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Thriving fishers, thriving oceans: https://blueventures.org/
Coastal communities protecting our oceans need secure land rights. Without legal recognition of their homes, fishers face eviction for tourism, development and even conservation projects.
No secure tenure = no sustainable ocean management.
More via @dialogueearth.bsky.social: bit.ly/44k3h48
No secure tenure = no sustainable ocean management.
More via @dialogueearth.bsky.social: bit.ly/44k3h48
Marine conservation must begin on land
Coastal residents need legal recognition of homes and customary lands if the ocean is to be safeguarded, says rights expert Daniel Aguirre
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Coastal communities protecting our oceans need secure land rights. Without legal recognition of their homes, fishers face eviction for tourism, development and even conservation projects.
No secure tenure = no sustainable ocean management.
More via @dialogueearth.bsky.social: bit.ly/44k3h48
No secure tenure = no sustainable ocean management.
More via @dialogueearth.bsky.social: bit.ly/44k3h48
This #WorldFisheriesDay, we celebrate the fishing communities who are proving that ocean recovery is possible.
When fishers thrive, the ocean thrives. When the ocean thrives, coastal nations prosper.
More via: bit.ly/3XaK1SN
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFisheries
When fishers thrive, the ocean thrives. When the ocean thrives, coastal nations prosper.
More via: bit.ly/3XaK1SN
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFisheries
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This #WorldFisheriesDay, we celebrate the fishing communities who are proving that ocean recovery is possible.
When fishers thrive, the ocean thrives. When the ocean thrives, coastal nations prosper.
More via: bit.ly/3XaK1SN
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFisheries
When fishers thrive, the ocean thrives. When the ocean thrives, coastal nations prosper.
More via: bit.ly/3XaK1SN
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFisheries
One in 12 people globally depend on small-scale fishing for their livelihoods
This week at #COP30, our message is clear: protect the ocean by empowering those who've stewarded it for generations.
More via @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/governments-...
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFishers
This week at #COP30, our message is clear: protect the ocean by empowering those who've stewarded it for generations.
More via @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/governments-...
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFishers
Governments can protect marine environments by supporting small-scale fishing
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population lives in coastal areas. A changing climate and biodiversity loss represent an unprecedented threat to these ecosystems.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One in 12 people globally depend on small-scale fishing for their livelihoods
This week at #COP30, our message is clear: protect the ocean by empowering those who've stewarded it for generations.
More via @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/governments-...
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFishers
This week at #COP30, our message is clear: protect the ocean by empowering those who've stewarded it for generations.
More via @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/governments-...
#BlueVentures #SmallScaleFishers
Small-scale fisheries are often overlooked, but they're critical to global food security.
📘 A new guidebook from @worldresources.bsky.social provides practical tools to help practitioners measure and reduce loss in small-scale aquatic food systems: bit.ly/47sTKsw
📘 A new guidebook from @worldresources.bsky.social provides practical tools to help practitioners measure and reduce loss in small-scale aquatic food systems: bit.ly/47sTKsw
A Practitioners’ Guide to Assessing and Reducing Post-Harvest Food Loss in Small-Scale Aquatic Food Systems
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) support the livelihoods of nearly half a billion people worldwide, either directly through employment or indirectly as part of fishing households. Despite ...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Small-scale fisheries are often overlooked, but they're critical to global food security.
📘 A new guidebook from @worldresources.bsky.social provides practical tools to help practitioners measure and reduce loss in small-scale aquatic food systems: bit.ly/47sTKsw
📘 A new guidebook from @worldresources.bsky.social provides practical tools to help practitioners measure and reduce loss in small-scale aquatic food systems: bit.ly/47sTKsw
"If we are serious about climate action, then putting long-term, flexible finance directly in the hands of local organisations and communities on the frontline must be the priority."
This week at the Africa Climate Summit, we've championed coastal communities in East Africa and Madagascar.
This week at the Africa Climate Summit, we've championed coastal communities in East Africa and Madagascar.
September 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"If we are serious about climate action, then putting long-term, flexible finance directly in the hands of local organisations and communities on the frontline must be the priority."
This week at the Africa Climate Summit, we've championed coastal communities in East Africa and Madagascar.
This week at the Africa Climate Summit, we've championed coastal communities in East Africa and Madagascar.
🚨 The UK Government appears to be reverting to "features-based approach" that leaves most #MPAs exposed to destructive bottom trawling and dredging, instead of securing whole-site bans that would protect fisheries for future generations.
📰 Via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰 Via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨 The UK Government appears to be reverting to "features-based approach" that leaves most #MPAs exposed to destructive bottom trawling and dredging, instead of securing whole-site bans that would protect fisheries for future generations.
