Jacques-Yves Cousteau founded the Cousteau Society in 1973. The Cousteau Society is a nonprofit environmental organisation that protects the sea and its inhabitants. It carried out many expedition research that led to greater findings of the sea. In 1990, it launched a global petition campaign protecting Antartica from mineral exploitation. This resulted in a ban of mineral undertaking for at least 50 years.
Projects that are ongoing:
- UNESCO – Cousteau Ecotechnie Program
- Vaquita Protection in Mexico
- Restoration of Rapa Nui, Easter Island
- Agenta Cousteau program for kids
- Conservation of sharks and rays in the Red Sea
- Cousteau Petition for Whales