Marine Research and Education Fund of Andenes - MAREFA HOME ABOUT GET INVOLVED SERVICES CONTACT Marine Research and Education Fund of Andenes Towards a sustainable use of natural resources in Northern Norway through research and education Get involved ORGANISATION The Marine Research and Education Fund of Andenes (MAREFA) is a non-profit organization that works to increase knowledge about wildlife through research and education, and promote sustainable use of local natural resources in the North of Norway. Find out more about our work. NEWS Read about the latest news on the activities of MAREFA, groundbreaking research on marine mammals around the world, and happenings related to environmental conservation in Northern Norway. Create a free website Powered by Start your own free website A surprisingly easy drag & drop site creator. Learn more.

Marine Research and Education Fund of Andenes - MAREFA HOME ABOUT GET INVOLVED SERVICES CONTACT Marine Research and Education Fund of Norway (MAREFA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promote conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in Northern Norway through research, education and community involvment. MAREFA has been working in Andenes since 2010, and got officially established in 2012. Our first objective was increasing the knowledge of cetaceans in the area of the Vesteralen islands through research and education projects. In order to achieve our goals of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in Northern Norway, we started working bottom-up: Our objective is capacity building in the community at all levels and involving the community in the process of developing actions for mitigating human impacts on the marine and coastal environment and peatlands. Find out more about the activities we do to acomplish our objectives. Create a free website Powered by Create your own free website Start your own free website A surprisingly easy drag & drop site creator. Learn more.