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Excited to support the WAN KABU KA – “Our Sea” project as Grant Manager on behalf of @blueactionfund.org. A meaningful step towards indigenous-led conservation in the Honduran Cays 🌊🌿

Terrific: Guinea-Bissau's Bijagos archipelago 🇬🇼 was added to @unesco.org world heritage list 🥳🎉.
🌊 In the news ➡️ ogy.de/sqg0
🌊 Info about our € 6.3million project with #PRCM supporting Bijagos ➡️ ogy.de/8wlg
#OceanOptimism

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We support @thewcs.bsky.social
'Strengthening the network of climate resilient ecosystems across the Pemba Channel coral reef climate refuge, Tanzania 🇹🇿'
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/427gE7E
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🎣 Throwback to March in Independence Village, Belize!
55 fishers from 5 communities joined @wwf.de’s partner SEA's Fisher Forum to talk fisheries, regulations & livelihoods opportunities—as part of the @blueactionfund.org funded #ReefGuard project. 🌊

Find out more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DuT...

UNESCO: Moçambique e Guiné-Bissau na Lista - Mais Afrika A UNESCO inscreveu este domingo o Parque Nacional de Maputo, em Moçambique, na lista do Património Mundial da Humanidade. O Parque de Maputo está ligado ao

Two new @unesco.org sites in 🇬🇼 & 🇲🇿 - Two @blueactionfund.org supported Marine Protected Areas #OceanOptimism
maisafrika.com/noticias/ult...

Thanks again for opportunity to contribute perspective from @blueactionfund.org . SDG14 most underfunded, but there is also reason for #OceanOptimism. @bmz.de @baerbelkofler.bsky.social

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...

We believe in gender equity. This is why are part of the womenoceanguardians.org commitment, reinforcing our existing ambitions, policies, & requirements ♀️💪.

Maputo National Park inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Maputo, Mozambique – Maputo National Park has officially been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an international recognition of its extraordinary biodiversity and conservation value.

Kudos to the Maputo National Park for this important achievement!!! 🥳 tinyurl.com/rvrs26fx
More about the work of our Blue Action partners in this area here: tinyurl.com/bdh35bjr

Online: Grant fact sheet for our €6.5m project with Belize Audobon Society t.ly/yAaGe. #OceanOptimism @oceanpia.bsky.social

Last week, our Board invited @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social to propose a follow-up project to fully go into effective & equitable management of the MPAs and its sustainable financing. #OceanOptimism
@kathmaa.bsky.social @alejandrapacheco.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social

German Diving Magazine featuring @blueactionfund.org & its director @oceanknigge.bsky.social

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We support Namibia Nature Foundation
'Strengthening and expanding Namibia's MPA network (NIMPA+) 🇳🇦'
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/4fSayv6
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Parque Nacional Isla del Coco » Marine Conservation Institute Cocos Island National Park is recognized globally as a reservoir for biodiversity and endemism. As a habitat for more than 300 species of marine fish, 600 species of marine mollusks, 800 species of in...

Congratulations to Cocos Island MPA for earning Marine Conservation Institute's alias @savingoceans.bsky.social platinum-level Blue Park Award. Well done! Info about our contribution to Cocos ➡️ ogy.de/b00l via @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social & ➡️ ogy.de/2nas
marine-conservation.org/blueparks/aw...

Meanwhile in South Africa....

Las mujeres de la pesca artesanal de Perú quieren dejar de ser invisibles Son armadoras, fileteadoras y emprendedoras, pero su presencia sigue sin traducirse en representación ni reconocimiento institucional

Meanwhile in Peru...
Promoting Gender Equality in coastal fishing communities ♀️💪
Info about our €4.2m project with @nature.org ➡️ tinyurl.com/27jp9hvn . @oceandreher.bsky.social
elpais.com/america-futu...

Madagascar to Kenya - Blue Ventures - Photo Stories Tucked away from other beach management units in Kenya’s Kwale County lies Mwamdudu beach, a fishing village amid mangrove channels and estuaries, where local fishers cast their nets for prawns and ot...

Meanwhile in Madagascar…impactful @blueventures.bsky.social story on learning exchanges between fishing communities from 🇲🇬 and 🇰🇪, funded by @blueactionfund.org

#OceanOptimism

explore.blueventures.org/madagascar-t...

Online: Grant fact sheet re our €3.3m follow-up project with @faunaflora.bsky.social & partners in São Tomé & Príncipe, which just announced its first 8 MPAs. #OceanOptimism ➡️ tinyurl.com/ycxspnus
Thanks for compiling @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanhugues.bsky.social

3 Nations and 20 Institutions Launch Global Commitment to Elevate Women in Ocean Leadership – Movement Secures $3.8M GEF Grant NICE, FRANCE (JUNE 11, 2025) – At the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, a bold new global commitment was launched to center coastal women as leaders in marine conservation and sustainable livelihoods....

We believe in gender equity. This is why we signed the 'Women Ocean Guardians commitment', reinforcing our existing ambitions, policies, & requirements ♀️💪. Thanks for bringing such a powerful movement together @wcs.org 🥳👏#OceanOptimism
ogy.de/xs5d

“The creation of these new MPAs is a strong signal of Tanzania’s long-term commitment to ocean protection. We are proud to support an approach that places local communities at the heart of conservation & shows how inclusive processes can lead to lasting results - for people and nature” ogy.de/1uzj

Great to see São Tomé & Príncipe establishing its 1st MPAs. Years of investments contributed to this great step. ogy.de/san7 Glad we have a follow up project re implementation. Thanks for co-funding Oceans 5 & Arcadia. #30by30 #OceanOptimism @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @emmajmcintosh.bsky.social

👇 fantastic news @wcs.org . Glad @blueactionfund.org contributes to this joint effort. #OceanOptimism #UNOC3

Thank you Ireland for your support and leadership in @blueactionfund.org

Signing next contribution from @afd-france.bsky.social to @blueactionfund.org in the margins of #UNOC3. Partnership for #OceanOptimism & #30by30

Wonderful news! Thanks @norad.no for the excellent cooperation in @blueactionfund.org

And happy to highlight that we decided to fund a €3.3 follow-up project to support effective management of newly established MPAs. #OceanOptimism
@idelamer.bsky.social @oceandreher.bsky.social @schorstmeyer.bsky.social

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We support @thewcs.bsky.social
'Building a blue future on the East African coast, Mozambique 🇲🇿'
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/3DTMpqB
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UNOC 25 | WILDTRUST

#UNOC3 event on our €50m funding window on 🌊 ecosystem-based adapation in Africa.
🌊Info re programme & projects with @wildtrustsa.bsky.social, @rare.org, @faunaflora.bsky.social , @wcs.org etc... ➡️ ogy.de/7zrf
🌊Registration ➡️ www.wildtrust.co.za/unoc-25
@greenclimate.fund @oceancecilia.bsky.social

Published: Brief @blueactionfund.org at a glance brochure, incl. Programme Map and Facts & figures ➡️ ogy.de/37h0
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇧🇻 🇫🇷 🇮🇪

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We support @wildoceanssa.bsky.social spreading
'Ecosystem-based Adaptation in uThukela MPA, South Africa 🇿🇦 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/3Pzk5MN
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