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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
@wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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
@wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
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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...
Scaling up marine nature conservation and climate solutions
YouTube video by COP30 | German Climate Pavilion
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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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Looking forward to working with @rare.org as they implement this exciting project in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the Philippines' largest MPA🌊
Team did the work, I have privilige to sign. Congratulations @rare.org & @idelamer.bsky.social for finalising the grant agreement for major #OceanOptimism in Philippines 🇵🇭.
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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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🪸Study shows Fiji coral reefs recovered rapidly from acute disturbance (Cat 5 Cyclone): sites losing up to 91% cover achieved near-baseline health in 4 years.
🪸Recovery hinged on strong ecological factors & key data for adaptive coral reef management.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
🪸Recovery hinged on strong ecological factors & key data for adaptive coral reef management.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Fiji’s Coral Reefs Show Remarkable Recovery After Category 5 Cyclone
SUVA, FIJI, October 21, 2025 - A new study led by WCS, University of the South Pacific, and partners has found that coral reefs in Fiji showed remarkable resilience after being battered by Category 5 ...
newsroom.wcs.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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13 min 📽️about @rare.org project in Mozambique 🇲🇿...
#OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...
#OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...
O Nosso Mar, o Nosso Peixe (Our Sea, Our Fish)
YouTube video by Rare
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
13 min 📽️about @rare.org project in Mozambique 🇲🇿...
#OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...
#OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...
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JOB ALERT in our office!
Interested in working for something like a bank, investing 💶💶 in marine conservation & #OceanOptimism?
Programme Assistant in 🇩🇪 Berlin. #Communications #SocialMedia #10YearEvaluation. Still few days to apply...
@greenjobs.de
www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...
Programme Assistant in 🇩🇪 Berlin. #Communications #SocialMedia #10YearEvaluation. Still few days to apply...
@greenjobs.de
www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...
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 ...
www.greenjobs.de
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
JOB ALERT in our office!
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The green turtle, found across the world’s oceans, is recovering after decades of decline, according to the latest IUCN Red List assessment. The species has been reclassified from endangered to least concern.
Green turtle rebounds, moving from ‘endangered’ to ‘least concern’
The green turtle, found across the world’s oceans, is recovering after decades of decline, according to the latest IUCN Red List assessment. The species has been reclassified from endangered to least…
news.mongabay.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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~~~~~~~~ #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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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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October 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
~~~~~~~~ #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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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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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
October 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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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Planet Indonesia, sub-grantee to @blueventures.bsky.social, helped form the first women-led mangrove patrol in Kubu Raya: Srikandi Bekantan.
“Srikandi” stands for courage; “Bekantan” (the proboscis monkey) for the fragile ecosystem they protect.
Women’s leadership = stronger conservation. 💪🌱
“Srikandi” stands for courage; “Bekantan” (the proboscis monkey) for the fragile ecosystem they protect.
Women’s leadership = stronger conservation. 💪🌱
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...
Packed few days in Príncipe 🇸🇹 visiting the @blueactionfund.org -funded project led by @faunaflora.bsky.social, implemented by local partner Fundação Príncipe.
📸 Small-scale enterprises, grievance mechanism in action, fish catch data collection.
More on the project👇
sl1nk.com/U2BAb
📸 Small-scale enterprises, grievance mechanism in action, fish catch data collection.
More on the project👇
sl1nk.com/U2BAb
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...
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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
Community Resource Hub is based on experiences from our grant to neighbouring iSimangaliso @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
Yesterday, the Nyembe community, under the Mkhwanazi Traditional Authority, came out in numbers to witness the long-awaited launch of the first-ever Community Resource Hub in the uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA) Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project.
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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
Community Resource Hub is based on experiences from our grant to neighbouring iSimangaliso @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
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~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS
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
tinyurl.com/ypn86tru
October 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS
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🦑 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: #the-republic-of-haiti-of-haiti" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti
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: #the-republic-of-haiti-of-haiti" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti
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
oceanrisk.earth
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🦑 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: #the-republic-of-haiti-of-haiti" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti
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: #the-republic-of-haiti-of-haiti" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/#the-republic-of-haiti
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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...
🏖️1 year projects 💵5-15K
🏖️1-3 years projects 💵50-100K
Applications open until 13 October.
oceanic.global/project/beac...
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.
oceanic.global
September 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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...
🏖️1 year projects 💵5-15K
🏖️1-3 years projects 💵50-100K
Applications open until 13 October.
oceanic.global/project/beac...
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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...
🌱 5 x €10,000
🌱 Deadline 31 October
#OceanOptimism #BlueCarbon @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io/en/applicati...
Yves Rocher Foundation • Terre de Femmes Prize • 2026
COMMITTED TO NATURE !
fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io
September 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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...
🌱 5 x €10,000
🌱 Deadline 31 October
#OceanOptimism #BlueCarbon @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io/en/applicati...
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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
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 ...
ogy.de
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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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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
🌊info re our investment ➡️ ogy.de/s7vh
🌊grant manager @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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
🌊info re our investment ➡️ ogy.de/s7vh
🌊grant manager @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
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👀 #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-...
Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social
🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...
September 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
👀 #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-...
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
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 power of gender equality
YouTube video by BV Mada Videos
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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
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 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
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
bit.ly
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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?
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
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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?