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Isabelle Delamer @idelamer.bsky.social · 5d

Packed few days in Príncipe 🇸🇹 visiting the @blueactionfund.org -funded project led by @faunaflora.bsky.social, implemented by local partner Fundação Príncipe.

📸 Small-scale enterprises, grievance mechanism in action, fish catch data collection.

More on the project👇
sl1nk.com/U2BAb

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Sandra Dreher @oceandreher.bsky.social · 4d

First two days of our project visit in La Moskitia 🇭🇳 completed ✅ — feeling grateful for the warm welcome and meaningful first insights into the Wan Kabu Ka (Our Ocean) project led by Oikos and funded by @blueactionfund.org 🌊☀️
tinyurl.com/ypn86tru

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 1h

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳...

Sandra Dreher @oceandreher.bsky.social · 20h

Visit to @blueactionfund.org project (👉 tinyurl.com/ypn86tru) in La Moskitia, Honduras wrapped up - intense and inspiring! Deeply grateful to connect with local Indigenous communities and an incredible team on the ground. Full of #OceanOptimism 🌊💙

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · Jul 25

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

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · Aug 15

Back from Holiday, I had my preferred task on my desk...
Thanks for your investements in 🌍 #OceanOptimism & support to @blueactionfund.org
🌊 @bmz.de 🇩🇪
🌊 @norad.no 🇳🇴
🌊 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇫🇷
🌊 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇮🇪
🌊 @swedishmfa.bsky.social 🇸🇪

Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · Aug 15

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

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 23h

Thanks @norad.no 🥳: We welcome continued cooperation in @blueactionfund.org not only in terms of 💵 but also re thematic input & guidance by @windingstad.bsky.social & @johannef.bsky.social

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 23d

History made for the ocean: #BBNJ Agreement enters into force, protecting high seas & deep seabed, safeguarding life under water.

“Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step forward to save our ocean, & to save our future” - ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · Jul 1

In our diary. We are significantly behind 🌊 #30by30 and there is plenty of work to be done before 28...

Sebastian Unger @oceanunger.bsky.social · Jun 13

Next UN Ocean Conference to be hosted in 2028 by 🇰🇷 🇨🇱 in Korea. #UNOC4

Chile and Korea to host UNOC4 in 2028 in Korea

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · Jul 12

Our investments...
#OceanOptimism #30by30

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Sophie Thayne @oceanthayne.bsky.social · 2d

Fair enough-virtual workshops are never the same as being on the ground. But with the political situation preventing our @blueactionfund.org trip, teams @blueventures.bsky.social @akf-global.bsky.social & OSDRM in MD made the best of it and pushed through. Huge thanks @oceancecilia.bsky.social 🙏

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting course for current & future MPA practitioners ogy.de/sigf
Thanks @oceanthyrza.bsky.social for sharing... #OceanOptimism #30by30

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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday we completed Part 1 of @blueactionfund.org visit on Príncipe Island. Thanks to @faunaflora.bsky.social & Fundacao Principe for showing us your important work on the Island. Establishing MPAs & establishing small businesses to help communities becoming more resilient. #oceanoptimism

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 3d

@endangeredlands.bsky.social offers Planning Grants · Building strong collaborations
· Establishing biodiversity baselines
· Preparing proposals for larger-scale funding
📅 Deadline: 20 January 2026
ogy.de/fbgc

Funding Opportunities | Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme

ogy.de

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Thyrza Zoons @oceanthyrza.bsky.social · 3d

Upcoming OCTO webinar introducing the new IUCN guidebook on 'Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation' - 28 October 15.00 CET
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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...

us02web.zoom.us

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 3d

Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹...
Thanks also to cofunding from #Oceans5 & @schorstmeyer.bsky.social
@faunaflora.bsky.social project currently visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social

Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 23d

São Tomé and Príncipe commits to creating a marine protected area network - Victoria SCHNEIDER @mongabay.com

news.mongabay.com/2025/09/sao-...

São Tomé and Príncipe commits to creating a marine protected area network

The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has taken a significant step in marine conservation, announcing that it will establish eight marine protected areas in its coastal waters. The declaration is...

news.mongabay.com

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 3d

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

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.

www.goodthingsguy.com

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 3d

💵 25K National Geographic / Buffet Award for leadership in conservation in Africa & Latrin America 2026. Any marine heroines and heroes out there 🪸🌊🐟?
Deadline 17 Oct. ➡️ ogy.de/nybr

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 4d

Meanwhile in STP 🇸🇹..,
@oceanweigand.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social

Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday we completed Part 1 of @blueactionfund.org visit on Príncipe Island. Thanks to @faunaflora.bsky.social & Fundacao Principe for showing us your important work on the Island. Establishing MPAs & establishing small businesses to help communities becoming more resilient. #oceanoptimism

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 4d

Our EbA funding window hitting the ground in Berlin...
Thanks @ecologic.eu & @bfn-de.bsky.social, for allowing us and our partners to share experiences & lessons learned. #OceanOptimism cofunded by @bmz.de & @greenclimate.fund.
@umweltministerium.de @oceanthyrza.bsky.social

Thyrza Zoons @oceanthyrza.bsky.social · 4d

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 🙌🏼

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 4d

Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS

Sandra Dreher @oceandreher.bsky.social · 4d

First two days of our project visit in La Moskitia 🇭🇳 completed ✅ — feeling grateful for the warm welcome and meaningful first insights into the Wan Kabu Ka (Our Ocean) project led by Oikos and funded by @blueactionfund.org 🌊☀️
tinyurl.com/ypn86tru

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 4d

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 5d

Meanwhile wonderful news from uThukuela MPA in South Africa 🇿🇦...
Community Resource Hub is based on experiences from our grant to neighbouring iSimangaliso @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social #OceanOptimism

WILDTRUST @wildtrust.co.za · 5d

Yesterday, the Nyembe community, under the Mkhwanazi Traditional Authority, came out in numbers to witness the long-awaited launch of the first-ever Community Resource Hub in the uThukela Marine Protected Area (MPA) Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project.

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 5d

Thanks to all @wildtrust.co.za colleagues on the ground as well as philanthropic partners supporting this important work along with us #OceanKind #Oceans5 #SharkConservationFund @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 5d

Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...

Isabelle Delamer @idelamer.bsky.social · 5d

Packed few days in Príncipe 🇸🇹 visiting the @blueactionfund.org -funded project led by @faunaflora.bsky.social, implemented by local partner Fundação Príncipe.

📸 Small-scale enterprises, grievance mechanism in action, fish catch data collection.

More on the project👇
sl1nk.com/U2BAb

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 5d

Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩...
@blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social

Thyrza Zoons @oceanthyrza.bsky.social · 6d

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. 💪🌱

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