Ab Mai 2026 wird die Geschäfts- und Kontaktstelle des Deutschen Komitees der UN-Ozeandekade (ODK) an der DAM angesiedelt. Für die kommende Förderphase wird eine Wissenschaftlichen Referent*in, Vollzeit – remote/hybridgesucht 📅 Deadline: 11. März 2026 www.allianz-meeresforschung.de/news/ausschr...

175 artificial reef reef balls were deployed in Tanzania 🇹🇿. They create habitats, support coral settlement, enhance biodiversity, & strengthen resilience against storms & overfishing. Project implemented by @mwambao.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social, funded by @blueactionfund.org.

When it's reporting time again...

Meet Amina Juma, an active MKUBA member who has improved her business and overall standard of living through interest-free MKUBA loans. Project implemented by @faunaflora.bsky.social & @mwambao.bsky.social. Funded by @blueactionfund.org. www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

⏩ It's 🌊 #30x30 🌊 @katieocean.bsky.social @taotaotasi.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @ipbes.net @protectedplanet.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unep.org @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @wcs.org @blueactionfund.org @jonathankelsey.bsky.social

🌊 Bist Du unsere:n nächste:n Praktikant:in im Bereich Meeresschutz? @giz.de sucht eine:n engagierte:n Praktikant:in für das Sektorvorhaben „Biodiversität – Umwelt – Meere“. 📍 Bonn 📅 20.04.2026 – 31.08.2026 🕒 Vollzeit ⏳ Bewerbungsschluss: 18.02.2026 👉 www.jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=jobad&id=77646

DM me if you are in Berlin and interested

** PAPER ALERT ** The future of #coralreefs does not have to be doom & gloom. Just out in npj Ocean Sustainability, we imagine coral reef futures offering alternatives aspiring to sustainability and equity for coral reefs. Read the open access paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Onychoteuthid from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 453 East Cortes Basin #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife

The call for proposals for side events at the next Our Ocean Conference is now open. The deadline is March 3. @blueactionfund.org colleagues @oceanknigge.bsky.social , @oceanweigand.bsky.social, @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @idelamer.bsky.social will be there. ouroceankenya.com/side-events-...

🚤 Two brand-new community boats from our #BlueBijagós project have arrived in the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼! They will help bring children to school, patients to clinics, and women’s goods to mainland markets. Project implemented by PRCM and funded by @blueactionfund.org.

#OceanGrants 💶🌊

🌊 👏 Großer Schritt für die #Meeresforschung in DE: Die Mitglieder von Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung (KDM) & Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung (DAM) haben heute einstimmig für die Satzungsneufassung zur Zusammenführung beider Vereine gestimmt. Danke an alle für die konstruktive Zusammenarbeit!

We ✒️new project worth 💶 €4.5 million to to restore & conserve marine biodiversity and fisheries through Blue Corridor in Vietnam. 🥳🪸🐟🎉 #OceanOptimism funded by: 🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social 🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social

🚨 Protected Planet has launched the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) - a new and unified database, merging the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM). Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mr649ywy

As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according to the latest global tracking data by the World Database on Protected Areas. This marks a 1.2% increase in 2025, up from 8.4% coverage in 2024. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Some folks say deep-sea fish aren’t cute. I dare you to look at this bumpy snailfish and not say “aww.” Try it. I dare you. …and if you can't, you might have a cold, cold dead heart. bioone.org/journals/ich...

"What we lost in 2025 was not only species. It was time. What we found was not only new life. It was proof, again, that the future is still shaped by the choices we make today." news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...

Spectacular strawberry squid! Histioteuthis squid w/massively asymmetrical eyes: 1 larger for viewing the silhouettes of predators & prey above, & 1 smaller eye for capturing glimmers of bioluminescent snacks below. #AsgardArchea - 730m - ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

A quick, helpful overview of stages of establishment for MPAs💙 Much appreciated by the team @blueactionfund.org as a quick way to assess where sites stand and track progress over a project’s lifetime. 🔗 mpa-guide.protectedplanet.net/MPAGuide_Sta...

