🌊🌱🐠 WAN KABU KA project funded by @blueactionfund.org supports marine conservation, Indigenous rights & sustainable livelihoods. 💙 Watch their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Zu... 👉 Grant Fact Sheet: l1nq.com/z6vxl #OceanOptimism

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

Just wrapped up a visit to the Thriving Coasts project, implemented by a strong consortium led by @rare.org. Inspiring to see such a wide range of impactful, on-the-ground work. The @blueactionfund.org team leaves with a strong sense of #OceanOptimism. 🌊🐟💙

Three days into our visit to the @blueactionfund.org Honduras project implemented by @rare.org, and already so many powerful insights 💡 From community-led ocean conservation 🐟 to behavior change in action 🔄, it’s inspiring to see how local leadership is driving real impact 💪 tinyurl.com/y4jevhkn

Visit to @blueactionfund.org project (👉 tinyurl.com/ypn86tru) in La Moskitia, Honduras wrapped up - intense and inspiring! Deeply grateful to connect with local Indigenous communities and an incredible team on the ground. Full of #OceanOptimism 🌊💙

First two days of our project visit in La Moskitia 🇭🇳 completed ✅ — feeling grateful for the warm welcome and meaningful first insights into the Wan Kabu Ka (Our Ocean) project led by Oikos and funded by @blueactionfund.org 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/ypn86tru

Excited to support the WAN KABU KA – “Our Sea” project as Grant Manager on behalf of @blueactionfund.org. A meaningful step towards indigenous-led conservation in the Honduran Cays 🌊🌿

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳 ... www.telanon.info/sociedade/20...

Really looking forward to visiting @rare.org's project sites in Honduras this October to see community-led fisheries work in action. 🌊🐟

Back from an inspiring seminar on biodiversity & development on Vilm Island! 📝🌞 Huge thanks to BfN, @giz.de & KfW for making it happen. Great group, rich discussions, lots of learnings. Happy that I could spread some #OceanOptimism too! 🌊💙

Applications for 2026 Future For Nature Awards now open! 🌊 18 to 35 years old? 🌊 Committed to protecting wild species? Maybe even 🦈🐢🐡🐳? 3 times international recognition, €50,000, network Deadline August 25 📆 futurefornature.org/apply/

Really looking forward to next week's seminar on biodiversity & development 🌿 Excited for the discussions ahead — and to meet everyone on the beautiful island of Vilm! 🌊🐚

Looking forward to attending Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation in Development Cooperation 2025 kindly hosted by @giz.de

Online: We published today our 2024 Annual Report. 🌊5 new grants 🌊disbursed > € 18 million to 27 grants in 22 countries 🌊Admin costs 3% Read more📖...➡️ ogy.de/zog1 #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇧🇻 🇫🇷 🇮🇪

Grant 35: From jungle 🌴 to ocean 🌊 – we are proud to launch our first indigenous-led OECM project in Honduras 🇭🇳. #OceanOptimism funded by: 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social 🇧🇻 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 👏 @oceandreher.bsky.social for all the prep work...

More from Peru 🇵🇪... "UNICAs" - credit & savings ORGs based on trust and empowerment of their members. With our supports @nature.org works to strengthen UNICAs that involve direct users of the protected natural area Los Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjwJ...

Meanwhile in Peru 🇵🇪... @nature.org supported development of SERNANP's Gender Action Plan based on a gender analysis of 12 protected areas, incl. 4 MPAs. It will guide the incorporation of a gender & equity approach in the management of all protected areas in Peru. www.gob.pe/institucion/...

📣HELP📣 We are looking for support to scope potential investments in Blue Carbon & Mangrove Conservation in Asia 🌱. TOR ➡️ ogy.de/uuu2 Deadline #17Jan 📅

Watch this🎞️for #OceanOptimism from Peru. Always nice to get news from one of my grants - in this case @nature.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvxg...

Happy to see the Grant Fact Sheet of 'my' grant in Honduras now available on our website. Full of #OceanOptimism

Grant report online, incl. key successes, challenges, lessons learned & outlook. Thanks 🐼 for the work in 🇲🇿 PSEPA. ogy.de/k5gs #OceanOptimism

Number 3️⃣0️⃣: Today, we 🖋️our next grant agreement. We support Rare with €3.8 Million to protect marine biodiv & empower coastal communities in Honduras 🇭🇳. Total project Volume €4.9 million... #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇷🇳🇴🇮🇪

Looking forward to a lot of #OceanOptimism in Tanzania 😀

Great opportunity to meet with the @blueactionfund.org Team and ask all the questions you have on the Call for Proposal for the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Don't miss the chance and register!👇 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Fantastic news🎉: Thanks @bmz-bund.bsky.social & @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social for continued commitment to 🌊 #30x30 and @blueactionfund.org 👏 Newly adopted BMZ strategy on natural ressources ➡️ tinyurl.com/58hj63jb

Full of #OceanOptimism: Peruvian Cabinet of Ministers approved the designation of the "Mar Tropical de Grau" National Reserve (115,675.89 ha) 👏

Online: 2023 Annual Report, incl. some programme and governance, but most important financial info. #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇻 🇮🇪 www.blueactionfund.org/wp-content/u...

📢Launched: we aim to invest additional €20m in NGOs to support MPAs & coastal communities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Call for Proposals ➡️ tinyurl.com/BlueActionET... #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇻 🇮🇪

Next week, we will launch our next Call for Proposals worth €20million. Subscribe to our funding alerts to ensure you don't miss it www.blueactionfund.org/stay-connect... #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇻 🇮🇪

Seasonal greetings to all our implementing partners, subgrantees, co-investors, funders and everyone else working to spread #OceanOptimism

ArcGIS StoryMap about our investment in São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹... Great work by FFI,  Fundação Príncipe, OIKOS & MARAPA. ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2653...

Today we will bring together grantees from our €50m funding window supporting ecosystem-based adapation in 🇹🇿 🇲🇿 🇲🇬 🇿🇦 (info ➡️https://tinyurl.com/EBAwindow ). Welcome words by @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social from 🇩🇪 BMZ & Mafalda Duarte from GCF. #OceanOptimism