Out: Annual Report 2025 ogy.de/imng
#OceanOptimism financed by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social & @greenclimate.fund

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...

From Opportunity to Impact: Amina Juma’s MKUBA Story YouTube video by Mwambao Coastal Community Network

Meet Amina Juma, an active MKUBA member who has improved her business and overall standard of living through interest-free MKUBA loans.
Project implemented by @faunaflora.bsky.social & @mwambao.bsky.social. Funded by @blueactionfund.org.

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Floreana: Learning Together to Restore Nature YouTube video by Charles Darwin Foundation

Grateful to see Floreana Island’s restoration story captured so beautifully🌿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntK... @darwinfoundation.bsky.social

Happy that our completed @blueactionfund.org grant contributed to #OceanOptimism in Galapagos 🌊: sl1nk.com/BEd8F

Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦...

We will share lessons from our €50m 'ecosystem based adaptation in the Western Indian Ocean' programme co-funded by @greenclimate.fund & @bmz.de. @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social #OceanOptimism

Well done PRCM & @oceansteinmann.bsky.social #OceanOptimism

2 years after end of our project we seek reflections from grantees about impact, sustainility, Blue Action legacy (or absence) etc. Today, we shared questionaire with @wcs.org re €3m project in the Western Indian Ocean. ogy.de/a1cd
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social

We updated out 'About Us' Brochure 👇👉 ogy.de/37h0
Thanks @oceanhugues.bsky.social & @oceanthayne.bsky.social 💙

SPDA estrena documental sobre la riqueza del mar que baña las costas de la Reserva Nacional Illescas - SPDA

Meanwhile in Peru 🇵🇪....
@oceandreher.bsky.social
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Síntesis Mujeres a la Mar 2025 YouTube video by TNC Perú

In 2025, @nature.org helped establishing Peru’s 1st women-led artisanal fisheries organisation & co-organized Mujeres a la Mar with > 30 women leaders from 10 coastal regions. Summary video of ♀️💪 with 🇬🇧 subtitles 👇 @oceandreher.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
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Promotional poster for EarthEcho's "High Seas Youth" ambassador program. Includes a QR code for application, a link, and images of diverse individuals engaged in activities related to advocacy and environmental conservation. Key details mention program offerings such as campaign management training and mentorship, with application deadline on January 9, 2026.

Applications are OPEN for the 2026 High Seas Youth Ambassadors Program!

Ambassadors will work with Earth Echo & High Seas Alliance to design and lead campaigns advancing global ocean protection & ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty.

Apply now! www.bit.ly/HighSeas-Apply #60toGlobal #GenSea

Grant fact sheet about our new €4.7m project with Coral Triangle Centre in Indonesia 🇮🇩. ogy.de/9fih
#OceanOptimism @oceanthayne.bsky.social

Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according ...

As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according to the latest global tracking data by the World Database on Protected Areas. This marks a 1.2% increase in 2025, up from 8.4% coverage in 2024.

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Time for the 🇺🇳 #HighSeasTreaty has come... #17Jan 🗓️
🇩🇪 🌊 community will celebrate Thursday in @bundestag.de hosted by @steffi-lemke.de @umwelthilfe.bsky.social @highseasalliance.bsky.social with contributions from @oceanunger.bsky.social. Looking forward to it. #BBNJ #OceanOptimism

Pure #OceanOptimism:
In 2024 🇩🇪 @umweltministerium.de secured 💶€400million from auctioning off-shore wind energy licenses and ringfenced funding in @umweltstiftung.bsky.social to ensure long term 🌊 conservation funding for Northsea & Baltic. In 2026, grant support will double to €10 million 🥳. (1/2)

Exciting start of the year! 🎇 Looking forward to working together with @worldvision.bsky.social and WWF Vietnam.

Excellent @unepwcmc.bsky.social 🥳! 👇will surely faciliate measuring & reporting against 🌊 #30by30 objective.
@blueactionfund.org @oceanthayne.bsky.social

I can personally vouch—these roles are genuinely exciting…

Online: Final report, incl achievements, challenges & lessons learned from our grant to Island Conservation re Galapagos and Cocos MPAs ➡️ ogy.de/jbot.
💙 for administering this on our side @oceandreher.bsky.social

JOB ALERT in Frankfurt 🇩🇪: Our 'engine room' is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant.
Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
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Blue Action Fund e Oikos visitam o projeto WAN KABU KA, nas Honduras YouTube video by oikosCD

How does a @blueactionfund.org project visit look like? @oceandreher.bsky.social leads the way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXb...

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We support @faunaflora.bsky.social
'Strengthening MPAs, fisheries governance and coastal community
livelihoods in Cambodia 🇰🇭 '
🌊 Grant Fact Sheet: buff.ly/40i7frm
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🌊 WAN KABU KA – Our Sea | Honduras YouTube video by oikosCD

🌊🌱🐠 WAN KABU KA project funded by @blueactionfund.org supports marine conservation, Indigenous rights & sustainable livelihoods. 💙 Watch their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Zu... 👉 Grant Fact Sheet: l1nq.com/z6vxl #OceanOptimism

Meanwhile in Namibia 🇳🇦: NIMPA+ Showcased at German–Namibian Government Talks in Lüderitz... ogy.de/fgdj
@oceanthayne.bsky.social @bmz.de @rukodzi.bsky.social

O Nosso Mar, o Nosso Peixe (Our Sea, Our Fish) YouTube video by Rare

13 min 📽️about @rare.org project in Mozambique 🇲🇿...
#OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org
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Looking forward to working with @rare.org as they implement this exciting project in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the Philippines' largest MPA🌊

We ✒️ today grant with @rare.org for €5.2 million project to support marine conservation in Philippines 🇵🇭. #OceanOptimism funded by
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳, @rare.org is making 🌊🌊🌊...
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social plus match funding from Becht & others. @oceandreher.bsky.social currently on project visit.

Three days into our visit to the @blueactionfund.org Honduras project implemented by @rare.org, and already so many powerful insights 💡
From community-led ocean conservation 🐟 to behavior change in action 🔄, it’s inspiring to see how local leadership is driving real impact 💪 tinyurl.com/y4jevhkn