====== TerraMar Project ======

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**The TerraMar Project** was an American non-profit organization based in [[united_states:New York:New York City]], [[united_states:New York]]. It was founded by [[Ghislaine Maxwell]], purportedly to raise awareness of environmental and other issues facing the oceans.

===== History =====

==== Founding and launch ====

TerraMar was incorporated in both the US state of [[United States:Delaware]] and [[United Kingdom:england:London]], [[united_kingdom:England]] in 2012 by [[Ghislaine Maxwell]].((Cain, Á. (2019, July 18). //Ghislaine Maxwell abruptly torpedoed her oceanic non-profit in the wake of the scandal surrounding her associate Jeffrey Epstein.// Business Insider. https://archive.vn/bkmGj)) ((Vincent, I. (2019, July 28). //Feds probe heiress’ ocean “charity” for links to Jeffrey Epstein.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/ZyTQZ)) The organization's website featured an interactive "virtual dive" using [[Google Ocean]], which premiered alongside TerraMar at the [[Blue Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Conference]] in [[united_states:california:Monterey]], [[united_states:California]].((Platt, J. (2019, August 15). //TerraMar Project Launches to Celebrate and Protect the World’s Oceans.// Treehugger. https://archive.vn/tlL77))

Founding "citizens" of the project included [[Nathan Wolfe]], [[Sylvia Earle]], [[Don Walsh]], [[Dan Laffoley]], [[Jonathan Soros]], [[David Wassong]], [[David de Rothschild]], [[Nate Berkus]] and [[Robert Kotick]].((Platt, J. (2019, August 15). //TerraMar Project Launches to Celebrate and Protect the World’s Oceans.// Treehugger. https://archive.vn/tlL77)) ((//The Maxwell Connection.// (2020, July 24). Some Bitch Told Me. https://archive.ph/hhA21))

==== Activism ====

TerraMar's activities focused on raising awareness for [[ocean conservation]] efforts. Maxwell spoke at several high-level events about the issue, including 2013 and 2014 events hosted at the [[United Nations]] in [[united_states:New York]] (where she advocated for the [[Sustainable Development Goals]])((The TerraMar Project. (2014, March 18). //TerraMar Founder Speaks at the United Nations.// YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20221231154521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzL5ev0vjbw)) and a 2014 [[Council on Foreign Relations]].((Patrick, S. M. (2014, August). //Global Governance Update - August 2014.// Council on Foreign Relations. https://web.archive.org/web/20190830191059/https://www.cfr.org/about/newsletters/archive/newsletter/n2100))

One such UN event titled "Healthy Oceans and Seas: a way forward" was co-hosted by the [[Sustainable Oceans Alliance]], the Governments of [[Italy]] and [[Palau]] and the [[Global Partnerships Forum]].((//Scenario for the round table - Healthy Oceans and Seas: a way forward.// (2014, February 4). United Nations. https://web.archive.org/web/20220813174029/https://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/ocean140204pm.pdf)) She also spoke in 2014 about TerraMar at the [[Westchester Digital Summit]].((Westchester Digital Summit. (2014, June 20). //WDS2 - Ghislaine Maxwell and The TerraMar Project.// YouTube. https://web.archive.org/web/20221231154609/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pUzcRORDIg))

TerraMar's activism related to the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs) was praised by the [[Clinton Foundation]]'s [[Clinton Global Initiative]].((//Sustainable Oceans Alliance: Impacting the SGDs.// Clinton Foundation. Retrieved July 21, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190721044009/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/sustainable-oceans-alliance-impacting-sgds))

==== Investigation and closure ====

In July 2019, the [[New York Post]] reported that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) was looking into TerraMar following the arrest of [[Jeffrey Epstein]].((Vincent, I. (2019, July 28). //Feds probe heiress’ ocean “charity” for links to Jeffrey Epstein.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/ZyTQZ)) Within weeks, "the charity blocked its public website and made it password-accessible", deleted its [[Twitter]] account, and issued a message on its homepage stating that it had ceased operations.

===== Organization =====

==== Personnel ====

[[Ghislaine Maxwell]] served as president of TerraMar, with her Upper East Side home acting as its official office.((Vincent, I. (2019, July 28). //Feds probe heiress’ ocean “charity” for links to Jeffrey Epstein.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/ZyTQZ)) Ghislaine's sister [[Christine Maxwell]] was listed as Treasurer in TerraMar's 2017 filings.((//The Maxwell Connection.// (2020, July 24). Some Bitch Told Me. https://archive.ph/hhA21))

Members of TerraMar’s board included [[United Nations]] official [[Amir Dossal]], //[[Dead Poets Society]]// producer [[Steven Haft]], [[Christine Dennison]] and [[Ariadne Calvo-Platero]], Maxwell’s best friend from the [[University of Oxford]].((//Terramar Project Inc, Form 990-EZ - Nonprofit Explorer.// (2018, May 23). ProPublica. https://archive.ph/NywQ5)) Calvo-Platero and [[Katie Vaughan-Edwards]], "Maxwell’s socialite friends from London, were also listed in the original incorporation documents."

[[Larry Coben]] was also reportedly a founding director.((@Agenthades1. (2019, September 9). //“Lets see who all the members of Ghislaine’s Terramar project board were shall we?   Larry Coben, who’s in the black book and in recent interviews has the gall to say that he doesn’t recall being on the board.”// [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20221231144445/https://twitter.com/agenthades1/status/1171308596526604288?lang=en)) ((Vincent, I. (2019, July 28). //Feds probe heiress’ ocean “charity” for links to Jeffrey Epstein.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/ZyTQZ))

The team at TerraMar as of April 2019 included [[Brian Yurasits]] as Director of Development, [[Inge Solheim]] as Polar Ambassador and [[Kristin Lee Dufour]] as head of Strategic Communications.((//About.// TerraMar Project. Retrieved April 25, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20190425191028/http://theterramarproject.org/about/))

TerraMar's annual filings were prepared by [[Laura Barooshian]] of [[Dicicco, Gulman & Company]].((//The Maxwell Connection.// (2020, July 24). Some Bitch Told Me. https://archive.ph/hhA21))

==== Funding ====

According to a 2019 article by the [[New York Post]], TerraMar was "exclusively funded by hundreds of thousands in loans by heiress Ghislaine Maxwell".((Vincent, I. (2019, July 28). //Feds probe heiress’ ocean “charity” for links to Jeffrey Epstein.// New York Post. https://archive.ph/ZyTQZ))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/terramar-project/|InfluenceWatch]]
  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/TerraMar-Project|White Rose Wiki]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_TerraMar_Project|Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/The_TerraMar_Project|Wikispooks]]

==== Social media ====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/@TerraMarProject|YouTube]]

===== Links to sort =====

  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120715091022/https://theterramarproject.org/|Partners/members]] (scrolling logos at bottom)