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PORTFOLIO PROJECTS

MAR+Invest supports solutions in the MAR that have a positive impact on the reefs and the reef-dependent communities with the aim of scaling the impact and attracting capital to the region.  

The MAR+Invest portfolio consists of the following projects:

Shrimp Farming
Aquaculture

Photo: Amy Jones

Shrimp Farming
Aquaculture


Support a shrimp farm adopt a new technology to fully recirculating water avoiding release of wastewater in the surrounding environment.
Photo: Amy Jones

Seaweed Farming

Photo: Future of Fish

Seaweed Farming


Investigate the business opportunity to create small-scale seaweed farms in Belize, which can provide an alternate source of income for fishing communities as well as ecosystem restorative functions (e.g. nurseries for fish).
Photo: Future of Fish

Sustainable Fishing
and Ecotourism

Photo: Milos Prelevic

Sustainable Fishing
and Ecotourism


Support small fishing and tourism businesses in Honduras adopt sustainable practices, and provide capacity building to become bankable and access financial markets to improve business units.
Photo: Milos Prelevic

King Crab Aquaculture

Photo: Sara Gutiérrez

King Crab Aquaculture


Investigate the business opportunity to use bred and released King Crabs onto the reef, to feed on macroalgae that grows over and competes with corals.
Photo: Sara Gutiérrez

Blue Carbon and
Biodiversity credits

Photo: Amy Jones

Blue Carbon and
Biodiversity credits (Belize, Guatemala and Honduras)


Investigate the legal, environmental, social and economic feasibility of the credits to benefit conservation of key inter-connected ecosystems in the MAR: coral, seagrasses, coastal dunes and mangrove.
Photo: Amy Jones

Financial planning for Coastal
and Marine Protected Areas

Photo: Roxana Chávez

MAR Fin tool



The MAR Fin tool is an online platform designed to help Coastal and Marine Protected Areas identify financing gaps and provide training for managers and co-managers to use it effectively.

Photo: Roxana Chávez

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