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...

JOB ALERT in our office!

... we are in process of scoping Blue Carbon work in Asia for potential @blueactionfund.org investments. More on mangroves🌱, but who knows. @oceansteinmann.bsky.social

Happy to add 🐟 @worldfish.bsky.social 🎣 to our list of grantees... #OceanOptimism go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx

Sharing some good news from our work at @blueactionfund.org. We just signed a €4.8 million project to strengthen #MPAs in Bangladesh. We have been developing this project over the past months, and it feels rewarding to now see it become reality. #OceanOptimism

The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

Wow. Congratulations @emilysdarling.bsky.social 🥳🎉. We are happy to support your & @wcs.org 🪸 work in numerous places, such as 🇹🇿, 🇲🇲, 🇸🇧, 🇫🇯... #OceanOptimism

Co-hosting today's Myanmar 🇲🇲 Donor Round Table with @wcs.org, @faunaflora.bsky.social & Myanmar Biodiversity Fund (MBF) to exchange on opportunities for on the ground marine conservation, even in challenging times. 🌊info re our investment ➡️ ogy.de/s7vh 🌊grant manager @oceansteinmann.bsky.social

<3 mycorrhizal networks

Upcoming special session at @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium on lessons learned from our €50m EbA-funding window co-funded by @greenclimate.fund ➡️ ogy.de/7zrf Presentations from @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @faunaflora.bsky.social @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social ...

NEW RESEARCH Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌍🐟

Common Teen (juv) Oh My Gee that feathering

Interesting...#BlueCarbon 'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.' Article by @shokes.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...

Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature. All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!! share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...

50 years of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act… what were the initial drivers? What does it mean now in a time of 30 by 30? theconversation.com/half-a-centu...