Blue Action Fund
@blueactionfund.org
Conserving marine biodiversity for future generations while improving lives of local people today. Funded by German, Sweden, Norway, France and Ireland
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We support @thewcs.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social
'Expanding and improving marine conservation in Myanmar 🇲🇲 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4hbFXK0
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We support @thewcs.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social
'Expanding and improving marine conservation in Myanmar 🇲🇲 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4hbFXK0
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November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We support @thewcs.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social
'Expanding and improving marine conservation in Myanmar 🇲🇲 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4hbFXK0
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We support @thewcs.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social
'Expanding and improving marine conservation in Myanmar 🇲🇲 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4hbFXK0
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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
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
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported Rare
'A Network of community-managed MPAs in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/4hbjXiu
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We supported Rare
'A Network of community-managed MPAs in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/4hbjXiu
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported Rare
'A Network of community-managed MPAs in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/4hbjXiu
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We supported Rare
'A Network of community-managed MPAs in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/4hbjXiu
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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
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wwf.de
'Strengthening MPA management in Rufiji, Mafia and Kilwa Districts, Tanzania 🇹🇿 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/hRP9ywB
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We supported @wwf.de
'Strengthening MPA management in Rufiji, Mafia and Kilwa Districts, Tanzania 🇹🇿 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/hRP9ywB
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October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wwf.de
'Strengthening MPA management in Rufiji, Mafia and Kilwa Districts, Tanzania 🇹🇿 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/hRP9ywB
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We supported @wwf.de
'Strengthening MPA management in Rufiji, Mafia and Kilwa Districts, Tanzania 🇹🇿 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/hRP9ywB
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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
www.blueactionfund.org/grant-progra...
#Transparency #OceanOptimism
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
www.blueactionfund.org/grant-progra...
#Transparency #OceanOptimism
~~~~~~~~ #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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Meanwhile in São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹...
Meeting with Secretary of the Environment of Príncipe to discuss MPA designation and management, incl. 🎣. Grant Fact Sheet ➡️ ogy.de/rtdj
#FundaçãoPríncipe @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social
Meeting with Secretary of the Environment of Príncipe to discuss MPA designation and management, incl. 🎣. Grant Fact Sheet ➡️ ogy.de/rtdj
#FundaçãoPríncipe @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Meanwhile in São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹...
Meeting with Secretary of the Environment of Príncipe to discuss MPA designation and management, incl. 🎣. Grant Fact Sheet ➡️ ogy.de/rtdj
#FundaçãoPríncipe @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social
Meeting with Secretary of the Environment of Príncipe to discuss MPA designation and management, incl. 🎣. Grant Fact Sheet ➡️ ogy.de/rtdj
#FundaçãoPríncipe @faunaflora.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social
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
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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
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
🦀 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
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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
🦀 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 Colombia 🇨🇴...
➡️ ogy.de/cn0u
@marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social
➡️ ogy.de/cn0u
@marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴...
➡️ ogy.de/cn0u
@marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social
➡️ ogy.de/cn0u
@marfund.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦 ... How Murals Are Bringing Ocean Conservation to Life in Lüderitz nnf.org.na/how-murals-a...
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦 ... How Murals Are Bringing Ocean Conservation to Life in Lüderitz nnf.org.na/how-murals-a...
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
~~~~~~~~ #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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Team arrived for project visit in Honduras. #OceanOptimism @oceandreher.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Team arrived for project visit in Honduras. #OceanOptimism @oceandreher.bsky.social
Meanwhile in 🇳🇦 Namibia...
#NIMPAplus @oceanthayne.bsky.social @rukodzi.bsky.social
Ocean Literacy Toolkit ➡️ ogy.de/9y1w
#NIMPAplus @oceanthayne.bsky.social @rukodzi.bsky.social
Ocean Literacy Toolkit ➡️ ogy.de/9y1w
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meanwhile in 🇳🇦 Namibia...
#NIMPAplus @oceanthayne.bsky.social @rukodzi.bsky.social
Ocean Literacy Toolkit ➡️ ogy.de/9y1w
#NIMPAplus @oceanthayne.bsky.social @rukodzi.bsky.social
Ocean Literacy Toolkit ➡️ ogy.de/9y1w
Newsletter by @orraanews.bsky.social highlights our support...
#OceanOptimism @fondoaccion.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/orraa-...
#OceanOptimism @fondoaccion.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/orraa-...
October 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Newsletter by @orraanews.bsky.social highlights our support...
#OceanOptimism @fondoaccion.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/orraa-...
#OceanOptimism @fondoaccion.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/orraa-...
