How can Aquariums support conservation efforts?

Conservation Careers Podcast · Aug 14, 2023 · 48m

Many of us will have visited aquariums and marvelled at the marine life on display. But what role can an Aquarium have in supporting conservation efforts?

Here to discuss this and other topics is today’s guest Elizabeth Stephenson.

Elizabeth is the Program Director of the New England Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund - a grants programme that provides support for community-based and locally-managed marine conservation projects in low- and middle-income countries around the globe.

To date, Marine Conservation Action Fund (or MCAF as it's often termed) has supported over 200 projects…