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Judith Weigand

@oceanweigand.bsky.social
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Marine Biodiversity Conservation & Coastal Livelihoods Programme Director & Management Board @blueactionfund.org | Berlin | Views are my own

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Pedro Trejo @pedrotrejo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are you thinking of applying for our call for proposals on mangroves and blue carbon at @blueactionfund.org? Maybe this SER training course will help you the tools you need www.ser.org/page/mangrov...
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Society for Ecological Restoration
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) advances restoration science, practice and policy to re-establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture.
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/09/2026
What can we learn from 254 #MPAs across 25 countries? Our 1st site-based analysis of our grant portfolio, looking at sizes, level of protection & establishment, and changes over time. Timely inspiration for forthcoming OECM Guide? ogy.de/SSI2026 #30x30 #MPAGuide #10YearsBlueAction
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📣 🇨🇦 hosting 2027 #OurOcean conference. #OOC 📣 www.canada.ca/en/fisheries...
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Canada to host the 12th Our Ocean Conference in spring 2027 - Canada.ca
With the world’s longest coastline, and three oceans—the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic—Canada understands the complexity and urgency of ocean stewardship. Canadian communities—coastal, northern, Indig...
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
All I see is... 7 days till launch of our next call for proposals @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#OceanGrants 💶🌊 on the frontline... At #OOC11 we will launch @blueactionfund.org call for proposals to invest €17m into Mangroves, Blue Carbon & #30x30 in Asia. #OceanOptimism @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @bmz.de www.forbes.com/sites/jamieh...
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Why Mangroves Are On The Frontline In The Fight Against Climate Change
A new study claims sea-level rises will initially trigger more carbon accumulation in some mangrove locations, but will reduce carbon storage in the forests over the long term.
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 27/05/2026
We are getting ready to launch our next call for proposals to invest €17 million in mangroves, blue carbon and #30x30 in 🇮🇩, 🇵🇭, 🇻🇳 & 🇮🇳. Subscribe to funding alerts to ensure you don't miss it ogy.de/1ocw Thanks for spreading the word @carbonbrief.org @joncors.bsky.social @wriclimate.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 12/05/2026
Upcoming 9 June: Breakfast in 🇩🇪 Parliament to present discuss one of our projects in 🇲🇿. Thanks for hosting & organising @linda-altona.bsky.social @adradeutschland.bsky.social @rare.org. #OceanOptimism
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 30/04/2026
Keen to support @blueactionfund.org? Our joint funders collaborative with @legacylandscapes.bsky.social; Caucasus Nature Fund & Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust is looking for a finance and Aministration Assistant. www.greenjobs.de/stellenanzei...
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Finance and Administration Assistant (m/f/d)
Finance and Administration Assistant (m/f/d)Location: Frankfurt am Main, GermanyReports to: Head of Finance and ControllingPreferred Start Date: As soon as possibleContract: Full time preferred, part ...
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 20/04/2026
Dates set for #IMPAC6 in 🇸🇳. Important gathering for 🌊 #30x30 community, including plenty of our grantees & co-funders. ➡️ impac6.sn @prcmarine.bsky.social @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social
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Nuri @oceansteinmann.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Great exchange yesterday on EbA in Berlin. We showcased how @blueactionfund.org investments are delivering for climate action as part of #30x30. Thanks for strong inputs from @oceanweigand.bsky.social, @rare.org, @wwf.de, @bmz.de, and others.
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
👇Free online course on Management Effectivness of MPAs in 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇮🇩 🇦🇪 🇫🇷. #30x30 reefresilience.org/management-e...
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Management Effectiveness for Marine Protected Areas | Reef Resilience Network
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
What a great achievement! This year @blueactionfund.org disbursed 21.8million Euros to its grantees to support #OceanOptimism all over the world! Thanks to everyone involved in this endeavour!
