Our impact
Our impact
The Tara Ocean Foundation is committed to evaluating the impact of its actions and spending.
Bridging science and policy
In a world where science is sometimes dismissed as mere opinion, research and scientific data are more strategic than ever. With Tara, we support ocean science. To truly protect it, we need to understand it better and reduce the pressure we exert on it – overfishing, pollutions, threats from deep-sea mining. Our mission is to tirelessly convince decision-makers to take action thanks to scientific evidence.
Romain Troublé, Chief Executive Officer
The high seas
14 years of policy advocacy for the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ)
Plastic pollution
From 2019, policy advocacy for the Global Plastics Treaty
Capacity-building
Coordination of international cooperation projects with Chile, Brazil and Senegal
Ocean governance
30×30 Target – Antarctic Treaty – Deep-sea mining – Central Arctic Ocean protection
Enabling informed political decisions
For 10 years, from the role of ocean ecosystems in climate regulation to the implementation of the BBNJ Treaty, the partnership between the FFEM and the Tara Ocean Foundation has illustrated our shared commitment to a future where scientific knowledge informs decisions and strengthens ocean protection.
Stéphanie Bouzigues-Eschmann, Secretary General of the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM)
Motivating collective engagement
Our impact is that of an entire collective, both on land and at sea! At the heart of Tara’s DNA is a close collaboration between the Foundation, sailors and scientists, which enables innovative ocean science. There are also artists in residence who observe and reveal, through their sensibilities, the richness and fragility of the ocean. It is a pioneering model we want to cherish. We need every support. Every donation can help us accomplish our mission.
Étienne Bourgois, Co-founder and President of the Tara Ocean Foundation
+1,5 million
students reached world wide
600,000
km travelled – 76 countries visited – more than 300 stopovers
50
organisations involved in the Alliance of Cultural Organisations for the Ocean launched by the Foundation
1 million
people reached through exhibitions and outreach activities in 2025
Bringing together the scientific community
Initially, a project carried out by a schooner was not taken seriously by the scientific community, but the success of this new form of non-institutional oceanography, based on a public/private partnership, is now proven.
Dr Françoise Gaill – excerpts from the Journal du CNRS
15 expeditions
700 scientists on board
150 million
genes identified
100,000
species of microalgae discovered
5,000
publications based on expedition data – Covers in Science and Nature
Raising awareness
I had never seen the Ocean like this before. Mum explained to me how art and science tell us about things we cannot see, and now I want to protect the sea.
Testimonial from a child following a visit to the Great Expedition exhibit at 104 in Paris
47 Taranauts
20 at sea, 27 on land
6,6 million
annual budget in 2025
40
scientific partners per expedition
2,255
news coverage in the media in 2025
