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Ocean Conservation Strategies and the Next Decade of Marine Conservation Philanthropy

In 2010, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (the “Packard Foundation” or the “Foundation”) Staff and Board of Trustees initiated a process to look beyond their ongoing ocean conservation efforts and gain a sense of the greater context of needs and opportunities in ocean philanthropy. The Trustees gathered at a meeting in early June 2010 to review and discuss these opportunities. In preparation for the meeting, Foundation staff commissioned a discussion paper that presents trends and future issues, surveys various ocean conservation strategies, and provides a qualitative analysis of opportunities, barriers to implementation, and potential for conservation results. This paper was first prepared to help inform and stimulate discussion among the Trustees at the June 2010 meeting. This final version has since been updated and expanded, and is meant to fuel lively discussion into the future.

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Ocean Conservation Strategies and the Next Decade of Marine Conservation Philanthropy