Get involved
How to participate and contribute
Beyond financial support, many contributors provide immaterial expertise and practical help. This includes sharing photographs and footage for our website and outreach, providing technology licences or know-how, mentoring students, or volunteering to coordinate sub-projects. Such contributions are often decisive: they expand our capabilities, accelerate progress and reinforce the collaborative character of Redes Fantasma.
Supporters
How you can get involved
Supporters play a vital role in helping Redes Fantasma grow, connect, and scale its impact. Through fieldwork, technology, education, and outreach, they contribute to testing, funding, collaboration, and visibility across sectors.
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Co-organize cleanups: Help us remove ghost gear in coastal areas or support local logistics
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Test technology: Join our user community, test our tools, and share feedback from the field
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Support education: Create or run activities, especially with schools, youth groups, or tourism partners
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Spread the word: Share our mission, build visibility, or invite us to present at your institution
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Open networks: Introduce us to potential partners, funders, or relevant institutions
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Share expertise: Support us in development, testing, project design, communication, or governance
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Public sector support: Municipalities, harbormasters, and agencies like DocaPesca help open doors
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Enable fieldwork: Support access, permits, and safe conditions for field operations in coastal or port zones
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Facilitate partnerships: Help align actors across sectors and enable effective cooperation
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Fund impact: Support specific actions or long-term results, publicly as sponsors or anonymously
Interested in contributing to our initiative?
Use the contact form, we are looking forward to hearing from you.
Here you can apply for membership in Redes Fantasma Schweiz.
We speak German and English.
The annual membership fee is CHF 50 CHF or €55 per year.
Long-term partners strengthen every stream of the project
Supporters empower our four workstreams, making community-based ghost net solutions possible
Sponsors
Rotary Clubs
Your support is essential to our work.
Thank you.
Do you wish to contribute?
Your support helps fund marine conservation work, recovery of dangerous ghost nets and environmental education for sustainable impact.
Donations are primarily used to fund our work and projects. We keep administrative costs to a minimum so your support creates the greatest possible impact.
We also welcome legacy donations and bequests from individuals who wish to support long-term marine conservation efforts beyond their lifetime.
Redes Fantasma Schweiz is an officially recognized tax-exempt non-profit organization based in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. Tax deductability of donations applies according to Swiss regulations and may vary internationally. Further information regarding the association’s Swiss tax exemption can be found here.
Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB)
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IBAN CHF CH1200769442701582001
IBAN EUR CH8200769442701582002
Redes Fantasma Schweiz
Holingen 125
4467 Rothenfluh
Switzerland
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Thank you for your support!
Picture call
Contribute to the visual story of Redes Fantasma
Strong images help people understand the reality of ghost nets, marine conservation and the communities working on solutions. We invite photographers, divers, researchers, designers and ocean lovers to contribute authentic visual material to the Redes Fantasma project.
What we are looking for
We are looking for authentic visual material related to:
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Ghost nets and marine pollution
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Diving, fieldwork and coastal cleanups
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Marine technology and real-world operations
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Ocean communities and fishing culture
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Sealife and marine environments
Natural colours, authentic moments and strong visual storytelling are preferred over heavily edited or staged imagery.
Contributors receive
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Visible credit on the website (optional)
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Participation in an international conservation project
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Long-term visibility for selected work
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The opportunity to help shape the visual identity of Redes Fantasma
Selected images may be featured across the website and official communication channels.
Basic guidelines
Please only submit images that:
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You created yourself or have permission to share
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Respect the privacy and rights of the people shown
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Do not contain watermarks
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Are reasonably sharp and high quality
By submitting an image, you allow Redes Fantasma to publish and lightly adapt it for website and communication purposes.
Selection and use
All submissions are reviewed internally by Redes Fantasma.
We select images based on:
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Authenticity
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Visual quality
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Relevance to the project and website
Submitting an image does not guarantee publication.
Selected images may be lightly cropped or adjusted for layout and consistency.
We may contact you for additional information before publication and reserve the right to update or replace images later.
How to submit
Please send:
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Your image(s)
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Your name
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Optional photo credit
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A short description or location
to: m.herzog@redes-fantasma.org
High-resolution JPG and PNG files are preferred.
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