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great opportunity to join the wonderful @blueactionfund.org Team - check this out 👇
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
More Happy News: since end of September São Tomé & Príncipe is the first country with 100% of its land designated as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve! Now we are just waiting for ✍️ of the decree law by the president to establish the first MPAs in the country 👇 A lot of #oceanoptimism & #conservationoptimism
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Yesterday we completed Part 1 of @blueactionfund.org visit on Príncipe Island. Thanks to @faunaflora.bsky.social & Fundacao Principe for showing us your important work on the Island. Establishing MPAs & establishing small businesses to help communities becoming more resilient. #oceanoptimism
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Isabelle Delamer @idelamer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Packed few days in Príncipe 🇸🇹 visiting the @blueactionfund.org -funded project led by @faunaflora.bsky.social, implemented by local partner Fundação Príncipe. 📸 Small-scale enterprises, grievance mechanism in action, fish catch data collection. More on the project👇 sl1nk.com/U2BAb
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Great opportunity to work with a fabulous team spreading #OceanOptimism around the globe 👇
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Cecilia Torres @oceancecilia.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Excited to be joining some 1200 other WIO ocean enthusiasts for the WIOMSA symposium and looking forward to an exchange-rich week! @wiomsa.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Great to see @blueactionfund.org grantees meeting in real!!
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 29/09/2025
We accepted invite to join the Advisory Committee of Pacifico which mobilises 💶💵💴 for marine conservation in the Central Eastern Tropical Pacific. Surely, plenty of opportunities for exchange & mutual benefit with our existing and upcoming investments in the region. #OceanOptimism
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 22/08/2025
#HappyFridayNews: Today, we ✒️ €5.4 million project with @envdefensefund.bsky.social to support climate resilient MPAs and small Scale fisheries management in Lampung 🇮🇩. #OceanOptimism @oceancecilia.bsky.social
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Happy 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!
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 15/07/2025
Two new @unesco.org sites in 🇬🇼 & 🇲🇿 - Two @blueactionfund.org supported Marine Protected Areas #OceanOptimism maisafrika.com/noticias/ult...
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UNESCO: Moçambique e Guiné-Bissau na Lista - Mais Afrika
A UNESCO inscreveu este domingo o Parque Nacional de Maputo, em Moçambique, na lista do Património Mundial da Humanidade. O Parque de Maputo está ligado ao
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 12/07/2025
Thanks @new-york-un.diplo.de for hosting 🌊ocean event at upcoming #HLPF2025. We are looking forward to contributing... @bmz.de @umweltministerium.de @oceanknigge.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 09/07/2025
We reviewed & revised TOR for mid-term & final grant evaluations that all grants undergo, among ohters adding new social safeguard aspects. Thanks @oceanweigand.bsky.social for herding 🐈, i.e. the programme team.
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Cecilia Torres @oceancecilia.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
And proud to announce that one of those accepted special sessions will dive into lessons learned on EbA in the WIO by @blueactionfund.org grantees in the region (more about the projects here: tinyurl.com/bdrwdj2v). Congrats to the team! #oceanoptimism
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 12/06/2025
We believe in gender equity. This is why we signed the 'Women Ocean Guardians commitment', reinforcing our existing ambitions, policies, & requirements ♀️💪. Thanks for bringing such a powerful movement together @wcs.org 🥳👏#OceanOptimism ogy.de/xs5d
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3 Nations and 20 Institutions Launch Global Commitment to Elevate Women in Ocean Leadership – Movement Secures $3.8M GEF Grant
NICE, FRANCE (JUNE 11, 2025) – At the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, a bold new global commitment was launched to center coastal women as leaders in marine conservation and sustainable livelihoods....
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Nuri @oceansteinmann.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
West Africa united for the ocean. Thank you PRCM for inviting @blueactionfund.org to the Western Africa Dinner at #UNOC3. Lots of exciting announcements re BBNJ ratification & good to see such strong partnerships. @oceanweigand.bsky.social
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Nuri @oceansteinmann.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
All set for #UNOC3
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/06/2025
Breaking: Norway contributes additional € 6.8 million to @blueactionfund.org (total now at €17.7 million). Thanks Norway & @norad.no for spreading some #OceanOptimism at #UNOC3 & #BEFF2025 www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/verd...
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Norge gir 100 millioner til havsatsinger
I forbindelse med havkonferansen i Nice i Frankrike, gir Norge 100 millioner kroner til satsinger som jobber for å beskytte sårbare områder i havet.
