Passionate about climate adaptation & biodiversity Grant Manager @BlueActionFund.org | #OceanOptimism #MPAs #30x30
Mangroves - where aesthetics meet carbon sinks. 📸 At @blueactionfund.org, we aim to invest €17 million in their conservation & restoration for blue carbon to benefit local communities and help achieve #30x30.
Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in picturesA selection of the winners, runners-up and highly commended photos from awards that offer a window into landscapes some may never encounterwww.theguardian.comHave a smooth day everyone! #jellywonders #CoralReefAwarenessWeek #OceanOptimism
Save Our Seas FoundationJellyfish have been adrift in our oceans for over 500 million years! Soft-bodied, fragile, and often transparent, they're 95% water and don't have a brain or a spine. 📷: Matthew During 📷: Jannes Landschoff | © Sea Change Project 📷: Christopher Leon 📷: Jasmine Corbett | © Manta Trust
Blue Carbon credits can provide long-term financing to mangrove and marine conservation, as the below IKI project in Keny has showcased. Excited for applications under our own @blueactionfund.org Blue Carbon funding window for Asia to scale this up 📣 www.blueactionfund.org/wp-content/u...
www.blueactionfund.orgIKI GermanyThe #IKI is strengthening one of the world's leading blue carbon initiatives by supporting community-led conservation and cross-border cooperation between Kenya and Tanzania. Discover the details: www.international-climate-initiative.com/NEWS3633-1 #adaptation #biodiversity
Check out the pioneer project of blue carbon paying for locally-led mangrove conservation in Kenya below ⬇️ And looking forward to this IKI-funded project also making the Transboundary Conservation Area with Tanzania a reality - linking this area with grantees' projects in the Pemba Channel.
www.blueactionfund.orgIKI GermanyThe #IKI is strengthening one of the world's leading blue carbon initiatives by supporting community-led conservation and cross-border cooperation between Kenya and Tanzania. Discover the details: www.international-climate-initiative.com/NEWS3633-1 #adaptation #biodiversity
And on the positive side 🐙
Blue Action FundThe latest from Mozambique... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSVV...
Horrific developments for future survival from the US. Let us not just accept this.
🌊Markus Knigge🐟Nightmare scenario for biodiversity, i.e our 🌏 life net
Currently transitioning from the land-based climate adaptation world into the realm of marine conservation, I found these two resources to be very helpful: The MPA Guide: mpa-guide.protectedplanet.net The IUCN explanatory document on OECMs: portals.iucn.org/library/site... @pedrotrejo.bsky.social
Very excited that we just launched the below call for protecting and restoring mangroves, with local communities in Asia!🌱🗺️🐠👩🌾🌱 So if you are (or know somebody who is) interested, please find more information here: tinyurl.com/3kdfemn2
Blue Action FundWe launched our next call for proposals at #OurOceanKenya, worth €17 million of #OceanOptimism. Excited to support #30x30 financing through Blue Carbon. #OceanGrants 💶🌊
This morning, our partners organised an important event moving locally-led marine conservation work up on the agenda of German policymakers. It showcased well that equitable governance and livelihoods of local communities are key to successful MPA management.
Blue Action FundBreakfast in 🇩🇪 Parliament as our grantees @rare.org & @adradeutschland.bsky.social showcase importance of local marine conservation. Thanks for hosting & attending @linda-altona.bsky.social, Ina Latendorf & @marcelbauer.eurosky.social