📰 Via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰 Via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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
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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
🎣 Meet Rosine; a single mother whose story shows why financial inclusion matters for coastal communities.
In Madagascar, savings groups are helping people build resilient businesses that support sustainable fisheries management: bit.ly/4687bgH
In Madagascar, savings groups are helping people build resilient businesses that support sustainable fisheries management: bit.ly/4687bgH
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🎣 Meet Rosine; a single mother whose story shows why financial inclusion matters for coastal communities.
In Madagascar, savings groups are helping people build resilient businesses that support sustainable fisheries management: bit.ly/4687bgH
In Madagascar, savings groups are helping people build resilient businesses that support sustainable fisheries management: bit.ly/4687bgH
Earlier this year we joined 150+ conservation leaders at the Mangrove Ecosystems Symposium, hosted by SOCODEVI.
We showcased our GEM Tool - empowering communities to map mangroves with smartphones (bit.ly/3IK1duq), discussed rights-based blue carbon approaches, and strengthened global partnerships.
We showcased our GEM Tool - empowering communities to map mangroves with smartphones (bit.ly/3IK1duq), discussed rights-based blue carbon approaches, and strengthened global partnerships.
GEM
GEM A smartphone app enabling communities to map and monitor their mangroves Blue Ventures has developed a mangrove mapping and monitoring tool – GEM, the Google Earth Engine mangrove mapping methodol...
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September 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Earlier this year we joined 150+ conservation leaders at the Mangrove Ecosystems Symposium, hosted by SOCODEVI.
We showcased our GEM Tool - empowering communities to map mangroves with smartphones (bit.ly/3IK1duq), discussed rights-based blue carbon approaches, and strengthened global partnerships.
We showcased our GEM Tool - empowering communities to map mangroves with smartphones (bit.ly/3IK1duq), discussed rights-based blue carbon approaches, and strengthened global partnerships.
📢 “Ghana's commitment to ban bottom trawling in coastal waters marks a historic moment for ocean justice and coastal communities across West Africa and beyond.”
Read our CEO Ebrima Saidy‘s full article via: for-the-ocean.org/ghana-bottom...
#BlueVentures #TransformBottomTrawling
Read our CEO Ebrima Saidy‘s full article via: for-the-ocean.org/ghana-bottom...
#BlueVentures #TransformBottomTrawling
Ghana leads the way in transforming bottom trawling
Ebrima Saidy, Blue Ventures, shares why Ghana’s move to phase out bottom trawling marks a major win for coastal communities, biodiversity, and resilience.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📢 “Ghana's commitment to ban bottom trawling in coastal waters marks a historic moment for ocean justice and coastal communities across West Africa and beyond.”
Read our CEO Ebrima Saidy‘s full article via: for-the-ocean.org/ghana-bottom...
#BlueVentures #TransformBottomTrawling
Read our CEO Ebrima Saidy‘s full article via: for-the-ocean.org/ghana-bottom...
#BlueVentures #TransformBottomTrawling
📣 Good news from our team in Madagascar - green turtle nesting activity from community data collectors documents 41 turtle nests between January and May this year!
This data collection forms the cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts in the Barren Isles 💪
🤝 @blueactionfund.org
This data collection forms the cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts in the Barren Isles 💪
🤝 @blueactionfund.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📣 Good news from our team in Madagascar - green turtle nesting activity from community data collectors documents 41 turtle nests between January and May this year!
This data collection forms the cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts in the Barren Isles 💪
🤝 @blueactionfund.org
This data collection forms the cornerstone of community-led marine conservation efforts in the Barren Isles 💪
🤝 @blueactionfund.org
📢 BREAKING: Ghana's President signs new Fisheries Act!
The Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) is to be extended from 6 to 12 nautical miles - a major win for artisanal fishers.
We’re proud to partner with Minister Hon. Emelia Arthur in supporting coastal communities: blueventures.org/ghanaiezexpa...
The Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) is to be extended from 6 to 12 nautical miles - a major win for artisanal fishers.
We’re proud to partner with Minister Hon. Emelia Arthur in supporting coastal communities: blueventures.org/ghanaiezexpa...
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
📢 BREAKING: Ghana's President signs new Fisheries Act!
The Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) is to be extended from 6 to 12 nautical miles - a major win for artisanal fishers.
We’re proud to partner with Minister Hon. Emelia Arthur in supporting coastal communities: blueventures.org/ghanaiezexpa...
The Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) is to be extended from 6 to 12 nautical miles - a major win for artisanal fishers.
We’re proud to partner with Minister Hon. Emelia Arthur in supporting coastal communities: blueventures.org/ghanaiezexpa...
