Meanwhile in Belize 🇧🇿 ... Nice video 📽️(2.37min) about our grant to @wwf.de and recent project visit by @oceanpia.bsky.social & @oceanknigge.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXfg...

MacKenzie Scott's $62M gift to Blue Ventures marks a turning point for community-led ocean conservation. With 100M people depending on small-scale fishing amid warming seas & declining catches, this funding empowers coastal communities to protect marine ecosystems & build resilience: bit.ly/3KQJQti

Thank you @wwf.de for hosting us & sharing some much-needed #OceanOptimism during our 🇧🇿 visit to learn about #ReefGuard project & explore the hopefully soon-to-be designated Placencia Lagoon. Grant fact sheet ➡️ ogy.de/7wf0 @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social

Die COP30 startet heute in Belém. Unser Team um DBU-Chef @alexbonde.bsky.social ist dabei. Beim Talk im German Climate Pavilion geht es um die Frage, wie sich Meeresschutz & Offshore-Windenergie nachhaltig vereinen lassen. 18.11., 16:30–17:30 (UTC -03:00), Livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...

Looking forward to working with @rare.org as they implement this exciting project in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the Philippines' largest MPA🌊

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13 min 📽️about @rare.org project in Mozambique 🇲🇿... #OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...

JOB ALERT in our office!

~~~~~~~~ #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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Celebrating grant portfolio of our sister fund @legacylandscapes.bsky.social with representatives of all supported protected sites. Amazing 🥳🎉. 👏🏼 @bmz.de for initiating this crucial #30by30 @unbiodiversity.bsky.social financing tool. @astridschomaker.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩... @blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...

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

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We supported @wcs.org 'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯' 🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS

‍🦑 New Resources Alert: Gender & Fisheries 🦑 ORRAA’s lead Science and Knowledge Partner, the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is launching two new gender and fisheries factsheets on Haiti and Belize. 📄 Dive in here: https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti#the-republic-of-haiti

Corona 🍺 grants to protect & restore beaches, incl. local communities: 🏖️1 year projects 💵5-15K 🏖️1-3 years projects 💵50-100K Applications open until 13 October. oceanic.global/project/beac...

Any 💪♀️ applying with mangroves for Terre de Femmes Award? 🌱 5 x €10,000 🌱 Deadline 31 October #OceanOptimism #BlueCarbon @oceansteinmann.bsky.social fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io/en/applicati...

If you want to make a difference in the marine world 🌊🪸🐟... We are looking for a programme assistant (part time) based in in Berlin #OceanOptimism. ogy.de/6jtx

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

👀 #ConsultancyOpportunity for a #SocialScience team interested in integrating the social domain for #OceanAccounts in Belize 🇧🇿 Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social 🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...

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Gender equality & equity are crucial @blueactionfund.org projects, esp those co-funded by @greenclimate.fund. Check out insightful video from our @blueventures.bsky.social showing first hand testimony from local community members in 🇲🇬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfz1... @oceancecilia.bsky.social

The 30x30 initiative is crucial for the health of the planet—and humans overwhelmingly agree governments should make these vital protections of land and oceans a priority by 2030. Public support averaged 82.4%(!) in 8 key countries per survey. https://bit.ly/4p0l4pM

Sharks losing their bite due to ocean acidification? This study highlights how even apex predators are vulnerable to climate change. What other marine species might be silently suffering beneath the waves?

Meanwhile in Madagascar 🇲🇬... @blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social

“The winds of change began to blow when the #BlueForestsFoundation, @blueactionfund.org & @blueventures.bsky.social arrived in our village, establishing a partnership with the Batu Ampar Community Health Center & the Village Government.” Learn why from community voices in ID: tinyurl.com/bdemyn9d

