In 2017, in response to the current global extinction crisis and with the objective of assessing life on the planet, Fundación Rewilding Argentina created the marine conservation program Sin Azul No Hay Verde (No Blue, No Green). Sin Azul No Hay Verde (SANHV) focuses on protecting the habitat of the Patagonian sea, its coasts, and the species which live there.
Our goal is to protect 30 percent of the Argentine Sea to ensure the conservation and regeneration of its ecosystems by creating a network of marine and coastal protected areas.
Since then we have promoted the creation of the first Marine National Parks in Argentina, protecting almost 10% of the marine territory. We have also worked to stop the advance of the salmon farming industry in the pristine waters of the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, an activity recently prohibited by law.
The need for habitat conservation responds to a global emergency.
We work creating networks of marine and coastal protected areas which focus on ecosystem and biodiversity restoration, offering long-term preservation. By protecting large areas, we intend to benefit local communities and to engage new stakeholders; becoming involved in the transformation process of the current model of economic growth.
If biodiversity and the natural world are lost, we all lose.
In order to achieve better protection of the ocean, we have incorporated tools which seek to improve transparency in the fishing industry, such as Global Fishing Watch (GFW). Through their maps anyone can track and monitor fishing vessels. The objective of the platform is to enable scientific research, to improve the way fishing is managed and to advocate better policies to support ocean protection.