Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 23/09/2026What's leadership? 🇩🇪 ministry announcing additional 300million 💵 for our sister foundation @legacylandscapes.bsky.social 🦒🦍🌳. Amazing work @umweltministerium.de @waltonfamilyfdn.bsky.social & #Wyss. #30x30 196
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 11/09/2026👏 Belize 🇧🇿 joins 100% sustainable use alliance. We are happy to provide some support to spur #30x30 🌊 €6.2 project with Belize Audubon Society and partners 🌊 €5.5 project with @wwf.de & colleagues. #OceanOptimism 073
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Please: don't forget nominating your favourite MPA for the Blue Park Award. Deadline 14th August @savingoceans.bsky.social #OceanGrants 💶🌊 marine-conservation.org/blueparks/no...marine-conservation.orgNominate » Marine Conservation InstituteSubmit a Blue Park Nomination Online To nominate a marine protected area or Indigenous protected area or community-led protected area for a Blue Park Award, submit a nomination online using the link b... 0189
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good article. Welcomed news, but need to do it right. #30x30 #MPAs 053
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 20/07/2026The latest from Indonesia 🇮🇩... @blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🇩🇪 state secretary @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social about to announce new Voluntary commitment to @blueactionfund.org. Follow him live on the #30x30 panel of the #OurOceanKenya conference. @umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @oceanunger.bsky.social ➡️ ogy.de/sdyd 0168
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🇭🇳🌎 @rare.org infographic turns their Honduras project's ESMS into a practical 5-phase integration visual. Beyond compliance, it helps communities understand their rights, grievance mechanisms, and ways to engage through communication, participation, & learning. 🤝 #goodpractice @blueactionfund.org 041
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Had 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 💙 061
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Wonderful 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...youtube.comWEALTH UNTOLD | Official Trailer (4K)YouTube video by Eclectic Aspirations 073
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 12/12/2025Meanwhile 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...youtube.comReef Guard project: Sustaining life and livelihoodsYouTube video by WWF Mesoamerica 073
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Ventures @blueventures.bsky.social · 10/12/2025MacKenzie 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/3KQJQtibit.lyLandmark philanthropic support for coastal communities and small-scale fishers - Blue VenturesSmall-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... 061
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 18/11/2025Thank 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 0154
Reposted by Pia WalterDBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt @umweltstiftung.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Die 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...youtube.comScaling up marine nature conservation and climate solutionsYouTube video by COP30 | German Climate Pavilion 072
Reposted by Pia WalterIsabelle Delamer @idelamer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Looking forward to working with @rare.org as they implement this exciting project in the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, the Philippines' largest MPA🌊 0104
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 30/10/2025💙youtu.beScientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world’s rarest marine mammalYouTube video by Associated Press 040
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 18/10/202513 min 📽️about @rare.org project in Mozambique 🇲🇿... #OceanOptimism funded by @blueactionfund.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex10...youtube.comO Nosso Mar, o Nosso Peixe (Our Sea, Our Fish)YouTube video by Rare 064
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 20/10/2025~~~~~~~~ #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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0155
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Celebrating 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 053
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 07/10/2025Meanwhile in Indonesia 🇮🇩... @blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/10/2025Meanwhile in Príncipe 🇸🇹... 051
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/10/2025Meanwhile 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 083
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/10/2025~~~~~~~~ #GrantSpotlight ~~~~~~~~ We supported @wcs.org 'Scaling up MPAs in Melanesia 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇫🇯' 🌊 Grant Report: buff.ly/3C3WUXY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 031
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Please follow @oceandreher.bsky.social 👇 for more updates from @blueactionfund.org investments in Honduras 🇭🇳 . @rare.org #OIKOS 042
Reposted by Pia WalterOcean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) @orraanews.bsky.social · 02/10/2025 🦑 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/#the-re… oceanrisk.earthGender and fisheries fact sheetsThrough 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 021
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Corona 🍺 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...oceanic.globalOceanic Global x Corona's Beach 100 Grant Initiative - Oceanic GlobalThe Beach 100 Grant Initiative protects and restores beaches and ecosystems for a thriving blue planet. 011
