🌊Markus Knigge🐟

Our article “What do we know about the state of European seas?” is now out in @consletters.bsky.social. In this study, we used all available #MSFD assessments to unveil the status of European Seas. @drangelborja.bsky.social @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
Find the article link at the post’s end.

Becalmed Off Halfway Rock. 1860 by 🧑‍🎨 Fitz Henry Lane #muSEAum

The #EU collectively failed to deliver #GoodEnvironmentalStatus in its seas. Bold, binding action across all sectors—strong #MPAs, pollution controls, fishing reform—is urgently needed to halt biodiversity loss and restore European Seas.
#MarineEcology #MarineConservation #MSFD #GES4SEAS 🌐🌍🧪🌊🦈🐬🐋

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Happy 8th anniversary! Also from @oceanthyrza.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social & entire @blueactionfund.org team

Presenting #SDG14 and @blueactionfund.org at #HLPF2025 in NY. Thanks 🇩🇪 @bmz.de & @umweltministerium.de for hosting and @baerbelkofler.bsky.social for opening the discussion.

Online: Fact sheet re our €3.4m project with OIKOS in 🇭🇳 Honduras ➡️ ogy.de/rkor
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social

Follow @projectovito.bsky.social to
learn more about this NGOs important marine and coastal work done in Cabo Verde on Fogo and Brava Island
Proudly funded by @blueactionfund.org in the context of project PaMAR! #OceanOptimism

Spreading #OceanLiteracy & #Oceanoptimism is a 24/7 job for @blueactionfund.org staff. It seems to work @oceanthayne.bsky.social 😉

Motherfucking wind farms…

Maybe I should diversify bedtime stories? 😅 #preschooldrawings #OceanOptimism

YouTube video by Hugh's Fish Fight FISH FIGHT CAMPAIGN at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Walking down @ocean2012.bsky.social memory lane...
🐟 @maerkelig.bsky.social
🐟 @verampcoelho.bsky.social
🐟 @justynazajchowska.bsky.social
🐟 @ikingma.bsky.social
🐟 @ianfisheries.bsky.social
🐟 @oceancathrine.bsky.social
🐟 @gfc-ocean.bsky.social
& many, many more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfZJ...

YouTube video by Rare Financing Hope for Coastal Communities: A Rare Conversation with Markus Knigge

Me talking about ocean challenges, privilege to fund marine conservation & reason for #OceanOptimism. Thanks for invite @rare.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LurY...

Added @jrf-uk.bsky.social also to starter pack 👇(2/2)
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG

Open call by @jrf-uk.bsky.social for its
💶 Sustainable Future programme
💶Power and Accountability programme
Maybe also of interest to 🌊 ocean community?
Deadline to register account 18 August, Application 1 September (1/2)

YouTube video by Deep Sea Conservation Coalition United for the Deep at the UN Ocean Conference

At #UNOC3, the deep sea finally got the spotlight it deserves!

✅ 4 more countries back a pause on deep-sea mining
✅ Bottom trawling impacts were thrust into the spotlight
✅ The Seamount Science Proclamation was launched

What happens next will shape the future of the #DeepSea:
youtu.be/J9CdTh469iw

Blue carbon ecosystems are key for protecting the Philippines from climate shocks (commentary) Our vibrant nation of the Philippines is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Subject to tropical cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, it ranks number one globally on…

[COMMENTARY]

In the wake of historic typhoon activity in 2024, experts are calling for stronger blue carbon ecosystem protection.

“Coordinated action will enable these ecosystems to come to life,” a new op-ed argues.

** The views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of Mongabay.

I like, I like ... 🌱
@oceansteinmann.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social

🌊 UPCOMING WEBINAR from RISE UP 🌍
Understanding the Ocean–Climate Nexus: From International Policy to Frontline Solutions
🗓 Aug 5 | 🕒 9AM EDT | 2PM WAT/BST | 3PM CEST | 6:30PM IST
📍 Zoom | ⏱ 1h15m
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3UskKSE

YouTube video by Fundación MarViva Expedición a los montes submarinos

One for @oceancecilia.bsky.social 😉
Meanwhile in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social 🎞️🎥 about its recent visit to Cocos Island's watermounts...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz29...

Added @clpawards.bsky.social as number 7️⃣1️⃣ to starter pack 👇. #OceanOptimism
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG

Blue Catalyst Fund We’re a team of passionate individuals coming together to harness the power of blue carbon.

🌱 Interesting opportunity for early-stage #Mangrove projects: The Blue Catalyst Fund offers targeted funding to help #BlueCarbon initiatives get off the ground and prepare for future #Investment.

📅 Apply by 31 July, 17:00 GMT
🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/2zcjpw3r
#Finance #NBS #Ocean #Sustainability #SDG14

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Ocean Storytelling with Open Planet Explore thousands of cinematic ocean clips for education and impact use, including world-class footage captured by Open Planet Studios and Silverback Films during the filming of Ocean with David Atten...

Bolster your next comms work👇: free pics and footage to support 🌊 story telling. #OceanOptimism
openplanet.org/collections/...

Mulago Foundation | Henry Fellows Program Through our Henry Arnhold Fellowship we find leaders with promising conservation and climate solutions and help them to design and deliver them at scale.

Innovative leader with a conservation/climate solution that works & has potential to go big?
Henry Fellowship offers:
🌊strategy retreats & coaching
🌊100K unrestricted grant upfront
🌊consideration for longer term funding
Recommendation deadline 7 August
www.mulagofoundation.org/henry-fellow...

@iisd.org reporting on #HLPF2025 🌊 event featuring @blueactionfund.org. Thanks for hosting @new-york-un.diplo.de @baerbelkofler.bsky.social
➡️ enb.iisd.org/turning-the-...

By now you see at #muSEAum a number of beautiful & calming art work. I post every Sunday one 🎨👩🏼‍🎨

Sailboat on a Raging Sea. 1818-19 by 👨‍🎨 Theodore Gericault. #muSEAum

It was fun indeed. #OceanOptimism

"In the for-profit world, firms are accountable to their customers. If customers don’t value their products, the firm doesn’t make a profit. If the firm doesn’t do better, it goes out of business and investors lose their money. Both firms and investors are accountable to the customer. Provide value or die. The nonprofit world doesn’t work like that. The customers—we presume to call them “beneficiaries”—pretty much have to take what they’re given. There’s no meaningful way for them to signal whether the “product” has value for them or not. There are no direct consequences for a failure to benefit the beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the investors—funders of all stripes—are even more insulated from consequences. We can fund whatever ineffective crap we want. Blindly funding stuff that doesn’t work won’t sully your image as a generous champion of the poor (or the environment, or whatever). Your reputation—the one thing funders really care about—doesn’t suffer." from https://ssir.org/articles/entry/funders-do-your-job

You don't hear this called out often. But it should be. Appreciation to @mulagostarr.bsky.social for doing so. Funders holding themselves and their grantees accountable would also force right-sizing of grants and inclusion of dedicated M&E/impact analysis $ as needed.

ssir.org/articles/ent...