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported WWF
'Safeguarding Primeiras and Segundas in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PAYHa5
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We supported WWF
'Safeguarding Primeiras and Segundas in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PAYHa5
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October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported WWF
'Safeguarding Primeiras and Segundas in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PAYHa5
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We supported WWF
'Safeguarding Primeiras and Segundas in Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PAYHa5
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We accepted invite to join the Advisory Committee of Pacifico which mobilises 💶💵💴 for marine conservation in the Central Eastern Tropical Pacific. Surely, plenty of opportunities for exchange & mutual benefit with our existing and upcoming investments in the region. #OceanOptimism
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We accepted invite to join the Advisory Committee of Pacifico which mobilises 💶💵💴 for marine conservation in the Central Eastern Tropical Pacific. Surely, plenty of opportunities for exchange & mutual benefit with our existing and upcoming investments in the region. #OceanOptimism
This Friday in Mombasa... 👇
On the ground at the @wiomsa.bsky.social conference and happy to meet ➡️ @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
On the ground at the @wiomsa.bsky.social conference and happy to meet ➡️ @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Friday in Mombasa... 👇
On the ground at the @wiomsa.bsky.social conference and happy to meet ➡️ @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
On the ground at the @wiomsa.bsky.social conference and happy to meet ➡️ @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported Conservation International's 'Fishing for a prosperous future in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 🇨🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PuaIhw
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We supported Conservation International's 'Fishing for a prosperous future in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 🇨🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PuaIhw
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September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported Conservation International's 'Fishing for a prosperous future in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 🇨🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PuaIhw
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We supported Conservation International's 'Fishing for a prosperous future in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 🇨🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3PuaIhw
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Pure #OceanOptimism🎉: Only 6️⃣ years after declaration 🇿🇦 uThukela MPA shows signs of ecological recovery.
Info about our 💶9.4million project with @wildtrust.co.za ➡️ ogy.de/sl6o
Info about our 💶9.4million project with @wildtrust.co.za ➡️ ogy.de/sl6o
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Pure #OceanOptimism🎉: Only 6️⃣ years after declaration 🇿🇦 uThukela MPA shows signs of ecological recovery.
Info about our 💶9.4million project with @wildtrust.co.za ➡️ ogy.de/sl6o
Info about our 💶9.4million project with @wildtrust.co.za ➡️ ogy.de/sl6o
💙 🇳🇴 @norad.no continues making waves 🌊🌊🌊...💙
We just ✒️ additional NOK80m (€6.9m ) contribution & look forward to continueing our excellent cooperation to support marine biodiversity & coastal communities🥳🎉. #OceanOptimism @norwaymfa.government.no @windingstad.bsky.social @johannef.bsky.social
We just ✒️ additional NOK80m (€6.9m ) contribution & look forward to continueing our excellent cooperation to support marine biodiversity & coastal communities🥳🎉. #OceanOptimism @norwaymfa.government.no @windingstad.bsky.social @johannef.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
💙 🇳🇴 @norad.no continues making waves 🌊🌊🌊...💙
We just ✒️ additional NOK80m (€6.9m ) contribution & look forward to continueing our excellent cooperation to support marine biodiversity & coastal communities🥳🎉. #OceanOptimism @norwaymfa.government.no @windingstad.bsky.social @johannef.bsky.social
We just ✒️ additional NOK80m (€6.9m ) contribution & look forward to continueing our excellent cooperation to support marine biodiversity & coastal communities🥳🎉. #OceanOptimism @norwaymfa.government.no @windingstad.bsky.social @johannef.bsky.social
Yipiiieeh: We ✒️ €4.8million project with @wcs.org & @worldfish.bsky.social to drive marine conservation and #30by30 in Bangladesh 🇧🇩. 👇
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Yipiiieeh: We ✒️ €4.8million project with @wcs.org & @worldfish.bsky.social to drive marine conservation and #30by30 in Bangladesh 🇧🇩. 👇
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
Meanwhile São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹 creates eight new marine protected areas...
@faunaflora.bsky.social Project soon to be visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social
kambaku.net/en/sao-tome-...
@faunaflora.bsky.social Project soon to be visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social
kambaku.net/en/sao-tome-...
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Meanwhile São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹 creates eight new marine protected areas...
@faunaflora.bsky.social Project soon to be visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social
kambaku.net/en/sao-tome-...
@faunaflora.bsky.social Project soon to be visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social
kambaku.net/en/sao-tome-...
Still on track to pass the €20m disbursement milestone in 2025.
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Still on track to pass the €20m disbursement milestone in 2025.
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social