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Any 💪♀️ 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...fondation-yves-rocher.wiin.ioYves Rocher Foundation • Terre de Femmes Prize • 2026COMMITTED TO NATURE ! 011
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 30/09/2025If 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/6jtxogy.deProgramme Assistant (m/f/x) - part timeBLUE ACTION FUND is searching for a:Programme AssistantREPORTS TO: Executive DirectorLOCATION: BerlinSALARY: CompetitiveCLOSING DATE: 2 November 2025START DATE: As soon as possibleCONTRACT: Part time ... 01212
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 18/09/2025Co-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 093
Reposted by Pia WalterGlobal Ocean Accounts Partnership @oceanaccounts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025👀 #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-... 014
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025💙nytimes.comA New, ‘Adorable’ Deep-Sea Fish Swims Into View 020
Reposted by Pia WalterSophie Thayne @oceanthayne.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Gender 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.socialyoutube.comThe power of gender equalityYouTube video by BV Mada Videos 093
Reposted by Pia WalterEnvironmental Defense Fund @envdefensefund.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The 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. bit.ly/4p0l4pMbit.lyPublic strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll findsSurvey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas 0183
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Sharks 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?theguardian.comToothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study findsSharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say 110
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 29/08/2025Meanwhile in Madagascar 🇲🇬... @blueventures.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social 042
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“The winds of change began to blow when the #BlueForestsFoundation, @blueactionfund.org & @blueventures.bsky.social arrived in our village, establishing a partnership with the Batu Ampar Community Health Center & the Village Government.” Learn why from community voices in ID: tinyurl.com/bdemyn9d 030
Pia Walter @oceanpia.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Registration is open! Oceana's Annual General Meeting is happening Saturday, October 4 at the SCA Mercy Center in Belize City. Register now: act.oceana.org/s/8439354/5b... 000
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 14/08/2025Meanwhile in Mozambique 🇲🇿 .... www.peaceparks.org/restoring-ho...peaceparks.orgRestoring hope and nature: How communities are reducing climate shocks in coastal Mozambique 072
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 14/08/2025Meanwhile in South Africa 🇿🇦... @wildtrust.co.za @oceanthyrza.bsky.social. Thanks for co-funding from Oceans 5, OceanKind and other colleagues. 042
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 15/08/2025Exciting new Grant: Today, we 🖋️ €4.8 million project with Coral Triangle Center & Partners to promote #OceanOptimism in Banda Sea 🇮🇩. (1/3) 193
Reposted by Pia WalterSophie Thayne @oceanthayne.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Excited about this milestone 🥳🥳 Looking forward to see this project now coming to life in implementation 🌊 063
Reposted by Pia WalterBlue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 15/08/202511min Video: half way through @blueactionfund.org's Maputo National Park EbA project in 🇲🇿... @adradeutschland.bsky.social #PeacePark @oceancecilia.bsky.social www.peaceparkstv.com/maputo-natio...peaceparkstv.comMaputo National Park’s coastal comeback empowers communities and nature - Peace ParksLocal communities in southern Mozambique are taking action to protect and restore nature in Maputo National Park – one of the most biologically diverse and threatened ecoregions on Earth. Recently dec... 082
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Funding opportunity for projects integrating gender-based violence (GBV) risk mitigation into existing environmental initiatives in marine and terrestrial Indigenous-managed lands & protected communities ogy.de/r10a Funded by @norad.no & IUCN 011
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Exchanging on mid-term review of €7.8m project with Peace Parks Foundation & ADRA to strengthen Ecosystem-based Adapation &marine conservation in 🇲🇿 ➡️ ogy.de/jcb8. Always a good opportunity to reflect, learn & adjust. @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social 072
Reposted by Pia WalterMeerWissen Initiative @meerwissen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025🐟 Understanding the #SocialEquity Challenges of #Fishery Improvement Projects - Report by CEA Consulting and @wwf-ocean.bsky.social. Who benefits and who gets left behind❓ How can we ensure stronger #Inclusion & fairer value chains❓ 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycxhdtncoursharedseas.comUnderstanding the Social Equity Challenges of Fishery Improvement Projects - Insights from Our Shared Seas 0102
Reposted by Pia Walter🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Huge win for small island development states and the 🌏... #ClimateJustice 053
Reposted by Pia WalterJudith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Happy Friday News 🎉New Grant Fact Sheet for Grant to Oikos working in Honduras has just been published. One more in the @blueactionfund.org portfolio - looking forward to the next years of collaboration! 043
