Three flagship cases.
Six selected engagements.
COAST Facility
FCDO and DEFRA Blue Planet Fund, delivered by DAI
2024 to present
£101 million
Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Mozambique
The Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) Facility is one of the FCDO and DEFRA Blue Planet Fund's flagship regional initiatives. It operates across four countries facing compounding coastal climate exposure, IUU fishing, and governance fragmentation.
BGA serves as core technical partner. Our principals work the governance reform layer, co-design inclusive coastal stewardship components, and lead the blue finance workstream across all four developing member country (DMC) partners.
COAST is active in all four countries. Coastal resilience interventions have moved from design to delivery. The blue finance workstream is structuring instruments that other regional initiatives now reference.
"The constraint is no longer capital. It is delivery. COAST is the reference case for what delivery at sovereign scale looks like across four countries and two oceans."
Ocean Data Integration
World Bank Group with KKP/MMAF
Ongoing
National
Indonesia
Indonesia's ocean governance has historically depended on fragmented monitoring: separate data systems for vessel tracking, stock assessment, and MPA management, with limited integration.
BGA is Strategic Advisor on the design and implementation of the national ocean monitoring system. The role spans the architecture of the integration layer and the connection between evidence and operational decisions.
When complete, it will be the largest sovereign ocean data infrastructure build in Southeast Asia, allowing Indonesia to move from evidence to decisions at speed.
"The next decade of ocean policy will be decided by who moves first on evidence. Indonesia is building the integration layer that will let it lead."
Pamilacan Island
Engagement since 1998
Bohol Sea, Philippines
Pamilacan Island was once the last active whaling community in the Philippines. By the late 1990s, collapsing populations and legal closures created a dual crisis for the community.
BGA has led a 28-year community-led transition. We identified early adopters, designed alternative livelihoods based on cetacean tourism, and built the market for the new model.
Whaling has ended. Pamilacan now operates a community-led marine wildlife tourism economy that sustains livelihoods across generations.
"Resilience is a trap. Regeneration is a strategy. Pamilacan is the proof that a community can redesign its own economy rather than waiting for rescue."
Selected Engagements.
Six additional engagements demonstrating the technical and geographical breadth of the BGA portfolio.
AI and Machine Learning for Indo-Pacific Fisheries
First ASEAN-wide review of AI and machine learning for sustainable fisheries management and IUU reduction.
Blue Swimming Crab and Snapper Fisheries
Seven-year longitudinal monitoring across two of Indonesia's most significant export fisheries. The number of active community groups managing BSC fisheries tripled between 2019 and 2023.
Blue Livelihoods and Restorative Marine Value Chains
Investment frameworks, policy interventions, and blended finance mechanisms under ADB's Healthy Oceans Action Plan.
Reducing Plastics in Coastal Fisheries
Supply chain analysis and intervention design to reduce marine plastic leakage from coastal fisheries.
Oceans 5 Philanthropic Strategy
Strategic advisory and analytical support for sub-national MPA and OECM grant-making to advance the 30x30 agenda.
Packard Foundation Marine Conservation
Twelve-year arc spanning portfolio strategy, fishery assessments, market traceability, and the design of a phased six-country Western Pacific Foundation exit.
Want to discuss a
specific case in detail?
Each of these engagements has more depth than a one-page summary can carry. For a substantive conversation about how the work might apply to your own programme, book a working session.
Book a Working Session