Registration is open! Oceana's Annual General Meeting is happening Saturday, October 4 at the SCA Mercy Center in Belize City. Register now: act.oceana.org/s/8439354/5b...

Meanwhile in Mozambique 🇲🇿 .... www.peaceparks.org/restoring-ho...

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦... @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social. Thanks for co-funding from Oceans 5, OceanKind and other colleagues.

Exciting new Grant: Today, we 🖋️ €4.8 million project with Coral Triangle Center & Partners to promote #OceanOptimism in Banda Sea 🇮🇩. (1/3)

Excited about this milestone 🥳🥳 Looking forward to see this project now coming to life in implementation 🌊

11min Video: half way through @blueactionfund.org's Maputo National Park EbA project in 🇲🇿... @adradeutschland.bsky.social #PeacePark @oceancecilia.bsky.social www.peaceparkstv.com/maputo-natio...

Funding opportunity for projects integrating gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation into existing environmental initiatives in marine and terrestrial Indigenous-managed lands & protected communities ogy.de/r10a Funded by @norad.no & IUCN

Exchanging on mid-term review of €7.8m project with Peace Parks Foundation & ADRA to strengthen Ecosystem-based Adapation &marine conservation in 🇲🇿 ➡️ ogy.de/jcb8. Always a good opportunity to reflect, learn & adjust. @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social

My little K-9 intern @blueactionfund.org 🐾

🐟 Understanding the #SocialEquity Challenges of #Fishery Improvement Projects - Report by CEA Consulting and @wwf-ocean.bsky.social. Who benefits and who gets left behind❓ How can we ensure stronger #Inclusion & fairer value chains❓ 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycxhdtnc

Huge win for small island development states and the 🌏... #ClimateJustice

Happy Friday News 🎉New Grant Fact Sheet for Grant to Oikos working in Honduras has just been published. One more in the @blueactionfund.org portfolio - looking forward to the next years of collaboration!

On track to disburse > €20 million worth of #OceanOptimism in 2025 thanks to @oceanweigand.bsky.social & team 🎉 Thanks for continue investing in #30by30 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴@norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇸🇪@swedishmfa.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social

We believe in gender equity. This is why are part of the womenoceanguardians.org commitment, reinforcing our existing ambitions, policies, & requirements ♀️💪.

Fantastic 🎞️ about network of ♀️ leaders fighting to protect Belize’s reef & livelihoods. Still some days for free thanks to @marfund.bsky.social. We currently have two investments in 🇧🇿 with Belize Audubon Society & @wwf.de. @oceanpia.bsky.social #OceanOptimism wealthuntoldfilm.com/screenings/p...

🎣 Throwback to March in Independence Village, Belize! 55 fishers from 5 communities joined @wwf.de’s partner SEA's Fisher Forum to talk fisheries, regulations & livelihoods opportunities—as part of the @blueactionfund.org funded #ReefGuard project. 🌊 Find out more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DuT...

Powerful story from the Klamath River. 🚣‍♀️🌊 Indigenous youth kayaking ancestral waters where dams once stood—a powerful symbol of cultural resilience and environmental restoration.

Great news for mangroves in Assassins Bay, Madagascar! 🌿 Mangrove cover is growing at 1.08% yearly since 2018's Tahiry Honko project began (bit.ly/3Imlt54), reversing a 4.12% decline. The project is now seen as an inspiring model for community-based conservation, both in Madagascar and beyond 💪

Mind = blown 🐙🧠 Octopus arms don’t just think for themselves—they host their own microbiomes too. Nature’s complexity is astonishing. All the more reason to protect these incredible marine creatures. 🌊💙 #Octopus #MarineLife #Conservation #Microbiome #NatureIsWild

🌱 Hope Takes Root in Belize! In Hopkins Village, over 1,000 mangrove seedlings are being planted across four communities by @wwf.de ’s partner, Southern Environmental Association, as part of the @blueactionfund.org funded ReefGuard project. Check it out: www.facebook.com/share/p/1LzT...

Interested in Marine Conservation in Costa Rica? U might follow some of our grantees @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social @kathmaa.bsky.social @alejandrapacheco.bsky.social go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx