, mangrove and beach in the MAR is home to species, communities and our future. When we protect marine and coastal habitats, we strengthen resilience to climate change, enhance fishing livelihoods and conserve unique biodiversity.
October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This #WorldHabitatDay reminds us that every reef, mangrove and beach in the MAR is home to species, communities and our future. When we protect marine and coastal habitats, we strengthen resilience to climate change, enhance fishing livelihoods and conserve unique biodiversity.
This week, MAR Fund participates in the RedLAC 2025 Congress, the global summit that brings together environmental funds in LATAM and the Caribbean. From Sep 30 to Oct 3, over 100 panelists will discuss the central theme: “Natural Capital: Finance for the future of the planet”.
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This week, MAR Fund participates in the RedLAC 2025 Congress, the global summit that brings together environmental funds in LATAM and the Caribbean. From Sep 30 to Oct 3, over 100 panelists will discuss the central theme: “Natural Capital: Finance for the future of the planet”.
📢 Consultancy Opportunity!
✉️ Apply via email to: ajones@marfund.org and saguilar@carbonwave.com
Please copy both contacts
📌 Deadline: October 20, 2025, 23:59 hr (GMT-5, Cancun time)
📝 Details & ToR: marfund.org/en/job-opportunities/
✉️ Apply via email to: ajones@marfund.org and saguilar@carbonwave.com
Please copy both contacts
📌 Deadline: October 20, 2025, 23:59 hr (GMT-5, Cancun time)
📝 Details & ToR: marfund.org/en/job-opportunities/
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📢 Consultancy Opportunity!
✉️ Apply via email to: ajones@marfund.org and saguilar@carbonwave.com
Please copy both contacts
📌 Deadline: October 20, 2025, 23:59 hr (GMT-5, Cancun time)
📝 Details & ToR: marfund.org/en/job-opportunities/
✉️ Apply via email to: ajones@marfund.org and saguilar@carbonwave.com
Please copy both contacts
📌 Deadline: October 20, 2025, 23:59 hr (GMT-5, Cancun time)
📝 Details & ToR: marfund.org/en/job-opportunities/
🌊🐟 Updated FSA Policy Brief Released! The MAR Fish Project, through its partner COBI, has released an update of policy recommendations for protecting fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) for 2024 in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) region.
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌊🐟 Updated FSA Policy Brief Released! The MAR Fish Project, through its partner COBI, has released an update of policy recommendations for protecting fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) for 2024 in the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) region.
Join our webinar: “Innovative experiences in control and surveillance activities in the Mesoamerican Reef CMPAs.”
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 30
🕙 Time: from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central America / 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Quintana Roo
🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/5exvpxrk
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 30
🕙 Time: from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central America / 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Quintana Roo
🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/5exvpxrk
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Join our webinar: “Innovative experiences in control and surveillance activities in the Mesoamerican Reef CMPAs.”
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 30
🕙 Time: from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central America / 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Quintana Roo
🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/5exvpxrk
📅 Date: Tuesday, September 30
🕙 Time: from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central America / 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Quintana Roo
🔗 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/5exvpxrk