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@oceanpia.bsky.social
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Grant Manager @blueactionfund
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
about 2 months ago
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...
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Reef Guard project: Sustaining life and livelihoods
YouTube video by WWF Mesoamerica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXfgNKFqyf8
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Blue Ventures
about 2 months ago
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
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Landmark philanthropic support for coastal communities and small-scale fishers - Blue Ventures
Small-scale fishers and coastal communities across the tropics are set to gain renewed support thanks to a landmark USD 62 million gift to Blue Ventures from MacKenzie Scott. The funding comes at a pi...
https://bit.ly/3KQJQti
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
3 months ago
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
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DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
3 months ago
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...
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Scaling up marine nature conservation and climate solutions
YouTube video by COP30 | German Climate Pavilion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5DQeeXluI
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Isabelle Delamer
3 months ago
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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Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world’s rarest marine mammal
YouTube video by Associated Press
https://youtu.be/axsjmpZj4-I?si=YTQTCJM-R4-4Ldc2
3 months ago
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Nuri
3 months ago
#OceanOptimism
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
13 min 📽️about
@rare.org
project in Mozambique 🇲🇿...
#OceanOptimism
funded by
@blueactionfund.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...
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O Nosso Mar, o Nosso Peixe (Our Sea, Our Fish)
YouTube video by Rare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10fpGCy6E
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Nuri
4 months ago
JOB ALERT in our office!
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
#OceanOptimism
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
~~~~~~~~
#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
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
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
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩...
@blueventures.bsky.social
@oceanthyrza.bsky.social
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
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
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
~~~~~~~~
#GrantSpotlight
~~~~~~~~ We supported
@wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯' 🌊 Grant Report:
buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
Please follow
@oceandreher.bsky.social
👇 for more updates from
@blueactionfund.org
investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 .
@rare.org
#OIKOS
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Pia Walter
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
4 months ago
🦑 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
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Gender and fisheries fact sheets
Through a process of co-production with local rights- and stakeholders, we are developing a series of country factsheets, across SIDS and LDCs, that highlight women’s critical contributions to the fisheries sector. To integrate women’s human rights in fisheries, the factsheets also underscore
https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
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...
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Oceanic Global x Corona's Beach 100 Grant Initiative - Oceanic Global
The Beach 100 Grant Initiative protects and restores beaches and ecosystems for a thriving blue planet.
https://oceanic.global/project/beach100grant/
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
4 months ago
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...
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Yves Rocher Foundation • Terre de Femmes Prize • 2026
COMMITTED TO NATURE !
https://fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io/en/applications/prix-terre-de-femmes-fondation-yves-rocher-edition2026
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
4 months ago
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
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Programme Assistant (m/f/x) - part time
BLUE ACTION FUND is searching for a:Programme AssistantREPORTS TO: Executive DirectorLOCATION: BerlinSALARY: CompetitiveCLOSING DATE: 2 November 2025START DATE: As soon as possibleCONTRACT: Part time ...
https://ogy.de/6jtx
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
5 months ago
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
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Global Ocean Accounts Partnership
5 months ago
👀
#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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A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/science/fish-ocean-deep-sea.html
5 months ago
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Sophie Thayne
5 months ago
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
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The power of gender equality
YouTube video by BV Mada Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfz1j72xNjs
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Pia Walter
Environmental Defense Fund
5 months ago
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
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
https://bit.ly/4p0l4pM
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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?
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Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds
Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/ocean-acidification-erodes-sharks-teeth-affecting-feeding
5 months ago
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Blue Action Fund
5 months ago
Meanwhile in Madagascar 🇲🇬...
@blueventures.bsky.social
@oceanthayne.bsky.social
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“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
5 months ago
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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...
5 months ago
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
6 months ago
Meanwhile in Mozambique 🇲🇿 ....
www.peaceparks.org/restoring-ho...
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Restoring hope and nature: How communities are reducing climate shocks in coastal Mozambique
https://www.peaceparks.org/restoring-hope-and-nature-how-communities-are-reducing-climate-shocks-in-coastal-mozambique/
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
6 months ago
Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
@wildtrust.co.za
@oceanthyrza.bsky.social
. Thanks for co-funding from Oceans 5, OceanKind and other colleagues.
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
6 months ago
Exciting new Grant: Today, we 🖋️ €4.8 million project with Coral Triangle Center & Partners to promote
#OceanOptimism
in Banda Sea 🇮🇩. (1/3)
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Sophie Thayne
6 months ago
Excited about this milestone 🥳🥳 Looking forward to see this project now coming to life in implementation 🌊
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
6 months ago
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...
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Maputo National Park’s coastal comeback empowers communities and nature - Peace Parks
Local communities in southern Mozambique are taking action to protect and restore nature in Maputo National Park – one of the most biologically diverse and threatened ecoregions on Earth. Recently dec...
https://www.peaceparkstv.com/maputo-national-parks-coastal-comeback-empowers-communities-and-nature/
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
6 months ago
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
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Pia Walter
🌊Markus Knigge🐟
6 months ago
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
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My little K-9 intern
@blueactionfund.org
🐾
6 months ago
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Pia Walter
MeerWissen Initiative
7 months ago
🐟 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
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Understanding the Social Equity Challenges of Fishery Improvement Projects - Insights from Our Shared Seas
https://oursharedseas.com/understanding-social-equity-challenges-of-fips
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟
7 months ago
Huge win for small island development states and the 🌏...
#ClimateJustice
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Judith Weigand
6 months ago
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!
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
7 months ago
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
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
7 months ago
We believe in gender equity. This is why are part of the
womenoceanguardians.org
commitment, reinforcing our existing ambitions, policies, & requirements ♀️💪.
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Blue Action Fund
7 months ago
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...
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Wealth Untold Film | Presented by MAR Fund
You'll have 48 hours to finish watching once started (runtime: 85 min).
https://wealthuntoldfilm.com/screenings/presented-by-mar-fund/
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🎣 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...
7 months ago
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Powerful story from the Klamath River. 🚣♀️🌊 Indigenous youth kayaking ancestral waters where dams once stood—a powerful symbol of cultural resilience and environmental restoration.
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First Time in 100 Years: Young Kayakers on a Ride for the Ages
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/klamath-river-kayak-indigenous-tribes.html
7 months ago
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Blue Ventures
7 months ago
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 💪
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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
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Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/science/octopus-arms-microbiome.html
7 months ago
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🌱 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...
7 months ago
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Pia Walter
Blue Action Fund
7 months ago
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
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