{"id":7240,"date":"2025-05-20T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/?p=7240"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:41:13","slug":"dive-the-wave-of-change-marinvest-acceleration-programme-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/dive-the-wave-of-change-marinvest-acceleration-programme-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dive the wave of change! MAR+Invest Acceleration Programme 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Photo: MAR+Invest<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marfund.org\/es\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mesoamerican Reef Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MAR Fund), together with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fmcn.org\/es\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/surestesostenible.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sureste Sostenible<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyreefs.org\/es\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy Reefs for Healthy People (HRHP<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvgroup.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Ventures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viwala.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIWALA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> announce their third call for proposals for the MAR+Invest Acceleration Programme. Applications are welcome from both businesses and NGOs with business arms to fund their efforts. Both profiles can be in early, growth, or consolidation stages, as long as they demonstrate a positive impact on the Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR) and its dependent communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAR+Invest is a blended finance initiative focused on ocean conservation, based on an alliance among regional organizations. It seeks to strengthen the ecosystem of conservation impact investing in the MAR region, which covers Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. <\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>About the MAR+Invest 2025 Acceleration Programme<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAR+Invest 2025 Acceleration Programme provides seven months of technical assistance to companies offering solutions aimed at the protection, conservation, and restoration of the MAR and its dependent communities. We are looking for business solutions that help reduce the main threats facing the reef and surrounding ecosystems:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water pollution<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overfishing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Focus sectors:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wastewater treatment and ecotechnologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable fishing and traceability technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regenerative coastal agriculture, mariculture, and sustainable coastal aquaculture<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable tourism<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoration of reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waste management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marine biodiversity conservation projects (e.g., no-fishing zones)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local renewable energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emission reduction technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue carbon (depending on local regulations)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among others<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/mar-invest.org\/call-for-proposals-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Call for proposals: May 20 \u2013 June 29, 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Eligible Priority Sites<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible projects must generate (or have a plan to generate) measurable social and environmental impact for one or more of the 18 priority sites (see Annex II) within the four MAR countries or their areas of influence. The marine-coastal protected areas considered include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 402px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 201px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 201px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h3><b>M\u00e9xico (Quintana Roo)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cozumel Island <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puerto Morelos Reef National Park <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yum Balam Flora and Fauna Protection Area <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Sian Ka\u2019an Biosphere Reserve<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 201px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h3><b>Belice<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">South Water Caye Marine Reserve<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Laughing Bird Caye National Park<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Caye Caulker Marine Reserve<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Gladden Spit &amp; Silk Cayes Marine Reserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 201px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; vertical-align: top; height: 201px;\">\n<h3><b>Guatemala<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Cayman Crown Replenishment Zone<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Punta de Manabique Wildlife Refuge<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Sarst\u00fan River Multiple-Use Area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 201px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<h3><b>Honduras<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Arquipelago of Cayos Cochinos Marine National Monument<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Barras de Cuero &amp; Salado Wildlife Refuge<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Tela Bay Marine Wildlife Refuge<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Bay Islands National Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1051\"><strong data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"893\">You have from May 20 to June 29, 2025 to apply!<\/strong><br data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"896\" \/>All details are available at <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mar-invest.org\/call-for-proposals-2025\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1001\">https:\/\/mar-invest.org\/call-for-proposals-2025\/<\/a>. For any questions, contact <a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:ricardo@nvgroup.org\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1051\">ricardo@nvgroup.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1051\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mar-invest.org\/call-for-proposals-2025\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-1024x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-1536x190.png 1536w, https:\/\/marfund.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/footerMI-2048x253.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: MAR+Invest Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund), together with the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN)\/Sureste Sostenible, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People (HRHP) and New Ventures\/VIWALA announce their third call for proposals for the MAR+Invest Acceleration Programme. Applications are welcome from both businesses and NGOs with business arms to fund their efforts. 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