A historic victory for Ghana's coastal communities - Ghana's Parliament has passed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill 2025! 💪
The Bill extends the country's Inshore Exclusion Zone (#IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles, prohibiting industrial fishing across territorial seas.
More via: bit.ly/3IBs9N1
The Bill extends the country's Inshore Exclusion Zone (#IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles, prohibiting industrial fishing across territorial seas.
More via: bit.ly/3IBs9N1
A historic moment for small-scale fishers in Ghana - Blue Ventures
The parliament of Ghana has passed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2025, to enhance effective regulation of these sectors.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A historic victory for Ghana's coastal communities - Ghana's Parliament has passed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill 2025! 💪
The Bill extends the country's Inshore Exclusion Zone (#IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles, prohibiting industrial fishing across territorial seas.
More via: bit.ly/3IBs9N1
The Bill extends the country's Inshore Exclusion Zone (#IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles, prohibiting industrial fishing across territorial seas.
More via: bit.ly/3IBs9N1
Small-scale fishers in Timor-Leste are adapting to climate change and leading with solutions 💪
✅ 1,642 hectares of new marine protected areas
✅ 30,000 mangrove seedlings planted
✅ Women-led monitoring groups established
Community-led conservation works: bit.ly/4kV519F
#BlueVentures #TimorLeste
✅ 1,642 hectares of new marine protected areas
✅ 30,000 mangrove seedlings planted
✅ Women-led monitoring groups established
Community-led conservation works: bit.ly/4kV519F
#BlueVentures #TimorLeste
July 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Small-scale fishers in Timor-Leste are adapting to climate change and leading with solutions 💪
✅ 1,642 hectares of new marine protected areas
✅ 30,000 mangrove seedlings planted
✅ Women-led monitoring groups established
Community-led conservation works: bit.ly/4kV519F
#BlueVentures #TimorLeste
✅ 1,642 hectares of new marine protected areas
✅ 30,000 mangrove seedlings planted
✅ Women-led monitoring groups established
Community-led conservation works: bit.ly/4kV519F
#BlueVentures #TimorLeste
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The Parliament of Ghana has unanimously approved the Fisheries & Aquaculture Bill, 2025!
The legislation upholds recent commitment from Ghana to extend the country’s Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles.
More on the story from Ghana Web here: bit.ly/3U7E3AN
The legislation upholds recent commitment from Ghana to extend the country’s Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles.
More on the story from Ghana Web here: bit.ly/3U7E3AN
Parliament approves Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill
The Parliament of Ghana has unanimously approved the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2025, following its third reading in the House on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
www.ghanaweb.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The Parliament of Ghana has unanimously approved the Fisheries & Aquaculture Bill, 2025!
The legislation upholds recent commitment from Ghana to extend the country’s Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles.
More on the story from Ghana Web here: bit.ly/3U7E3AN
The legislation upholds recent commitment from Ghana to extend the country’s Inshore Exclusive Zone (IEZ) from 6 to 12 nautical miles.
More on the story from Ghana Web here: bit.ly/3U7E3AN
📢 "This decision isn't just about today, but it's for the future, for our children."
Sr. Caetano da Cunha, Tara Bandu coordinator in Timor-Leste.
When coastal communities lead marine conservation, they create solutions that last generations: blueventures.org/shoreline-resilience-timor-leste/
Sr. Caetano da Cunha, Tara Bandu coordinator in Timor-Leste.
When coastal communities lead marine conservation, they create solutions that last generations: blueventures.org/shoreline-resilience-timor-leste/
A partnership for shoreline resilience in Timor-Leste - Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures and the Kiwa Initiative are ontributing to coastal resilience in the face of a rapidly changing climate by establishing Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs), strengthening community fina...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📢 "This decision isn't just about today, but it's for the future, for our children."
Sr. Caetano da Cunha, Tara Bandu coordinator in Timor-Leste.
When coastal communities lead marine conservation, they create solutions that last generations: blueventures.org/shoreline-resilience-timor-leste/
Sr. Caetano da Cunha, Tara Bandu coordinator in Timor-Leste.
When coastal communities lead marine conservation, they create solutions that last generations: blueventures.org/shoreline-resilience-timor-leste/
The ocean's future depends on coastal communities.
225 million people in 85,000 tropical coastal communities face climate breakdown, ecological collapse & industrial fishing pressure.
But they're not just passive witnesses; they’re the solution.
Find out more about our work via: blueventures.org
225 million people in 85,000 tropical coastal communities face climate breakdown, ecological collapse & industrial fishing pressure.
But they're not just passive witnesses; they’re the solution.