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
1st day at #BEFF2025, with an impressive opening speech by @christinelagarde.bsky.social, many fruitful exchanges, solution hubs including our grantee @wildtrustssa.bsky.social. One takeaway: We need more investable ready projects! Happy that @blueactionfund.org is contributing to address this!
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Looking forward to represent @blueactionfund.org together with our board member at the #BEFF….👇
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 30/05/2025
Very glad to hear that @greenclimate.fund confirmed participation at our #ClimateHeroes event at #UNOC3. Essential to link climate & 🌊agendas, as examplafied in our €50m EbA funding window ogy.de/7zrf @wwf.de @bmz.de @giz.de @oceancecilia.bsky.social
flyer for Coastal Heroes event
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 23/05/2025
Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳... Excellent example of a grievance mechanism...👇 Grant fact sheet for our €4.9 million project with @rare.org ➡️https://ogy.de/2lt5
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
#UNOC3 is approaching fast and I am looking forward to meet partners and colleagues during the conference - best at one of these 👇events #30by30 #OceanOptimism
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Thrilled to join the Leading Women for the Ocean, a global community of women leaders advancing #OceanGovernance and the #BlueEconomy. We are committed to empowering women's participation in key negotiations such as #ClimateChange and ocean protection. leadingwomenfortheocean.org #OceanOptimism
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 09/05/2025
Save the date: #CoastalClimateHeroes 9 June #UNOC3, featuring several of our grants incl. in 🇧🇿 & 🇲🇬. Cohosted with @wwf.de @bmz.de & @giz.de
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Welcoming new 🇩🇪 Minister for Development Cooperation on Blue Sky @reemalabali.bsky.social 🥳 . @bmz.de plays crucial role to support global south re 🌊 marine conservation & sustainable communities, incl. through @blueactionfund.org. #OceanOptimism @heikehenn.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/05/2025
Thanks @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social for taking the time to discuss marine conservation, incl. @blueactionfund.org as 🗝️ funding instrument for 🌊 #30by30. @bmz.de @bmuv.de @oceanunger.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 06/05/2025
Programme Director @oceanweigand.bsky.social and Namibia Nature Foundation presenting our programme. #LebendigeMeere
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 07/05/2025
Thanks 🇺🇳 Peter Thomson & 🇩🇪 @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social for exchanging on 🌊 #SDG14 #UNOC3 & @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism @bmz.de @heikehenn.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 07/04/2025
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 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇧🇻 🇫🇷 🇮🇪
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
How to best visualise progress of @blueactionfund.org's grant programme? @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @oceanthayne.bsky.social testing re progress in MPA management 👇... Any thoughts?
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thanks @steffi-lemke.de & @oceanunger.bsky.social for supporting a strong #OceanPact that incl. efficient financing instruments for 🌊 #30x30. With 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 & 🇮🇪 (plus 🇧🇻) in the back @blueactionfund.org is worth discussing as 🇪🇺 initative that could be scaled-up further... @bmuv.de @bmz.de
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Happy to report @blueactionfund.org is on track with its disbursements. #OceanOptimism
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Upcoming webinar on MPA management. 27.Jan. 2025 3pm CET. Registration ➡️ ogy.de/zj1x
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Nuri @oceansteinmann.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Open Call for Consultancy by @blueactionfund.org on the topic: www.blueactionfund.org/job-opportun...
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Job Opportunities - Blue Action Fund
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 02/01/2025
👇one of the events you can meet us in 2025. More info about the BEFF at beff2025monaco.org#the-beff #OceanOptimism @oceanweigand.bsky.social
invite to blue ecomoy finance forum 7-8 June in Monaco
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Sebastian Unger @oceanunger.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Kudos to @blueactionfund.org & partners for transformative and lasting investments in #ocean health & resilience.
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Judith Weigand @oceanweigand.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Day 4 of @blueactionfund.org visit to the iSimangaliso project. The @wildoceanssa.bsky.social Team impresses me every day. The passion for their work and attention to detail makes a real difference for the vulnerable communities and the environment! #oceanoptimism
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