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Conserving marine biodiversity for future generations while improving lives of local people today. #30x30 - Funded by German, Sweden, Norway, Ireland & France
We wrote all our grantees & funders to:
🌊 Highlight X enabling non-consensual sexualization
🌊 Share our concerns to reconcile X account with reasonable steps to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
🌊 Encourage to delete X accounts. #eXit
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
2 years after end of our project we seek reflections from grantees about impact, sustainility, Blue Action legacy (or absence) etc. Today, we shared questionaire with @wcs.org re €3m project in the Western Indian Ocean. ogy.de/a1cd
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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🚤 Two brand-new community boats from our #BlueBijagós project have arrived in the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼!
They will help bring children to school, patients to clinics, and women’s goods to mainland markets. Project implemented by PRCM and funded by @blueactionfund.org.
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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We will share lessons from our €50m 'ecosystem based adaptation in the Western Indian Ocean' programme co-funded by @greenclimate.fund & @bmz.de. @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Asking right at the source:
Is the right hashtag #30by30 or #30x30 @unbiodiversity.bsky.social & @astridschomaker.bsky.social?
🐧🐝🪲🐠🐡🦈🪸🌱🌵🌿🐘🫎🦌
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
The Ecosystems and Restoration team within the uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA) Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Project hosted an informative and engaging knowledge-sharing workshop last week at Nqutshini, under the Macambini Traditional Authority.
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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Done 👇: Signed €4.8million project with @wcs.org &
@worldfish.bsky.social to drive marine conservation and #30by30 in Bangladesh 🇧🇩. #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org
About to turn another bright circle into a dark blue 🔵, unleashing another 💶 4 million of #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Important news for those tracking #30by30. @protectedplanet.bsky.social merging WDPA & WD-OECM into new 'World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA).' @unep.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
www.protectedplanet.net/news-and-sto...
Introducing the WDPCA
Exciting changes are coming to Protected Planet in November, including a bringing together and rebrand of our flagship databases into the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas.
www.protectedplanet.net
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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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
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Excellent @unepwcmc.bsky.social 🥳! 👇will surely faciliate measuring & reporting against 🌊 #30by30 objective.
@blueactionfund.org @oceanthayne.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
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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What a great achievement! This year @blueactionfund.org disbursed 21.8million Euros to its grantees to support #OceanOptimism all over the world! Thanks to everyone involved in this endeavour!
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Ecosystems and Restoration team within the uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA) Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Project hosted an informative and engaging knowledge-sharing workshop last week at Nqutshini, under the Macambini Traditional Authority.
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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The call for proposals for side events at the next Our Ocean Conference is now open. The deadline is March 3.

@blueactionfund.org colleagues @oceanknigge.bsky.social , @oceanweigand.bsky.social, @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @idelamer.bsky.social will be there.

ouroceankenya.com/side-events-...
Side Events & Exhibition
Information on side events and exhibitions at Our Ocean Conference Kenya 2026, including timelines, application guidelines, and submission forms.
ouroceankenya.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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More from Cabo Verde 🇨🇻.... Thanks @projectovito.bsky.social for #OceanOptimism
Our team conducted environmental awareness lectures in schools on Brava Island, reinforcing the importance of shark and ray conservation and the protection of marine biodiversity.
#EnvironmentalEducation #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalAwareness
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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🚤 Two brand-new community boats from our #BlueBijagós project have arrived in the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼!
They will help bring children to school, patients to clinics, and women’s goods to mainland markets. Project implemented by PRCM and funded by @blueactionfund.org.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻....
@faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social
The official PaMAR Project website is now online, providing information on the project’s objectives, activities, and implemented actions.
Visit the site to learn more about the project.
🌐 Website link: www.projeto-pamar.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
More from Cabo Verde 🇨🇻.... Thanks @projectovito.bsky.social for #OceanOptimism
Our team conducted environmental awareness lectures in schools on Brava Island, reinforcing the importance of shark and ray conservation and the protection of marine biodiversity.
#EnvironmentalEducation #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalAwareness
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻....
@faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social
The official PaMAR Project website is now online, providing information on the project’s objectives, activities, and implemented actions.
Visit the site to learn more about the project.
🌐 Website link: www.projeto-pamar.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
🚤 Two brand-new community boats from our #BlueBijagós project have arrived in the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼!
They will help bring children to school, patients to clinics, and women’s goods to mainland markets. Project implemented by PRCM and funded by @blueactionfund.org.
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
As the new year begins, work at the KwaSokhulu Community Resource Hub is officially back in motion!

This week, bricklayers at the KwaSokhulu construction site took part in hands-on practical training led by Mr Patrick Nhlati from Tjeka, a construction training organisation.
January 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Such an important moment for the 🌊🥳.
Doing our little share we started 2 years ago funding grantees to link their work within EEZ with potential highseas MPAs, e.g. @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social re Cocos Island in 🇨🇷 & Thermal Dome. @oceancecilia.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
🌊 A historic moment for the ocean.

The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.

Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/
January 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩...
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Jeruju, Hope for an Alternative Blue Economy – Blue Forests
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January 22, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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'Island Conservation went in search of a partner who would help us take bold action to protect this vital region, and @blueactionfund.org stepped forward.' #OceanOptimism @oceandreher.bsky.social
www.islandconservation.org/blue-action-...
Island Conservation and Blue Action Fund Celebrate Success in Marine Protection for the Eastern Pacific - Island Conservation
We worked with Blue Action Fund to expand marine protection in the Eastern Pacific--read about our success!
www.islandconservation.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM