Nuri
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
#MarineConservation | #30x30 | @blueactionfund.org | Berlin
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA.
#OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on #BlueCarbon to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open for proposals until 2 March 2026.
www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...
www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...
Joint Call on Blue Carbon Ecosystems
www.jpi-oceans.eu
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
JPI Oceans has launched a Joint Call on #BlueCarbon to build understanding of its role in climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity protection. The call provides €5.3 million in funding and remains open for proposals until 2 March 2026.
www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...
www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/joint-cal...
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Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...
🎥Watch this 17min video showcasing the @blueactionfund.org–funded project in São Tomé and Príncipe, led by @faunaflora.bsky.social tinyurl.com/57rcsuwf
🌊Offering excellent insights into project activities, local context & the work to protect marine ecosystems and support coastal communities in STP
🌊Offering excellent insights into project activities, local context & the work to protect marine ecosystems and support coastal communities in STP
Marine Protected Area - Update
YouTube video by RSTP NEWS
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...
New Management Effectiveness for MPAs Mentored Online Course, designed for managers and staff who are moving beyond area designation. The mentored course is free and open to all, and will be held from November 10 – December 12, 2025.
reefresilience.org/management-e...
reefresilience.org/management-e...
Management Effectiveness for Marine Protected Areas | Reef Resilience Network
reefresilience.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New Management Effectiveness for MPAs Mentored Online Course, designed for managers and staff who are moving beyond area designation. The mentored course is free and open to all, and will be held from November 10 – December 12, 2025.
reefresilience.org/management-e...
reefresilience.org/management-e...
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🌍 #ProtectedPlanet November 2025 Update:
#WDPCA: is 310,367, including 303,773 #ProtectedAreas, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594 #OECMs covering 16 countries & territories.
GD-PAME: No new #PAME records were added.
Read More: ⤵️
www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
#WDPCA: is 310,367, including 303,773 #ProtectedAreas, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594 #OECMs covering 16 countries & territories.
GD-PAME: No new #PAME records were added.
Read More: ⤵️
www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌍 #ProtectedPlanet November 2025 Update:
#WDPCA: is 310,367, including 303,773 #ProtectedAreas, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594 #OECMs covering 16 countries & territories.
GD-PAME: No new #PAME records were added.
Read More: ⤵️
www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
#WDPCA: is 310,367, including 303,773 #ProtectedAreas, covering 244 countries & territories and 6,594 #OECMs covering 16 countries & territories.
GD-PAME: No new #PAME records were added.
Read More: ⤵️
www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
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Scientifically not ideal, but highly efficient way to enhance our understanding of longer-term impact. Funders incl. @blueactionfund.org need to get better at responsible exits, so 👇 survey is 🔑 to help inform future grant programme... ogy.de/78wc @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Scientifically not ideal, but highly efficient way to enhance our understanding of longer-term impact. Funders incl. @blueactionfund.org need to get better at responsible exits, so 👇 survey is 🔑 to help inform future grant programme... ogy.de/78wc @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social
Thanks to @rare.org & @conservationorg.bsky.social for organising interesting webinar on enabling conditions for financing conservation of blue carbon ecosystems.
Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org.
Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org.
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thanks to @rare.org & @conservationorg.bsky.social for organising interesting webinar on enabling conditions for financing conservation of blue carbon ecosystems.
Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org.
Some good insights on community-led project design - highly relevant for our future work on blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org.
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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
🪸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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Our new project with @wcs.org & @worldfish.bsky.social and our very 1st in Bangladesh 🇧🇩... #OceanOptimism
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social
NEWS: New @blueactionfund.org project launches to secure a “sustho sagor” (healthy ocean) for Bangladesh.
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
New Blue Action Fund Project Launches to Secure a
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (Oct. 23, 2025) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WorldFish have received a $5.5 million grant from the Blue Action Fund to launch Sustho Sagor (“Healthy Ocean”), a landm...
newsroom.wcs.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our new project with @wcs.org & @worldfish.bsky.social and our very 1st in Bangladesh 🇧🇩... #OceanOptimism
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social
NEWS: New @blueactionfund.org project launches to secure a “sustho sagor” (healthy ocean) for Bangladesh.
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
$5.5M partnership with WCS and WorldFish will expand Bangladesh’s Marine Protected Area network and strengthen community-led ocean stewardship.
🌏 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
New Blue Action Fund Project Launches to Secure a
DHAKA, BANGLADESH (Oct. 23, 2025) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WorldFish have received a $5.5 million grant from the Blue Action Fund to launch Sustho Sagor (“Healthy Ocean”), a landm...
newsroom.wcs.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Some inspiration for our @blueactionfund.org projects around the world. 🧊🧊🧊
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
Pilot solar-powered ice maker project adding value to Indonesian tuna fishery
A pilot project which installed a solar-powered ice maker in a remote coastal community in Indonesia has added USD 120,000 to the local value chain
www.seafoodsource.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Some inspiration for our @blueactionfund.org projects around the world. 🧊🧊🧊
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
Villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving livelihoods, and building resilience for people, nature, and the ocean. Funded by @blueactionfund.org.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...
MKUBA Eco-Credit Program, Transforming Coastal Livelihoods in Tanga, Mwambao-Tanzania | Mwambao Coastal Community Network Tanzania
Four villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received a total of TZS 47 million through seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving ...
www.linkedin.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Villages in Tanga, Tanzania, have received seed grants to the MKUBA revolving loan fund, empowering coastal communities, strengthening eco-compliance, improving livelihoods, and building resilience for people, nature, and the ocean. Funded by @blueactionfund.org.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mwamba...
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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... we are in process of scoping Blue Carbon work in Asia for potential @blueactionfund.org investments. More on mangroves🌱, but who knows.
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
Indonesia is moving to designate 17 seagrass habitats as strategic areas for blue carbon, a plan that promises climate & community benefits but raises concerns over safeguards.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.
Indonesia eyes seagrass zoning for blue carbon; experts urge community benefits
Indonesia’s push to legalize a blue carbon zoning plan that’s focused on seagrass has sparked optimism for climate solutions, but some experts debate its risks and safeguards. The Indonesian Marine…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
... we are in process of scoping Blue Carbon work in Asia for potential @blueactionfund.org investments. More on mangroves🌱, but who knows.
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social
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Happy to add 🐟 @worldfish.bsky.social 🎣 to our list of grantees... #OceanOptimism
go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy to add 🐟 @worldfish.bsky.social 🎣 to our list of grantees... #OceanOptimism
go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx
Sharing some good news from our work at @blueactionfund.org. We just signed a €4.8 million project to strengthen #MPAs in Bangladesh. We have been developing this project over the past months, and it feels rewarding to now see it become reality. #OceanOptimism
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 7:18 AM
Sharing some good news from our work at @blueactionfund.org. We just signed a €4.8 million project to strengthen #MPAs in Bangladesh. We have been developing this project over the past months, and it feels rewarding to now see it become reality. #OceanOptimism
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The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
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Wow. Congratulations @emilysdarling.bsky.social 🥳🎉. We are happy to support your & @wcs.org 🪸 work in numerous places, such as 🇹🇿, 🇲🇲, 🇸🇧, 🇫🇯... #OceanOptimism
🎉 WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social was named a @forbes.com Sustainability Leader for 2025. bit.ly/3VWl10R
Emily leads coral reef conservation at WCS and is co-founder of MERMAID, a freely available, AI-powered database to ID the most climate-resilient reefs. Used by 2,000+ scientists worldwide. 🌏
Emily leads coral reef conservation at WCS and is co-founder of MERMAID, a freely available, AI-powered database to ID the most climate-resilient reefs. Used by 2,000+ scientists worldwide. 🌏
September 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wow. Congratulations @emilysdarling.bsky.social 🥳🎉. We are happy to support your & @wcs.org 🪸 work in numerous places, such as 🇹🇿, 🇲🇲, 🇸🇧, 🇫🇯... #OceanOptimism
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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
<3 mycorrhizal networks
Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly
Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...
September 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
<3 mycorrhizal networks
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Upcoming special session at @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium on lessons learned from our €50m EbA-funding window co-funded by @greenclimate.fund ➡️ ogy.de/7zrf
Presentations from @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @faunaflora.bsky.social @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social ...
Presentations from @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @faunaflora.bsky.social @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social ...
September 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Upcoming special session at @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium on lessons learned from our €50m EbA-funding window co-funded by @greenclimate.fund ➡️ ogy.de/7zrf
Presentations from @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @faunaflora.bsky.social @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social ...
Presentations from @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @faunaflora.bsky.social @wwf-ocean.bsky.social @blueventures.bsky.social @unepwcmc.bsky.social ...
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NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW RESEARCH
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
Application of spatially robust stereo-BRUV sampling for quantifying fish assemblages in UK marine protected areas
Watch the video to learn more, and find the paper here - esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@owenexeter.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social
🦑🧪🌍🐟
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Common Teen (juv) Oh My Gee that feathering
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Common Teen (juv) Oh My Gee that feathering
Interesting...#BlueCarbon
'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.'
Article by @shokes.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...
'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.'
Article by @shokes.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...
Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hund...
news.mongabay.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Interesting...#BlueCarbon
'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.'
Article by @shokes.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...
'Funders aren’t looking to offset their own emissions and are instead taking what’s called a “non-market approach” to protecting forests under Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.'
Article by @shokes.bsky.social
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/libe...