Nature Conservancy Caves After Defunding Threat

From the Nature Conservancy:

We carefully review the implications of the multiple executive orders and instructions from the new administration to ensure we can continue to make progress for people and nature.

The Nature Conservancy has been working in the Gulf for more than 40 years, through hurricanes and oil spills, in close partnership with private, state and federal partners.

To ensure our programs continue, in accordance with clear directives from federal agencies under recent executive orders, TNC is required to refer to its programs in the Gulf of Mexico in U.S. territorial waters as “Gulf of America.”

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together.

We are tackling climate change, conserving lands, waters and oceans at an unprecedented scale, providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable.

Read the full press release.

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Why is The Nature Conservancy calling it the “Gulf of America”?

The nonprofit’s leadership told staff that NOAA conditioned funding for conservation programs in the region on using “Gulf of America” pic.twitter.com/XtTzqePMmY

— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) February 27, 2025