The Group's water conservation projects include establishment of ecosanitation utilities in Mexico and rebuilding of failed water supply systems in Africa. Ecosystem projects involve protecting rain forests in Costa Rica, limiting over-exploitation of marine fishes in Alaska and decreasing by-catch and mortality of sea turtles in shrimp fisheries in the Southeast of the USA. It has written on coastal zone management and long term planning, marine protected areas, marine fisheries policy and watershed and lake conservation issues.