Meanwhile in Tanzania 🇹🇿... Excellent 🎞️about #Mwambao ecocredit programme linking💰saving groups with marine conservation. #OceanOptimism www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaAA...

2 years after end of grant, we ask partners to do 'Ex-post survey' re sustainability of interventions, impact on MPA, organisation, communities, availability of follow up funding... Today, we sent 📬 invite to @wildtrust.co.za re 'iSimangaliso I' ogy.de/062b @oceanthayne.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... @fondoaccion.bsky.social elvanguardistaonline.com/innovacion-g...

Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻... #PaMAR @projectovito.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

👇🏼 #OceanOptimism

Happy to support this new project and partnership from the @blueactionfund.org side 🌊 #OceanOptimism

Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻... #PaMAR @projectovito.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

NEWS: New @blueactionfund.org project launches to secure a “sustho sagor” (healthy ocean) for Bangladesh. $5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship. 🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We supported @wwf.de 'Strengthening MPA management in Rufiji, Mafia and Kilwa Districts, Tanzania 🇹🇿 ' 🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/hRP9ywB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Planning the next step for your restoration work? 🌍 Our Planning Grants (up to US$120,000) support early-stage restoration projects across Europe. Join our webinar on 3 Nov, 10:30–11:30 (UK) to find out more. 🔗 https://jbs-cam.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UWdZKqLmT6SER3hvuKDQFA

Searchable list of all our grants is on our www, incl. fact sheets & grant reports for closed project. ➡️ www.blueactionfund.org/grant-progra... #Transparency #OceanOptimism

Thanks @norad.no 🥳: We welcome continued cooperation in @blueactionfund.org not only in terms of 💵 but also re thematic input & guidance by @windingstad.bsky.social & @johannef.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Tanzania 🇹🇿, conservation successes building on past @blueactionfund.org projects... Our Grant Report incl. lessons learned ➡️ ogy.de/wao1 @wwf.de @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social inafrika.co.tz/wwf-tanzania...

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... ➡️ ogy.de/cn0u @marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Costa Rica 🇨🇷.... #MarViva supporting #BBNJ implementation @oceancecilia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeS...

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... @fondoaccion.bsky.social www.eltiempo.com/vida/medio-a...

Looking forward to reading memo about project visit... @oceandreher.bsky.social @rare.org

Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻... @projectovito.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Tanzania 🇹🇿...

Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩... 🦀 Mudcrabs: community-led recovery that turns the tide ➡️ ogy.de/qnw5%F0%9F%A... 📈 Crabs inside no-take zones 16% heavier & 7.5% longer 🎣 In some sites, CPUE up by 78% 📖 Villages leading their own conservation rules

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳, @rare.org is making 🌊🌊🌊... #OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social plus match funding from Becht & others. @oceandreher.bsky.social currently on project visit.

Almost... Still a few 💶 missing to pass the €200 million grant programme milestone. #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪@irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻... @projectovito.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

More than 200 miles off the coast of Central America, eight bright buoys are floating that are changing the way we understand the ocean. Cooperation to explore the Thermal Dome, an oasis of marine life and productivity in the tropical Pacific! @blueactionfund.org @sargadom.bsky.social

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We supported @thewcs.bsky.social 'Creating a network of of resilient MPAs in globally significant areas of the Western Indian Ocean 🇰🇪 🇲🇬 🇹🇿 ' 🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3E4UgS8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile wonderful news from uThukuela MPA in South Africa 🇿🇦... Community Resource Hub is based on experiences from our grant to neighbouring iSimangaliso @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social #OceanOptimism

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦... @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/...

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳...

JOB ALERT in our office!

Just wrapped up a visit to the Thriving Coasts project, implemented by a strong consortium led by @rare.org. Inspiring to see such a wide range of impactful, on-the-ground work. The @blueactionfund.org team leaves with a strong sense of #OceanOptimism. 🌊🐟💙

Meanwhile in São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹... Meeting with Secretary of the Environment of Príncipe to discuss MPA designation and management, incl. 🎣. Grant Fact Sheet ➡️ ogy.de/rtdj #FundaçãoPríncipe @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... @fondoaccion.bsky.social www.eltiempo.com/vida/medio-a...

Interested in working for something like a bank, investing 💶💶 in marine conservation & #OceanOptimism? Programme Assistant in 🇩🇪 Berlin. #Communications #SocialMedia #10YearEvaluation. Still few days to apply... @greenjobs.de www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...

Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦 ... How Murals Are Bringing Ocean Conservation to Life in Lüderitz nnf.org.na/how-murals-a... @oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social

📣 Our new case study, Expanding community-led conservation for fishers in Honduras, spotlights our work with local communities to place over 14K sq km of ocean under sustainable, community-led management. 🇭🇳 🌊 🪸 🐟 bit.ly/4nR7ofN

Three days into our visit to the @blueactionfund.org Honduras project implemented by @rare.org, and already so many powerful insights 💡 From community-led ocean conservation 🐟 to behavior change in action 🔄, it’s inspiring to see how local leadership is driving real impact 💪 tinyurl.com/y4jevhkn

Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻… Good to see project partner @projectovito.bsky.social taking one important step towards getting the wondrous waters around 🇨🇻 more protected @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism #30x30

Almost... Still a few 💶 missing to pass the €200 million grant programme milestone. #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪@irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social

Thrilled that @oceandreher.bsky.social 1) organises virtual debriefing from her @blueactionfund.org visit to the @rare.org 🇭🇳 project, and 2) invites plenty of other stakeholders & funders to join the discussion & exchanges. #OceanOptimism

Meanwhile in Costa Rica 🇨🇷.... #MarViva supporting #BBNJ implementation @oceancecilia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeS...

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳, @rare.org is making 🌊🌊🌊... #OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social plus match funding from Becht & others. @oceandreher.bsky.social currently on project visit.

Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩... 🦀 Mudcrabs: community-led recovery that turns the tide ➡️ ogy.de/qnw5%F0%9F%A... 📈 Crabs inside no-take zones 16% heavier & 7.5% longer 🎣 In some sites, CPUE up by 78% 📖 Villages leading their own conservation rules

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... ➡️ ogy.de/cn0u @marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social

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Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...

Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦 ... How Murals Are Bringing Ocean Conservation to Life in Lüderitz nnf.org.na/how-murals-a... @oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Tanzania 🇹🇿, conservation successes building on past @blueactionfund.org projects... Our Grant Report incl. lessons learned ➡️ ogy.de/wao1 @wwf.de @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social inafrika.co.tz/wwf-tanzania...

Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹... Thanks also to cofunding from #Oceans5 & @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social project currently visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social

Visit to @blueactionfund.org project (👉 tinyurl.com/ypn86tru) in La Moskitia, Honduras wrapped up - intense and inspiring! Deeply grateful to connect with local Indigenous communities and an incredible team on the ground. Full of #OceanOptimism 🌊💙

More Happy News: since end of September São Tomé & Príncipe is the first country with 100% of its land designated as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve! Now we are just waiting for ✍️ of the decree law by the president to establish the first MPAs in the country 👇 A lot of #oceanoptimism & #conservationoptimism