Reminder to @blueactionfund.org government partners 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇮🇪 - We are not at the bottom, but there is room to do even more #OceanOpimism. Figures from most recent Tracking the State of Global Ocean Funding report...

Loving it @wcs.org 💙 Finally some 'before and after' pictures. @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism

Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦...

🌊Exciting update from the 🇳🇦NIMPA+ project, funded by @blueactionfund.org : The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org

At some stage we requested all our Grantees to think of & submit 'Before-&-After' 📷, but stopped doing so as our partners were confused & final results didn't justify time investments. Just to explain why ED @oceanknigge.bsky.social is so excited about @wcs.org photos below. 😉

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.

How does a @blueactionfund.org project visit look like? @oceandreher.bsky.social leads the way... www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We support @thewcs.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social 'Expanding and improving marine conservation in Myanmar 🇲🇲 ' 🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4hbFXK0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...

Signing of revised Nature Trust partnership agreement b/w @blueactionfund.org & its sister foundations @legacylandscapes.bsky.social #CaucasusNaturefund #PrespaOhridNatureTrust. Driving excellency in funding nature conservation & #30by30

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...

How lasting is impact after a project ends? @blueactionfund.org is among few donors conducting ex post surveys - revisiting completed projects to measure long-term outcomes for people and nature. Learning of the past to strengthen future marine conservation - cherished. 💙 #OceanOptimism

New addition to starter pack below: 🎉 @earthjournalism.bsky.social which supports journalists covering among others 🌊 #30by30 🎉 go.bsky.app/QPepXsG

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 Honduras 🇭🇳 ... Community members, @rare.org & Programme Manager @oceandreher.bsky.social cutting the yellow ribbon ✂️🎗️ revistahibueras.hn/2025/10/30/i...

📣🌊 New media grants for newsrooms in coastal countries! We’re offering up to USD 10,000 for enterprising projects that expand coverage of—or build journalists’ capacity to report on—progress toward the 30x30 marine conservation target. Apply by November 24: https://loom.ly/qeJVrUI

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳 ... Community members, @rare.org & Programme Manager @oceandreher.bsky.social cutting the yellow ribbon ✂️🎗️ revistahibueras.hn/2025/10/30/i...

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... @fondoaccion.bsky.social fondoaccion.org/2025/10/29/c...

Congratulations! #OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org 🌊💪 @bmz.de #30x30 #COP30

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

✅ milestone achieved: Since 1st grant agreement in 2018 @blueactionfund.org disbursed €80m to advance on #30by30 & invest in sustainable coastal communities. #OceanOptimism.

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

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.

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We supported Rare 'A Network of community-managed MPAs in Mozambique 🇲🇿' 🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/4hbjXiu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

Great to see @blueactionfund.org grantees meeting in real!!

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

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

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