Why do I love #OceanOptimism?
🌊 Proven concept
🌊 Works also in real life
🌊 Strategic choice to #SaveOurOcean
Bit more of relection here ogy.de/sopu
🌊 Proven concept
🌊 Works also in real life
🌊 Strategic choice to #SaveOurOcean
Bit more of relection here ogy.de/sopu
November 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Why do I love #OceanOptimism?
🌊 Proven concept
🌊 Works also in real life
🌊 Strategic choice to #SaveOurOcean
Bit more of relection here ogy.de/sopu
🌊 Proven concept
🌊 Works also in real life
🌊 Strategic choice to #SaveOurOcean
Bit more of relection here ogy.de/sopu
With another grant signed, total programme almost made it to a palindrome number. At least rounded @blueactionfund.org stands at €222 million worth of #OceanOptimism. 🎉🥳🌊 @oceanweigand.bsky.social
November 3, 2026 at 8:51 AM
With another grant signed, total programme almost made it to a palindrome number. At least rounded @blueactionfund.org stands at €222 million worth of #OceanOptimism. 🎉🥳🌊 @oceanweigand.bsky.social
Great start into the week: ✍️ @blueactionfund.org next funding agreement for #30x30 & #OceanOptimism in 🇭🇳. Special thanks to @idelamer.bsky.social for all the support to the proposal development.
Newest grant is official! A €5.4 million project strengthening nine MPAs and communities along the entire 🇭🇳 Pacific coast. Led by GOAL with 🇭🇳 partners CODDEFFAGOLF, Ilili, FUNDAUNAH
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Great start into the week: ✍️ @blueactionfund.org next funding agreement for #30x30 & #OceanOptimism in 🇭🇳. Special thanks to @idelamer.bsky.social for all the support to the proposal development.
Does that include #OceanGrants 💶🌊? We are looking forward to next co-investments @rainforest-trust.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
November 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Does that include #OceanGrants 💶🌊? We are looking forward to next co-investments @rainforest-trust.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
#OceanOptimism supported by @blueactionfund.org...
To tackle severe overfishing, 20+ local communities in Pemba, Tanzania partnered with the government and NGOs to establish two new marine protected areas.
The initiative offers a model for using locally led co-management to meet global 30x30 conservation targets.
Story by Sasha Nunneley.
The initiative offers a model for using locally led co-management to meet global 30x30 conservation targets.
Story by Sasha Nunneley.
Pemba’s new marine protected areas show the power of collaboration to meet 30×30 goal
Omar Hamad Salim, like many other fishermen from Tumbe village, relies on the ocean for food, an income and a way of life. A number of years ago, he and his fellow fishers began returning from the…
mongabay.cc
October 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
#OceanOptimism supported by @blueactionfund.org...
Newest grant is official! A €5.4 million project strengthening nine MPAs and communities along the entire 🇭🇳 Pacific coast. Led by GOAL with 🇭🇳 partners CODDEFFAGOLF, Ilili, FUNDAUNAH
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
November 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Newest grant is official! A €5.4 million project strengthening nine MPAs and communities along the entire 🇭🇳 Pacific coast. Led by GOAL with 🇭🇳 partners CODDEFFAGOLF, Ilili, FUNDAUNAH
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
#OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @irishaid.bsky.social @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social
I signed next grant agreement for @blueactionfund.org. Waiting for countersignature from 🇭🇳 to make public announcement. Can't wait 🥳🎉 #OceanOptimism @idelamer.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I signed next grant agreement for @blueactionfund.org. Waiting for countersignature from 🇭🇳 to make public announcement. Can't wait 🥳🎉 #OceanOptimism @idelamer.bsky.social
Glad our co-investors visited iSimangaliso to experience @wildtrust.co.za work & impact first hand. #OceanOptimism #30x30 @blueactionfund.org @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
Last week, we were honoured to welcome Stephanie Koopmann and Natalie Topa on a week-long donor visit to our community hubs in and around the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
October 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Glad our co-investors visited iSimangaliso to experience @wildtrust.co.za work & impact first hand. #OceanOptimism #30x30 @blueactionfund.org @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
California has created its 1st new marine protected areas in over a decade, adding around 15,000 acres, protecting kelp forests, & giving Native Chumash tribes a stewardship role in 2 of the sites.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/chumash...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/chumash...
Chumash-led protections helps California expand ocean network - Oceanographic
California designates first new marine protected areas in a decade, giving Chumash tribes stewardship role, edging closer to its 30x30 goal.
oceanographicmagazine.com
October 27, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Great to see our grantee‘s locally-led conservation work in Tanzania featured in @mongabay.com again!
🌊🐙🐠👨🏾🌾👩🏾🌾
Keep it up for #co-management, #30x30 & #OceanOptimism!
@wcs-marine-tz.bsky.social
@bentaylor114.bsky.social
@mwambao.bsky.social
@blueactionfund.org
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/pemb...
🌊🐙🐠👨🏾🌾👩🏾🌾
Keep it up for #co-management, #30x30 & #OceanOptimism!
@wcs-marine-tz.bsky.social
@bentaylor114.bsky.social
@mwambao.bsky.social
@blueactionfund.org
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/pemb...
Pemba's new marine protected areas show the power of collaboration to meet 30x30 goal
Omar Hamad Salim, like many other fishermen from Tumbe village, relies on the ocean for food, an income and a way of life. A number of years ago, he and his fellow fishers began returning from the sea...
news.mongabay.com
October 30, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Great to see our grantee‘s locally-led conservation work in Tanzania featured in @mongabay.com again!
🌊🐙🐠👨🏾🌾👩🏾🌾
Keep it up for #co-management, #30x30 & #OceanOptimism!
@wcs-marine-tz.bsky.social
@bentaylor114.bsky.social
@mwambao.bsky.social
@blueactionfund.org
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/pemb...
🌊🐙🐠👨🏾🌾👩🏾🌾
Keep it up for #co-management, #30x30 & #OceanOptimism!
@wcs-marine-tz.bsky.social
@bentaylor114.bsky.social
@mwambao.bsky.social
@blueactionfund.org
news.mongabay.com/2026/10/pemb...
Long article about yesterday's sustainable ocean dinner at #COP17. Plenty of #OceanOptimism in the menu incl 📷 of me...
enb.iisd.org/sustainable-...
enb.iisd.org/sustainable-...
Sustainable Ocean Night
enb.iisd.org
October 27, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Long article about yesterday's sustainable ocean dinner at #COP17. Plenty of #OceanOptimism in the menu incl 📷 of me...
enb.iisd.org/sustainable-...
enb.iisd.org/sustainable-...
🌧️ Part 2. Thankfully it wasn’t just litter that washed ashore with the storms! Empty Flapper Skate egg cases too!
#flapperskate #eggcase #mermaidspurse #storm #oceanoptimism
#marinelife
#flapperskate #eggcase #mermaidspurse #storm #oceanoptimism
#marinelife
October 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
🌧️ Part 2. Thankfully it wasn’t just litter that washed ashore with the storms! Empty Flapper Skate egg cases too!
#flapperskate #eggcase #mermaidspurse #storm #oceanoptimism
#marinelife
#flapperskate #eggcase #mermaidspurse #storm #oceanoptimism
#marinelife
Added some colour to ocean pavillion at #COP17. #OceanOptimism
October 24, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Added some colour to ocean pavillion at #COP17. #OceanOptimism
Danke, Carsten Schneider & @umweltministerium.de , für den Fokus auf Mangroven! Mit @blueactionfund.org setzen wir uns dafür ein, diese wertvollen Ökosysteme zu schützen – für die Artenvielfalt, das Klima und die Menschen an den Küsten. #COP17 #OceanOptimism
"Die Weltgemeinschaft hat versprochen, den Verlust der biologischen Vielfalt bis 2030 zu stoppen. Jetzt müssen wir zeigen, dass aus diesem Versprechen Wirklichkeit wird", erklärt Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider zum Start der Weltnaturkonferenz #COP17 www.bundesumweltministerium.de/PM11946
October 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Danke, Carsten Schneider & @umweltministerium.de , für den Fokus auf Mangroven! Mit @blueactionfund.org setzen wir uns dafür ein, diese wertvollen Ökosysteme zu schützen – für die Artenvielfalt, das Klima und die Menschen an den Küsten. #COP17 #OceanOptimism
n North Sulawesi, Indonesia, fisher and conservationist Wisye Sahambangung is proving that mangrove restoration drives economic empowerment.
Her group, Rhizopora, supplies seedlings, monitors coastlines, and creates new financial opportunities for local women.
Interview by Annisa Dinulislam.
Her group, Rhizopora, supplies seedlings, monitors coastlines, and creates new financial opportunities for local women.
Interview by Annisa Dinulislam.
Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung
JAKARTA — Wisye Sahambangung is a fisher, community leader, and mangrove conservationist from Sarawet, a coastal Indonesian village in North Sulawesi province. Since 2022, the 45-year-old has led…
mongabay.cc
October 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Save-the-date out to our NGO partners to jointly reflect on #10YearsBlueAction evaluation. Team is looking forward to exchange how we can provide even more #OceanOptimism.
October 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Save-the-date out to our NGO partners to jointly reflect on #10YearsBlueAction evaluation. Team is looking forward to exchange how we can provide even more #OceanOptimism.
Great to see report 👇 highlighting several of the works @blueactionfund.org supported, from Eastern Tropical Pacific, to Tanzania, to PNG. #OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs ogy.de/n4fd
October 19, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Great to see report 👇 highlighting several of the works @blueactionfund.org supported, from Eastern Tropical Pacific, to Tanzania, to PNG. #OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs ogy.de/n4fd
2/2 Learnings
3️⃣ 16+ years of CTC learning shaped this project. Yet, learnings will also inform established MPAs like Nusa Penida in Bali. Sharing lessons goes both ways
4️⃣ Good colleagues = good trip🙏 @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
#BlueActionProjectVisit #OceanOptimism
3️⃣ 16+ years of CTC learning shaped this project. Yet, learnings will also inform established MPAs like Nusa Penida in Bali. Sharing lessons goes both ways
4️⃣ Good colleagues = good trip🙏 @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
#BlueActionProjectVisit #OceanOptimism
October 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
2/2 Learnings
3️⃣ 16+ years of CTC learning shaped this project. Yet, learnings will also inform established MPAs like Nusa Penida in Bali. Sharing lessons goes both ways
4️⃣ Good colleagues = good trip🙏 @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
#BlueActionProjectVisit #OceanOptimism
3️⃣ 16+ years of CTC learning shaped this project. Yet, learnings will also inform established MPAs like Nusa Penida in Bali. Sharing lessons goes both ways
4️⃣ Good colleagues = good trip🙏 @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
#BlueActionProjectVisit #OceanOptimism
My first site visit as part of @blueactionfund.org! Full of firsts: Coral Triangle, Indonesia, coral restoration, mangroves planting, MPA conservation. A lot learned and a lot to learn. Thank you for including me in the gang @oceanthayne.bsky.social. #OceanOptimism
October 18, 2026 at 4:54 AM
My first site visit as part of @blueactionfund.org! Full of firsts: Coral Triangle, Indonesia, coral restoration, mangroves planting, MPA conservation. A lot learned and a lot to learn. Thank you for including me in the gang @oceanthayne.bsky.social. #OceanOptimism
Turtles are mostly doing better thanks to our efforts, but especially good news from Georgia - 358 loggerhead nest in 2004 and 4174 nests in 2026! My news to me good news for Oct. 13 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Sea turtle nests broke a record this year. Why that’s a good thing.
Loggerhead sea turtles laid 4,174 nests on Georgia’s beaches, the most in decades. It continues a slow but steady rebound for the threatened species.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Turtles are mostly doing better thanks to our efforts, but especially good news from Georgia - 358 loggerhead nest in 2004 and 4174 nests in 2026! My news to me good news for Oct. 13 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
When I started work on 🎣 in 2006, bluefin's fate seemed almost sealed... #OceanOptimism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.
www.bbc.com
October 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
When I started work on 🎣 in 2006, bluefin's fate seemed almost sealed... #OceanOptimism
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We & plenty of our grantees will be there to discuss how we must and can get better... #30x30 #MPAs #IMPAC6 #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org @oceanweigand.bsky.social @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
#IMPAC6| 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!
Dakar will host the 6th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, 22–27 March 2027.
Share your research, field experience, innovation, video, poster, artistic contribution or side event.
📅 Deadline: 16 Nov 2026
🔗 impac6.sn/appel-a-cont...
Dakar will host the 6th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, 22–27 March 2027.
Share your research, field experience, innovation, video, poster, artistic contribution or side event.
📅 Deadline: 16 Nov 2026
🔗 impac6.sn/appel-a-cont...
October 7, 2026 at 11:37 AM
We & plenty of our grantees will be there to discuss how we must and can get better... #30x30 #MPAs #IMPAC6 #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org @oceanweigand.bsky.social @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
International Whaling Commission rejects push to revive commercial whaling | Today’s #OceanOptimism News
International Whaling Commission rejects push to revive commercial whaling
A push to reopen the door to commercial whaling failed at the recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after a controversial resolution was taken off the table on the last day.…
news.mongabay.com
October 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
International Whaling Commission rejects push to revive commercial whaling | Today’s #OceanOptimism News
Data day: Presentations to team on
🌊 MPA site analysis at portfolio level ogy.de/mdde
🌊 Ex-post surveys (2 years after end of grant) ogy.de/nvqq
Thanks for organising @oceanthayne.bsky.social
#30x30 #MPAs #MPAGuide #OceanOptimism
🌊 MPA site analysis at portfolio level ogy.de/mdde
🌊 Ex-post surveys (2 years after end of grant) ogy.de/nvqq
Thanks for organising @oceanthayne.bsky.social
#30x30 #MPAs #MPAGuide #OceanOptimism
October 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Data day: Presentations to team on
🌊 MPA site analysis at portfolio level ogy.de/mdde
🌊 Ex-post surveys (2 years after end of grant) ogy.de/nvqq
Thanks for organising @oceanthayne.bsky.social
#30x30 #MPAs #MPAGuide #OceanOptimism
🌊 MPA site analysis at portfolio level ogy.de/mdde
🌊 Ex-post surveys (2 years after end of grant) ogy.de/nvqq
Thanks for organising @oceanthayne.bsky.social
#30x30 #MPAs #MPAGuide #OceanOptimism