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Namibia Nature Foundation taking ESMS to the next level: a national Community of Practice for Env & Soc Safeguards - 4 working groups on key themes. The goal: move safeguards from a 'checklist' into a culture of accountability💪 @oceanthayne.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
nnf.org.na/namibia-laun...

Management Effectiveness for Marine Protected Areas | Reef Resilience Network

The Reef Resilience Network @nature.org opened enrollment today for an online course about MPA Management Effectiveness. It is ✨free✨ to join and will be a mentored course, offered in 6 (!) languages.
reefresilience.org/management-e...

@wildtrust.co.za is strengthening small-scale fisheries co-management and 17 of 39 committee nominees are women 👏🏾 Women's participation is not only about offering a seat at the table. It’s about building the confidence to take it 🪑
#GenderEquality #Fisheries

Photo credits: Mnqobi Zuma | WILDTRUST

Nyembe Community Resource Hub to Transform Lives, Boost Skills and Marine Conservation Nyembe Community Resource Hub was launched this week to advance community development and marine conservation in the region.

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...
@wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation: Introducing a New IUCN Guidebook. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo... Presented by: Nathan Bennett of WWF and the IUCN People and Ocean Specialist Group; Mark Andrachuk of Reconnect Consulting; and other panelists to be added Description: To date, there has been substa...

Upcoming OCTO webinar introducing the new IUCN guidebook on 'Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation' - 28 October 15.00 CET
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Ecologic Institute brought together an impressive combination of cases and individuals in the field of coastal EbA the last 2 days! I shared some insights from the 50mln EUR @blueactionfund.org EbA funding window in the WIO.
Also good to see some Blue Action projects present in the room and online 🙌🏼

Planet Indonesia, sub-grantee to @blueventures.bsky.social, helped form the first women-led mangrove patrol in Kubu Raya: Srikandi Bekantan.
“Srikandi” stands for courage; “Bekantan” (the proboscis monkey) for the fragile ecosystem they protect.
Women’s leadership = stronger conservation. 💪🌱

Still buzzing from last night’s @blueactionfund.org EbA reception with @oceancecilia.bsky.social — packed with energy, new connections, and momentum. Amazing to see the cohort, or “GCF-EbA family,” as one grantee put it today, growing closer and making waves together 🌊📣

Are you at the @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium and joining us at the @blueactionfund.org reception tonight? Please note the location update: still at Serena Beach Resort next door, but you will find us on the hotel's 'Nyota Terrace'. See you then! 🙌

@blueactionfund.org EbA grantees taking the opportunity of being together at @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium to 🧠storm on potential joint contributions to the Our Ocean Conference 2026 ... also to be hosted here in Kenya! 🇰🇪 Pizza fuels good conversation ;)

With @oceancecilia.bsky.social

Hitting the ground running at @wiomsa.bsky.social symposium today! @oceancecilia.bsky.social shared an overview of @blueactionfund.org EbA investments in WIO, during WWF MG's session on climate impacts and adaptation. Join our Friday Special Session to learn directly from our grantees 🤗

Wrapped up our first FPIC process closing in the @blueactionfund.org grant for the Bird’s Head Seascape with @nature.org & YKAN. Key lessons help strengthen FPIC in current & future projects—followed up this week with team training 🎒
Photo: Nugroho A. Prabowo (Traditional Boat of Byak Karon Tribe)

It's countdown time for the WIOMSA Symposium⏳ If you are planning to attend, come join us for this very special 'Special Session'!

Invites are out for the @blueactionfund.org reception at the WIOMSA Symposium 2025 in Mombasa.
@oceancecilia.bsky.social and I look forward to seeing you at
@wiomsa.bsky.social 👋

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Welcoming @blueventures.bsky.social in the blue sky... Our grants:
🌊 Safeguarding Blue Forests in 🇮🇩 ogy.de/9rgy
🌊 Increasing resilience to climate change in Barren Isles 🇲🇬 ogy.de/kqpw
@oceanthyrza.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social
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One of the #UNOC3 engagements we do with our NGO & funding partners (this one by invite only 😔)...
@wildtrustsa.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social

Alternative livelihood in the #GrantSpotlight below: sustainable mangrove honey production. Social Forestry Business Groups learned the 'tikung' technique, whereby an artificial branch or wooden beam is intentionally placed in the mangrove tree to encourage wild bees to build their nests naturally.

Thanks @steffi-lemke.de & @oceanunger.bsky.social for supporting a strong #OceanPact that incl. efficient financing instruments for 🌊 #30x30. With 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 & 🇮🇪 (plus 🇧🇻) in the back @blueactionfund.org is worth discussing as 🇪🇺 initative that could be scaled-up further... @bmuv.de @bmz.de

UNOC participation opportunity for small-scale fishers' leaders!

Opportunity for artisinal fishers 🎣 to get a seat at the table at #UNOC3 in 🇫🇷. Deadline to apply Friday March 28 ➡️https://ogy.de/1h2q .
Thanks @oceanthyrza.bsky.social for sharing... 😜

Free online course! For deepsea warriors and those interested in (ocean) policy campaiging.

SOA's Deep Sea Academy contains learning modules, case studies, and training exercises on:
🦑 Workings of the ISA
🏛️ Cultural heritage
🤝 Coalition Building
🌎 Grassroots Campaigning
⚖️ Policy Advocacy

Research from the Ocean Defenders Project on environmental human rights advocates & their increased oppression with a growing ocean economy:

Underpins the need for safety & security safeguards in marine conservation where there's little civic space🛟

oceandefendersproject.org/project-publ...

Job Opportunities - Blue Action Fund

Open Call for Consultancy by @blueactionfund.org on the topic: www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...

UThukela restoration team of @wildoceanssa.bsky.social works with community youth on removal of alien casuarina trees to help open the aMatigulu estuary mouth towards the ocean. When the river breaks through, it improves access for fishers and connectivity for fishes 🔄

Call for Young Ocean Advocates: Bringing Blue Citizenship to the UN Ocean Conference 2025 Join the Youth4Ocean Forum’s call for Young Ocean Advocates! Become an EU Young Ocean Advocate and champion Blue Citizenship at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice. This is your chance to help shape ...

Ocean advocate from 🇪🇺 and <30 years old?
@ec.europa.eu sponsors some tickets to #UNOC3 👇. Maybe something for your networks @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & @oceanthyrza.bsky.social?
maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/call-young-o...

We got our wellies dirty today: learning about carbon stock and sequestration assessments in the mangroves of Kosi Bay in iSimangaliso Wetland Park with @wildoceanssa.bsky.social (and Nelson Mandela University in the lab). Key 'Ecosystem-based Adaptation' aspect of this project.

@blueactionfund.org landed in Durban, SA, for the project visit to @wildoceanssa.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome and fruitful first discussions. Promising start of a valuable week of exchanges 🌊💪🏽
@oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social

This Thursday, 2 May, @blueactionfund.org is hosting an ESMS Familiarisation Session for the Asia-Pacific cohort. All invited project proponents and their partners are welcome. Looking forward to prepare for some high-quality env./social safeguarding in ocean conseration! 🌊🛟

Fantastic news🎉: Thanks @bmz-bund.bsky.social & @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social for continued commitment to 🌊 #30x30 and @blueactionfund.org 👏
Newly adopted BMZ strategy on natural ressources ➡️ tinyurl.com/58hj63jb

💡Just came across this MOOC on 'Planning and Management of Marine and Coastal Areas'. Rather extensive (15h), with case-based information and a focus on the Mediterranean. You can even pick the modules yourself for a shortcut. ➡️ www.marine-ecomed.net/marine-ecome...