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Happy to add 🐟 @worldfish.bsky.social 🎣 to our list of grantees... #OceanOptimism
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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

Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds

The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

Wow. Congratulations @emilysdarling.bsky.social 🥳🎉. We are happy to support your & @wcs.org 🪸 work in numerous places, such as 🇹🇿, 🇲🇲, 🇸🇧, 🇫🇯... #OceanOptimism

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

<3 mycorrhizal networks

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 ...

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
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Common Teen (juv) Oh My Gee that feathering

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...

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...

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

Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature.

All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!!
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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.

50 years of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act… what were the initial drivers? What does it mean now in a time of 30 by 30? theconversation.com/half-a-centu...

Thank you email out to @nature.org & YKAN for their work & achievements in Birdshead 🇮🇩 which we supported in the past years with €2.8million worth of #OceanOptimism
Grant fact sheet 👉 tinyurl.com/59phzs7z
👇📸from @blueactionfund.org project visit in 22 with @oceansteinmann.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: MERMAID AI: Image Classification (Beta) Demo Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. MERMAID is excited to invite you to an exclusive live demo of our newly released MERMAID AI: Image Classification (Beta) tool in MERMAID. In this session, we’ll walk you through how to quickly classi...

📢 Last call! Join tomorrow’s webinar with @wcs.org as they unveil #MERMAID newest beta features with CoralNet — already used in @blueactionfund.org projects. Upload photo quadrats, process with MERMAID AI & visualise your data, all in one place.
zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Upcoming in Ethiopia 🇪🇹...
@faunaflora.bsky.social @tangnic.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @greenclimate.fund @oceancecilia.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Tanzania 🇹🇿...
@wcs.org @oceansteinmann.bsky.social #FFI
dailynews.co.tz/the-coastal-...

Parametric insurance programme launched to protect Caribbean coral reef Fondo Acción, AXA COLPATRIA, AXA Climate, and WTW launch a joint venture to protect crucial marine life through fast insurance payouts during extreme weather events

Meanwhile in Colombia 🇨🇴... Parametric insurance programme launched to protect Caribbean coral reef. @fondoaccion.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
www.captiveinsurancetimes.com/captiveinsur...

#HappyFridayNews: Today, we ✒️ €5.4 million project with @envdefensefund.bsky.social to support climate resilient MPAs and small Scale fisheries management in Lampung 🇮🇩.
#OceanOptimism @oceancecilia.bsky.social

Looking for input from the #SmallScaleFisheries community 👇
In one of our @blueactionfund.org projects, fishers use boats with no permanent power supply. Makes it difficult to improve surveillance, using GPS, etc..
➡️ Anyone come across practical solutions for powering GPS devices in such contexts?

Neue Stürmer WIP?

YouTube video by João Azeredo V3 BioGuinea Foundation Bijagós

Inspiring work from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau!
BioGuinea, as part of the PRCM-implemented project funded by @blueactionfund.org, is supporting local communities with initiatives that strengthen livelihoods and well-being.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3NG...

Exciting new Grant: Today, we 🖋️ €4.8 million project with Coral Triangle Center & Partners to promote #OceanOptimism in Banda Sea 🇮🇩. (1/3)

🌍 The ECOP DACH coordination team is opening 1 new position as part of our upcoming rotation!
⏲️ Time commitment: ~2 hours/week
Send a short motivation video (max. 2 minutes) introducing yourself and why you’d like to join the team to: germany@ecopdecade.org
📅 Deadline: 01 October 2025

In Tanzania 🇹🇿 , Mwambao’s MKUBA Eco-Credit Program empowers women with business skills to grow enterprises and lead in marine conservation, boosting incomes and protecting coasts, with support from @blueactionfund.org

Andere Zeiten…aus “Tagebuch 1946-1949, Max Frisch”.
#shiftingbaselines

Unsere Meere brauchen dringend Schutz!🌊🚢Plastikmüll, Klimawandel & Übernutzung setzen Nord- und Ostsee zu – doch es gibt Hoffnung! #DBU-Kollegin im Interview zu unserem neuen Meeresnaturschutzfonds 👉 www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2459...

Country Director, Cambodia

JOB ALERT: Our colleagues at @faunaflora.bsky.social are looking for a new Country Director in Cambodia (also leading project funded by @blueactionfund.org).
Deadline: 3rd August
Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Phnom Penh
www.fauna-flora.org/about/career...

YouTube video by Ο Πρωθυπουργός Ανακοίνωση | Δύο νέα Εθνικά Θαλάσσια Πάρκα: Ιονίου και Νοτίου Αιγαίου 1 - Νότιες Κυκλάδες

📢 Greece announced two huge #MarineParks: the Ionian & South Aegean National Marine Parks! With them, 🇬🇷 meets the 30% marine protection target under the EU Biodiversity Strategy & the Convention on Biological Diversity. A big step for conservation!
Greek PM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSn_...
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I like, I like ... 🌱
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social

YouTube video by Prcmarine The West African Blue Dinner - UNOC3

Thanks #PRCM for hosting West African Blue Dinner at #UNOC3.
@oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4C...