🌊 Protecting Bangladesh's Marine Future Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) Project launched to strengthen marine conservation and secure food systems for coastal communities on Dec 8 - in an initiative led by WCS Bangladesh and WorldFish. #SusthoSagar #BlueActionFund #WCSBangladesh

🚨 New guidance for asset managers and asset owners! This guidance aims to help investors better understand the significance of Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and actions they can take to manage risks to these networks. 📑: tinyurl.com/49pn5cbp

**NEW PAPER ALERT** Read about the methods behind the development of the new #IUCNCEESP guide on measuring equity in marine conservation in our new paper in #PARKS. Access the paper here: parksjournal.com/wp-content/u... @nathanjbennett.bsky.social @markandrachuk.bsky.social

We are looking for a Programme Manager Environmental & Social Safeguards based in Berlin. Thrilling job with one of the globally leading 🌊 MPA funders ogy.de/l4xt

Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) project inception workshop held today in Bangladesh, led by @wcs.org & WorldFish. Ministries, agencies, academia and fishers stressed collaboration to strengthen the country’s MPAs. Funded by @blueactionfund.org

And if I may add - Comprehensive national implementation law agreed as well 🌊💪

R U a future #OceanOptimism investor💶🌊🪸? We are seeking a grant manager based in Berlin (if possible with some legal expertise...). All info ➡️https://ogy.de/uuu2

Great to see @wcs.org and Mwambao Coastal Community Network come together in Tanga, Tanzania for a joint lessons-learned workshop — funded by @blueactionfund.org. #OceanOptimism

🦦🚨🎯Job (Frist 30.11.) für politisch denkende*n, kommunikative*n Strateg*in mit 💙 für Biotopverbund & Fischotterschutz, Berlin (möglichst) Aufgabe: Rahmenbedingungen für Feuchtbiotopverbund verbessern, Angriffe auf Artenschutz abwehren, Straßenverwaltung zu Entscheidung motivieren… 1/2 Zur Stelle:

Do you or anyone you know has experience in the Blue Economy sector? 🐠 GFA is looking for a Team Leader in Mozambique 🇲🇿. www.gfa-group.de/jobs/Team_Le...

A new Reef Exchanges episode dives into how #MERMAID grew from simple spreadsheets into a global tool helping scientists and MPA teams collect and report coral reef data more efficiently. Happy to support this effort through several @blueactionfund.org grants. reefresilience.org/reefexchange...

Interested in helping @wwf-ocean.bsky.social to draft a full proposal for @blueactionfund.org ? www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...

JOB ALERT in Frankfurt 🇩🇪: Our 'engine room' is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant. Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more. www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...

Our Ocean Conference 11 will take place in Mombasa – Kilifi Counties, Kenya from June 16th-18th 2026! www.ouroceanconference.org/conferences/...

Launch of our new @blueactionfund.org project in Bangladesh 🇧🇩... www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/new-...

Mongabay’s ocean reporting has already led to real-world impacts. The Oceans Desk marks a milestone in Mongabay’s growth over more than two decades and strengthens the organization’s ability to inform, inspire and sustain effective action on marine conservation worldwide.

MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration. Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA. #OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.

JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on #BlueCarbon to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open for proposals until 2 March 2026. www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...

Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...

New Management Effectiveness for MPAs Mentored Online Course, designed for managers and staff who are moving beyond area designation. The mentored course is free and open to all, and will be held from November 10 – December 12, 2025. reefresilience.org/management-e...

🌍 #ProtectedPlanet November 2025 Update: #WDPCA: is 310,367, including 303,773 #ProtectedAreas, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594 #OECMs covering 16 countries & territories. GD-PAME: No new #PAME records were added. Read More: ⤵️ www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...

Scientifically not ideal, but highly efficient way to enhance our understanding of longer-term impact. Funders incl. @blueactionfund.org need to get better at responsible exits, so 👇 survey is 🔑 to help inform future grant programme... ogy.de/78wc @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

Thanks to @rare.org & @conservationorg.bsky.social for organising interesting webinar on enabling conditions for financing conservation of blue carbon ecosystems. Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org.

We ✒️ today grant with @rare.org for €5.2 million project to support marine conservation in Philippines 🇵🇭. #OceanOptimism funded by 🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social 🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social

Our new project with @wcs.org & @worldfish.bsky.social and our very 1st in Bangladesh 🇧🇩... #OceanOptimism @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social

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

Some inspiration for our @blueactionfund.org projects around the world. 🧊🧊🧊 www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

Villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving livelihoods, and building resilience for people, nature, and the ocean. Funded by @blueactionfund.org. www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...