Celebrating five years in 2024, we are a growing non-profit organization who you can partner with by donating financially or with your time. El Niño is here and Costa Rica is experiencing a large scale intense bleaching event. Moving as quickly as possible to preserve the fragile genetics of our reef, we recently stopped planting out coral back to the oceans and are focusing on growing coral in our laboratory coral tanks. It is vital that we enlarge our lab to establish more tanks in order to preserve these precious corals.
Please contact us for more information.
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DONATE OR VOLUNTEER
We are a brand new non-profit organization that is just getting off the ground. You can help our cause by donating financially or your time. Please contact us for more information.
You can make a safe and secure USA tax-deductible donation through our Amigos of Costa Rica affiliate page.
Pablo Piedra
Co-Founder / CEO
Project Leader
Paul Dorr
Co-Founder – Head of Coral Propagation Operations
James Jacob
Coral Lab Manager
Laura Ruiz Madrigal
Co-Founder / Finance & Community Relations
Michael S. Hennessy
Co-Founder / Logistics & Operations
COLLABORATORS
Adrian Bonilla Salazar
Marine Biologist – Reserva Playa Tortuga
Oscar Brenes Arias
Tropical Biologist – Reserva Playa Tortuga
Carlos Mallo Molina
MSc Marine and Civil Engineer, INNOCEANA CEO
Laura Vanopdenbosch
MSc Molecular Biologist, INNOCEANA Project Manager
Alberto Sáenz
Legal Services – Partner, Invicta Legal Group
SPONSORS, PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS
MINAE COSTA RICA
The mission of MINAE is to contribute to quality of life improvements for people living in Costa Rica. It promotes management, conservation and sustainable development of the country’s elements, goods, services and oversees the country’s environmental and natural resources. Through legal provisions or international agreements, MINAE ensures that national development activities are respectful to both nature and citizen rights to create a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.
RESERVA PLAYA TORTUGA
Reserva Playa Tortuga es un centro de investigación y educación biológica sin fines de lucro formado en 2009 por miembros de la comunidad (“científicos ciudadanos”) y científicos costarricenses. RPT tiene como objetivo contribuir a los campos de la investigación biológica y la gestión de la conservación basada en la ciencia, así como fomentar una cultura de conservación del medio ambiente en las áreas influenciadas por los humedales nacionales de la cuenca Terraba-Sierpe. More Information
INNOCEANA
Innoceana is an international marine conservation NGO with projects happening simultaneously in Costa Rica, Spain, Thailand and California. Composed of a team of engineers and biologists, Innoceana aims to protect the ocean through innovation and education. With low-cost innovative techniques and accessible methods, Innoceana promotes citizen science projects in order to engage and educate citizens on ocean threats.
INVICTA LEGAL GROUP
A special thank you to Invicta Legal Group for donating their time to provide consulting and legal filings for our non-profit organization in Costa Rica. Invicta Legal Group services a wide array of business sectors and we are extremely grateful for their assistance helping to launch our non-profit in the right way. For more information about the Invicta Legal Group you can visit their website at Invicta.Legal