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

The latest from Ecuador 🇪🇨...
@oceandreher.bsky.social
happyeconews.com/floreana-tor...

Intersted in a quick dive into objectives, strategies and results of our recently closed project 'Fostering Marine Protected Areas Management Effectiveness and Sustainable Fisheries in Peru' (Mar 2025)? Take a look here 🔎: l1nq.com/tGVAa

Endangered Tortoises Released onto Floreana Island, Galápagos - Island Conservation For the first time in more than 180 years, giant tortoises are once again walking the landscapes of Floreana Island!

Meanwhile in Ecuador 🇪🇨...
www.islandconservation.org/floreana-tor...

🇩🇪 @blueactionfund.org für einen Tag? Wir machen mit beim Boys' Day am 23. April. Anmeldung ➡️ ogy.de/jeif

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

So proud to have been part of this great project 🌊🦈🐋 from the @blueactionfund.org side! #OceanOptimism

ALERT - Funding opportunity for coral researchers! @cordap.bsky.social just launched its Call for Proposals under the Coral Local Innovation Program. 🪸
cordap.org/clip-award/

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

Meanwhile in Peru 🇵🇪....
@oceandreher.bsky.social
spda.org.pe/noticia/spda...

We are looking for a Programme Manager Environmental & Social Safeguards based in Berlin. Thrilling job with one of the globally leading 🌊 MPA funders ogy.de/l4xt

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

Protecting marine resources within Koh Sdach archipeligo YouTube video by Fauna & Flora

@faunaflora.bsky.social and partners support marine life and local communities by protecting Koh Sdach Archipelago in Cambodia - home to coral reefs, seagrass meadows, seahorses and sea turtles 🪸🌿🐢. Funded by @blueactionfund.org 💙🌊. #OceanOptimism

📹Video: sl1nk.com/SteVE
👉Project: sl1nk.com/YNmdZ

🌊 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

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...

Just wrapped up a visit to the Thriving Coasts project, implemented by a strong consortium led by @rare.org. Inspiring to see such a wide range of impactful, on-the-ground work. The @blueactionfund.org team leaves with a strong sense of #OceanOptimism. 🌊🐟💙

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

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 🌊💙

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

Excited to support the WAN KABU KA – “Our Sea” project as Grant Manager on behalf of @blueactionfund.org. A meaningful step towards indigenous-led conservation in the Honduran Cays 🌊🌿

Oikos junta-se a povos indígenas para proteger tesouro marinho nos Cayos Miskito Conservação e justiça social: Oikos junta-se a povos indígenas para proteger tesouro marinho nos Cayos MiskitoA Oikos está a dar início a um projeto inovador nas Honduras através de uma aliança inédit...

Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳 ...
www.telanon.info/sociedade/20...

Really looking forward to visiting @rare.org's project sites in Honduras this October to see community-led fisheries work in action. 🌊🐟

Back from an inspiring seminar on biodiversity & development on Vilm Island! 📝🌞 Huge thanks to BfN, @giz.de & KfW for making it happen. Great group, rich discussions, lots of learnings. Happy that I could spread some #OceanOptimism too! 🌊💙

Apply - Future For Nature Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conserva...

Applications for 2026 Future For Nature Awards now open!
🌊 18 to 35 years old?
🌊 Committed to protecting wild species? Maybe even 🦈🐢🐡🐳?
3 times international recognition, €50,000, network
Deadline August 25 📆
futurefornature.org/apply/

Really looking forward to next week's seminar on biodiversity & development 🌿 Excited for the discussions ahead — and to meet everyone on the beautiful island of Vilm! 🌊🐚

Biodiversity conservation for human wellbeing

Looking forward to attending Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation in Development Cooperation 2025 kindly hosted by @giz.de

Online: We published today our 2024 Annual Report.
🌊5 new grants
🌊disbursed > € 18 million to 27 grants in 22 countries
🌊Admin costs 3%
Read more📖...➡️ ogy.de/zog1
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇧🇻 🇫🇷 🇮🇪

Grant 35: From jungle 🌴 to ocean 🌊 – we are proud to launch our first indigenous-led OECM project in Honduras 🇭🇳.
#OceanOptimism funded by:
🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🇧🇻 @norad.no
🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
👏 @oceandreher.bsky.social for all the prep work...

UNICAs from Tumbes YouTube video by The Nature Conservancy

More from Peru 🇵🇪...
"UNICAs" - credit & savings ORGs based on trust and empowerment of their members. With our supports
@nature.org works to strengthen UNICAs that involve direct users of the protected natural area Los Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjwJ...

Sernanp lanza Plan de Acción de Género para fortalecer la igualdad en las áreas naturales protegidas El Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (Sernanp), organismo adscrito al Ministerio del Ambiente, validó el Plan de Acción de Género del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Naturales Pr...

Meanwhile in Peru 🇵🇪...
@nature.org supported development of SERNANP's Gender Action Plan based on a gender analysis of 12 protected areas, incl. 4 MPAs. It will guide the incorporation of a gender & equity approach in the management of all protected areas in Peru. www.gob.pe/institucion/...

📣HELP📣
We are looking for support to scope potential investments in Blue Carbon & Mangrove Conservation in Asia 🌱. TOR ➡️ ogy.de/uuu2 Deadline #17Jan 📅