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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. 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.

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.

About the MAR+Invest 2025 Acceleration Programme

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:

• Water pollution
• Overfishing
• Climate change

Focus sectors:

• Wastewater treatment and ecotechnologies
• Sustainable fishing and traceability technologies
• Regenerative coastal agriculture, mariculture, and sustainable coastal aquaculture
• Sustainable tourism
• Restoration of reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses
• Waste management
• Marine biodiversity conservation projects (e.g., no-fishing zones)
• Local renewable energy
• Emission reduction technologies
• Blue carbon (depending on local regulations)
• Among others

Call for proposals: May 20 – June 29, 2025

Eligible Priority Sites

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:

You have from May 20 to June 29, 2025 to apply!
All details are available at https://mar-invest.org/call-for-proposals-2025/. For any questions, contact ricardo@nvgroup.org