Topic: Policy/Governance

Women’s Aquatic Network

📚 Category: Ocean Professionals

🏷️ Topics include: Diversity & Inclusion; Envionment/Sustainability; Oceanography; Policy/Governance; Socioeconomics; Coastal Communities

📍 Country/Region: USA


The Women's Aquatic Network (WAN) brings together professionals with interests in marine, coastal and The Women's Aquatic Network (WAN) is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization incorporated in 1985 in the District of Columbia that brings together professionals with interests in marine, coastal, and aquatic affairs. Membership and participation are open to all. The purpose of WAN is to facilitate networking by providing opportunities for professionals with interests in marine, coastal, and aquatic affairs in an atmosphere that encourages information exchange, career development, and fellowship.

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Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)

📚 Category: Multidisciplinary

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: Indian Ocean

The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) was established as a regional, non-profit, membership organization in 1993 and registered in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 1994 as a non-governmental organization.

The organization is dedicated to promoting the educational, scientific and technological development of all aspects of marine sciences throughout the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region (consisting of 10 countries: Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion (France)), with a view toward sustaining the use and conservation of its marine resources. WIOMSA has a particular interest in linking the knowledge that emerges from research to the management and governance issues that affect marine and coastal ecosystems in the region.

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Society for Conservation Biology

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: International

The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) serves as the premier international membership society for professionals, students and non-profits dedicated to advancing the science and practice of conserving biodiversity.

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Royal Society of Biology

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: UK

The Royal Society of Biology is a single unified voice for biology: advising Government and influencing policy; advancing education and professional development; supporting our members, and engaging and encouraging public interest in the life sciences. The Society represents a diverse membership of individuals, learned societies and other organisations.

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National Audubon Society

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Birds; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: USA

The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

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Marine Biological Association

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: UK

The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is one of the world’s longest-running societies dedicated to promoting research into our oceans and the life they support. Since 1884 we have been providing a unified, clear, independent voice on behalf of the marine biological community and currently have a growing membership in over 40 countries.

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La Plateforme Océan & Climat

📚 Category: Multidisciplinary

🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: International

La POC rassemble plus de 90 membres – instituts de recherche, ONGs, aquariums, secteur privé, institutions françaises et agences internationales, collectivités territoriales. Ils travaillent ensemble à communiquer le message suivant : « un océan en bonne santé pour un climat protégé ».

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International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers

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📚 Category: Ocean Professionals

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/ Ecology; Infrastructure; Ocean Literacy; Environment/Sustainability; Fisheries; Aquaculture; Maritime; Oceanography; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: International


The International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) is an organization of librarians and information professionals involved in all aspects of aquatic and marine sciences and their allied disciplines. The association provides a forum to exchange and explore ideas and issues of mutual concern.

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Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST)

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📚 Category: Engineering/Technology; Maritime Industry; Multidisciplinary

🏷️ Topics include: Technology; General Science; Maritime; AI; Career Development Support; Coastal Science; Marine Mammals; Seafarers; Renewable Energy; Naval Architecture; Engineering; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: International

IMarEST is The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology; the international professional body and learned society for all marine professionals. IMarEST is the first Institute to bring together marine engineers, scientists and technologists into one international multi-disciplinary professional body.

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European Marine Board

📚 Category: Ocean Professionals

🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: Europe

The European Marine Board (EMB) is the leading European think tank in marine science policy. It provides a platform to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy.

The European Marine Board is a unique strategic pan-European Forum for seas and ocean research and technology. We provide a strategic forum to develop marine research foresight, initiate state-of-the-art analyses and translate these into clear policy recommendations to European institutions as well as national governments. As an independent, self-sustaining, non-governmental advisory body, the European Marine Board transfers knowledge between the scientific community and decision makers, promoting Europe’s leadership in marine research and technology.

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Ecological Society of America (ESA)

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: USA

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public’s level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community and policy-makers.

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British Ecological Society

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support

📍 Country/Region: UK

The BES was established in 1913 and we have been fostering the science of ecology ever since. We have 6,000 members around the world and bring people together across regional, national and global scales to advance ecological science.

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Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA)

📚 Category: Multidisciplinary

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Oceanography; Policy/Governance; Ocean Literacy; Environment/Sustainability; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship; Socioeconmics; Coastal Communities

📍 Country/Region: Australia

As Australia’s peak professional body for marine scientists from all disciplines and for over 60 years has promoted all aspects of marine science in Australia. AMSA operates with a membership network of individuals and corporate affiliates as a not-for-profit organisation. AMSA has grown to be the major professional association for marine scientists from all disciplines in Australia. The annual conference continues to provide an opportunity for delegates from throughout Australia to get together to learn about the latest marine sciences research, and to benefit from the interaction with colleagues from around Australia and overseas.

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American Institute of Biological Sciences

📚 Category: Biology & Ecology

🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance

📍 Country/Region: USA

We are a non-profit 501(c)3 public charity organization that advances the biological sciences for the benefit of all science and society. We work with like-minded organizations, funding agencies, and political entities to promote the use of science to inform decision-making.

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American Geophysical Union

📚 Category: Multidisciplinary

🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance; Diversity & Inclusion; Earth Sciences; Space Sciences

📍 Country/Region: USA

AGU is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences.

Through broad and inclusive partnerships, AGU aims to advance discovery and solution science that accelerate knowledge and create solutions that are ethical, unbiased and respectful of communities and their values. Our programs include serving as a scholarly publisher, convening virtual and in-person events and providing career support. We live our values in everything we do, such as our net zero energy renovated building in Washington, D.C. and our Ethics and Equity Center, which fosters a diverse and inclusive geoscience community to ensure responsible conduct.

AGU was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and operated as an unincorporated affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences for more than 50 years. We were independently incorporated in 1972.

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