Had the pleasure of meeting Abigail and the manatees during @blueactionfund.org project visit to Belize last year — their work and their home are worth protecting 💙

WEALTH UNTOLD | Official Trailer (4K) YouTube video by Eclectic Aspirations

Wonderful film about 🌊🇧🇿 & ♀️leadership. @blueactionfund.org's current investments in Belize:
🪸 €5.5m project with @wwf.de ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSut...
🪸 €6.5m project with Belize Audubon Society & Partners ➡️ ogy.de/rt15
@oceanpia.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSut...

Reef Guard project: Sustaining life and livelihoods YouTube video by WWF Mesoamerica

Meanwhile in Belize 🇧🇿 ...
Nice video 📽️(2.37min) about our grant to @wwf.de and recent project visit by @oceanpia.bsky.social & @oceanknigge.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXfg...

Landmark philanthropic support for coastal communities and small-scale fishers - Blue Ventures Small-scale fishers and coastal communities across the tropics are set to gain renewed support thanks to a landmark USD 62 million gift to Blue Ventures from MacKenzie Scott. The funding comes at a pi...

MacKenzie Scott's $62M gift to Blue Ventures marks a turning point for community-led ocean conservation.

With 100M people depending on small-scale fishing amid warming seas & declining catches, this funding empowers coastal communities to protect marine ecosystems & build resilience: bit.ly/3KQJQti

Thank you @wwf.de for hosting us & sharing some much-needed #OceanOptimism during our 🇧🇿 visit to learn about #ReefGuard project & explore the hopefully soon-to-be designated Placencia Lagoon. Grant fact sheet ➡️ ogy.de/7wf0
@wwf-ocean.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social

Scaling up marine nature conservation and climate solutions YouTube video by COP30 | German Climate Pavilion

Die COP30 startet heute in Belém. Unser Team um DBU-Chef @alexbonde.bsky.social ist dabei. Beim Talk im German Climate Pavilion geht es um die Frage, wie sich Meeresschutz & Offshore-Windenergie nachhaltig vereinen lassen. 18.11., 16:30–17:30 (UTC -03:00), Livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...

Looking forward to working with @rare.org as they implement this exciting project in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the Philippines' largest MPA🌊

Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world’s rarest marine mammal YouTube video by Associated Press

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#OceanOptimism

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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...

JOB ALERT in our office!

#OceanOptimism

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @thewcs.bsky.social
'Creating a network of of resilient MPAs in globally significant areas of the Western Indian Ocean 🇰🇪 🇲🇬 🇹🇿 '
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3E4UgS8
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Celebrating grant portfolio of our sister fund @legacylandscapes.bsky.social with representatives of all supported protected sites. Amazing 🥳🎉. 👏🏼 @bmz.de for initiating this crucial #30by30 @unbiodiversity.bsky.social financing tool. @astridschomaker.bsky.social

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

Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹...

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

~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~
We supported @wcs.org
'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯'
🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY
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Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS

Gender and fisheries fact sheets Through a process of co-production with local rights- and stakeholders, we are developing a series of country factsheets, across SIDS and LDCs, that highlight women’s critical contributions to the fisheries sector. To integrate women’s human rights in fisheries, the factsheets also underscore

‍🦑 New Resources Alert: Gender & Fisheries 🦑

ORRAA’s lead Science and Knowledge Partner, the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is launching two new gender and fisheries factsheets on Haiti and Belize.

📄 Dive in here: oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/

Oceanic Global x Corona's Beach 100 Grant Initiative - Oceanic Global The Beach 100 Grant Initiative protects and restores beaches and ecosystems for a thriving blue planet.

Corona 🍺 grants to protect & restore beaches, incl. local communities:
🏖️1 year projects 💵5-15K
🏖️1-3 years projects 💵50-100K
Applications open until 13 October.
oceanic.global/project/beac...

Yves Rocher Foundation • Terre de Femmes Prize • 2026 COMMITTED TO NATURE !

Any 💪♀️ applying with mangroves for Terre de Femmes Award?
🌱 5 x €10,000
🌱 Deadline 31 October
#OceanOptimism #BlueCarbon @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.io/en/applicati...

Programme Assistant (m/f/x) - part time BLUE ACTION FUND is searching for a:Programme AssistantREPORTS TO: Executive DirectorLOCATION: BerlinSALARY: CompetitiveCLOSING DATE: 2 November 2025START DATE: As soon as possibleCONTRACT: Part time ...

If you want to make a difference in the marine world 🌊🪸🐟... We are looking for a programme assistant (part time) based in in Berlin #OceanOptimism. ogy.de/6jtx

Co-hosting today's Myanmar 🇲🇲 Donor Round Table with @wcs.org, @faunaflora.bsky.social & Myanmar Biodiversity Fund (MBF) to exchange on opportunities for on the ground marine conservation, even in challenging times.
🌊info re our investment ➡️ ogy.de/s7vh
🌊grant manager @oceansteinmann.bsky.social

👀 #ConsultancyOpportunity for a #SocialScience team interested in integrating the social domain for #OceanAccounts in Belize 🇧🇿

Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social

🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...

A New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View

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The power of gender equality YouTube video by BV Mada Videos

Gender equality & equity are crucial @blueactionfund.org projects, esp those co-funded by @greenclimate.fund.

Check out insightful video from our @blueventures.bsky.social showing first hand testimony from local community members in 🇲🇬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfz1... @oceancecilia.bsky.social

Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas

The 30x30 initiative is crucial for the health of the planet—and humans overwhelmingly agree governments should make these vital protections of land and oceans a priority by 2030. Public support averaged 82.4%(!) in 8 key countries per survey. https://bit.ly/4p0l4pM

Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say

Sharks losing their bite due to ocean acidification? This study highlights how even apex predators are vulnerable to climate change. What other marine species might be silently suffering beneath the waves?

Meanwhile in Madagascar 🇲🇬...
@blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social