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Saving The Great South Bay
by Save The Great South Bay (Non-governmental organization (NGO))
We will save the bay by:

1. Driving The I Love Long Island Campaign, www.ilovelongisland.org, which teaches people how to grow ecofriendly and bay friendly lawns using pesticide and chemical fertilizer free methods and native plantings

2. Launching Creek Defender Programs for all 42 creeks flowing into The Great South Bay

3. Introducing oysters, rebuilding marine and estuarine habitats in the bay.
Progress reports
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
NUTRIENTS
  • Fertilizer use efficiency
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Nutrient sinks (e.g. constructed wetlands)
PLASTICS
  • Coastal clean-ups
  • Plastics product bans or restrictions
  • Plastics recovery/recycling/reuse
SHIPPING
  • Other (please specify):
  • Management of ship-based pollution and/or port waste management:
OTHER POLLUTANTS (please specify)
  • Other (please specify): Local moratorium on pesticides
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
  • Ecosystem-based Adaptation
04/2018
1000 lawns for The Bay Friendly Lawn Pledge
04/2018
All 42 Creeks have a creek defender
09/2018
100,000 oysters planted
Staff / Technical expertise
We have over 11,000 people in our group, many scientists / citizen scientists, all committed to The South Shore and the bay
Financing (in USD)
100,000 USD
Basic information
Time-frame: 04/2017 - 01/2025
Website
Partners
CRESLI -- The Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island
Ocean Basins
  • North Atlantic
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Contact information
Marshall Brown, President, marshall@savethegreatsouthbay.org, 212-380-8418
30 Elderfields Road, Manhasset, NY 11030
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