Help protect 10 square meters of vital marine habitat and support healthier oceans. Marine ecosystems like coral reefs, seagrass beds, kelp forests, and coastal habitats provide shelter and food for marine life, improve water quality, and help buffer coastlines from storms. This Dots.eco gift supports conservation efforts that safeguard these underwater environments helping preserve biodiversity and maintain thriving ocean habitats for the future.

Protecting marine areas is a key effort in ocean conservation. The areas we protect are designated Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) due to their ecological importance to maintaining marine ecosystems. We enable protection for areas that are crucial in maintaining aquatic ecosystems healthy, like reproductive and nursery grounds for important marine species, as well as biodiversity hotspots that sustain ecosystem function. We partner with trusted organizations like Coral Reef Alliance. Our partners work to ensure that Marine Protected Areas (MPA) have their legal protection status enforced by supporting the necessary infrastructure to prevent illegal and destructive activities. They work with local communities to patrol the marine areas, checking for illegal sewage dumping which helps keeping the water clean, establish sustainable fishing practices and management programs when necessary, and organizing boat patrols to ensure the perimeter of the MPAs are not violated.