Find out more about our work via: blueventures.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The ocean's future depends on coastal communities.
225 million people in 85,000 tropical coastal communities face climate breakdown, ecological collapse & industrial fishing pressure.
But they're not just passive witnesses; they’re the solution.
Find out more about our work via: blueventures.org
225 million people in 85,000 tropical coastal communities face climate breakdown, ecological collapse & industrial fishing pressure.
But they're not just passive witnesses; they’re the solution.
Find out more about our work via: blueventures.org
Great news for mangroves in Assassins Bay, Madagascar! 🌿
Mangrove cover is growing at 1.08% yearly since 2018's Tahiry Honko project began (bit.ly/3Imlt54), reversing a 4.12% decline.
The project is now seen as an inspiring model for community-based conservation, both in Madagascar and beyond 💪
Mangrove cover is growing at 1.08% yearly since 2018's Tahiry Honko project began (bit.ly/3Imlt54), reversing a 4.12% decline.
The project is now seen as an inspiring model for community-based conservation, both in Madagascar and beyond 💪
July 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Great news for mangroves in Assassins Bay, Madagascar! 🌿
Mangrove cover is growing at 1.08% yearly since 2018's Tahiry Honko project began (bit.ly/3Imlt54), reversing a 4.12% decline.
The project is now seen as an inspiring model for community-based conservation, both in Madagascar and beyond 💪
Mangrove cover is growing at 1.08% yearly since 2018's Tahiry Honko project began (bit.ly/3Imlt54), reversing a 4.12% decline.
The project is now seen as an inspiring model for community-based conservation, both in Madagascar and beyond 💪
Footage of seagrass being ripped up by bottom trawlers in Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ deemed ‘too harsh’ for the public to see: bit.ly/3TpZk8r
Alongside the #TransformingBottomTrawling Coalition, we're defending these vital marine ecosystems: bit.ly/4kvaHGV
#BlueVentures #MarineConservation
Alongside the #TransformingBottomTrawling Coalition, we're defending these vital marine ecosystems: bit.ly/4kvaHGV
#BlueVentures #MarineConservation
Video of seagrass devastation cut from David Attenborough documentary
Film-makers decided a clip of bottom-trawling fishing boats ripping up seagrass from Sir David Attenborough’s film Ocean was ‘too harsh’ for the public
www.thetimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Footage of seagrass being ripped up by bottom trawlers in Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Ocean’ deemed ‘too harsh’ for the public to see: bit.ly/3TpZk8r
Alongside the #TransformingBottomTrawling Coalition, we're defending these vital marine ecosystems: bit.ly/4kvaHGV
#BlueVentures #MarineConservation
Alongside the #TransformingBottomTrawling Coalition, we're defending these vital marine ecosystems: bit.ly/4kvaHGV
#BlueVentures #MarineConservation
Our vision is of empowered coastal communities who are not just participating in conservation, but leading it.
A global movement of fishers, community leaders, and partner organisations that lead a new model of stewardship and sustainability.
Thriving Fishers, Thriving Oceans: blueventures.org
A global movement of fishers, community leaders, and partner organisations that lead a new model of stewardship and sustainability.
Thriving Fishers, Thriving Oceans: blueventures.org
July 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our vision is of empowered coastal communities who are not just participating in conservation, but leading it.
A global movement of fishers, community leaders, and partner organisations that lead a new model of stewardship and sustainability.
Thriving Fishers, Thriving Oceans: blueventures.org
A global movement of fishers, community leaders, and partner organisations that lead a new model of stewardship and sustainability.
Thriving Fishers, Thriving Oceans: blueventures.org
Twelve ocean champions from Indonesia and the Philippines have completed their journey to Madagascar, following ancient trade routes.
Despite vast distances, coastal communities worldwide face the same challenges - and share the same solutions.
More via: explore.blueventures.org/reuniting-in...
Despite vast distances, coastal communities worldwide face the same challenges - and share the same solutions.
More via: explore.blueventures.org/reuniting-in...
Reuniting Intercontinental Shores across Nusantara and Andavadoaka - Blue Ventures - Photo Stories
More than a thousand years ago, seafarers from Nusantara, the ancient name for Southeast Asia’s archipelago, navigated the vast Indian Ocean to reach Madagascar in search of trade. This year, the hist...
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July 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Twelve ocean champions from Indonesia and the Philippines have completed their journey to Madagascar, following ancient trade routes.
Despite vast distances, coastal communities worldwide face the same challenges - and share the same solutions.
More via: explore.blueventures.org/reuniting-in...
Despite vast distances, coastal communities worldwide face the same challenges - and share the same solutions.
More via: explore.blueventures.org/reuniting-in...