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COMMUNITY AND BIODIVERSITY
What is COBI?
Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI) was launched from the inspiration of a group of young people fascinated by marine life and concerned about the poverty levels in developing countries. The need to promote marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management was identified, always considering the necessity of working hand in hand with those who inhabit Mexico´s coastal communities. COBI was established on the 15th March 1999.
WHAT WE DO
Our purpose
The current and next generation of people engaged in fishing use and share their knowledge to design and implement solutions that achieve resilient coastal communities and healthy oceans.
To achieve this goal, we will implement 3 strategies:
Innovate
300,000 fishers (men and women) share knowledge to co-create solutions.
Connect
A network that incubates and accelerates financially sustainable solutions.
Scale
Mexican fishers (men and women) inspire others in Latin America to use and develop solutions. Future generations are better informed and participate in the work to achieve resilient communities and healthy oceans.
WHERE DO WE DO IT?
Ecosystems and communities where we collaborate
For more than two decades, COBI in collaboration with women and men from 34 fishing communities in Mexico, have co-created demonstrative models to restore marine ecosystems and the fishery.
INITIATIVES
Other initiatives
OUR BLOG
The latest news
International Mesoamerican Reef Day
The Mesoamerican Reef System (MAR) is an exceptionally diverse ecoregion, as well as being of social, economic, and cultural importance. It is the second largest…
International Women's Day
Fifty percent of the people working in marine fishing and aquaculture systems in the world are women, especially in activities that require spending more time…
New General Director of Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C. (COBI)
August 11th, 2021 Dear Friends: With great enthusiasm, I am happy to share that, after a long process of identifying suitable candidates led by the Comunidad…
RESOURCES
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journal articles, book chapters and technical reports, for free
Desafíos y oportunidades: Fortaleciendo las finanzas en las comunidades pesqueras
Year: 2025 Cite this article: Campa-Madrid, A.K., Fernández-Rivera Melo, F. J., López-Ercilla, I. y Torre, J. (2025). Desafíos y oportunidades: Fortaleciendo…
Small-scale fisheries in ecologically sensitive areas in Latin America and the Caribbean: Do marine protected areas benefit fisheries governance?
Year: 2024 Cite this article: Cinti, A., Ramirez, L., Castrejón, M., Aburto, J. A., Loto, L., Fulton, S., ... & Parma, A. M. (2024). Small-scale fisheries in ecologically…
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