Grant Manager @BlueActionFund
Lots of work but worth it! Check out @blueactionfund.org ‘s first analysis after surveying former grantees 2 years after project end ⬇️⬇️
Blue Action FundWhat happens after a grant ends? We asked our grantees. Two years on, early responses show they value working with us, see room to improve our processes, and say we bring more than funding. Most importantly, projects create lasting local impact. ➡️ ogy.de/nvqq #10YearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism
Day 2 out in the peatlands. Did you know that 1m of peatland takes 1000 years to form? Peatland binds carbon but when dried out, it releases huge amounts of green house gases. Conserving coastal peatland in our future #BlueCarbonCall projects? 🤔 thanks @succow-stiftung.de - lots to think about!
Day 2: Talking nature-based solutions. Nice overview here by #IUCN iucn.org/sites/defaul... Liked particularly this overview:
Day 1 food for 🤔: Biodiversity efforts consider climate - climate rarely thinks biodiv? Today’s crises can’t be tackled in silos - As the IPBES Nexus Assessment⬇️argues also health, food, and water must be addressed. How to integrate responses w/o watering down impact? www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess...
www.ipbes.netBlue Action FundThe latest from Germany... @oceanthayne.bsky.social
@ ‘Biodiversity and Climate: Integrated Solutions for a Resilient Future’ - seminar organized by International Academy for Nature Conservation in 🇩🇪. Looking forward to enlightening exchanges with colleagues around the 🌏 - spreading #OceanOptimism & word about @blueactionfund.org‘s Blue Carbon Call!
Protected areas aren’t 'protected' on paper alone! This fight shows why effective mgt & community stewardship matter, in Albania and everywhere else. Kudos to Albanians for bringing this to the open & standing up for their land. news.mongabay.com/2026/06/flam... #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org
‘Flamingo Revolution’ aims to stop Kushner-backed resort on protected Albanian deltaVJOSA-NARTA, Albania — In late April, heavy machinery began moving into the Pishë Poro-Narta protected landscape on Albania’s Adriatic coast without permits or public notice. Bulldozers and excavators...news.mongabay.comImportant article on the tensions between green hydrogen ambitions and biodiversity conservation in Namibia. It’s a reminder that the green transition needs strong safeguards and meaningful local engagement to be truly sustainable. Food for thought beyond 🇳🇦: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #NIMPA+
Why Namibia's 'green hydrogen' dream could be a red flag for penguins and succulentsA near pristine desert and coastal wilderness in Namibia could soon host a huge hydrogen production facility.www.bbc.co.ukReally appreciatef the opportunity to share a bit of our SSI “engine room” - and just as much to hear how others approaching similar challenges. Always good to exchange openly on what works (and what doesn’t)!
🌊Markus Knigge🐟Thanks @oceanthayne.bsky.social for sharing info about @blueactionfund.org's engine room with other 🔑 #30x30 funders providing inspiration as well as hands on advice. Well done. www.linkedin.com/posts/sophie...
A quick, helpful overview of stages of establishment for MPAs💙 Much appreciated by the team @blueactionfund.org as a quick way to assess where sites stand and track progress over a project’s lifetime. 🔗 mpa-guide.protectedplanet.net/MPAGuide_Sta...
Looking for a meaningful job with a great team and lots of #OceanOptimism ? A chance like this does not come around often 👇 #jobalert @blueactionfund.org
🌊Markus Knigge🐟In case you know someone, who knows someone... We are looking for a grant manager based in Berlin. ogy.de/z0hz
Happy Friday News 🥳 🇳🇦NAMCOB’s very 1st rehabilitation patient Apie has returned to the wild after 412 days. African penguins are officially listed as Critically Endangered - making NAMCOB’s work even more important ➡️ namcob.org.na/news/namcobs... Funded by @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism
NAMCOB’s First Rehabilitation Patient Returns to the Wild | NAMCOBnamcob.org.na🌊Exciting update from the 🇳🇦NIMPA+ project, funded by @blueactionfund.org : The NIMPA Data Mgt Portal is operational! @saerifi.bsky.social helped develop it bringing together all available info on MPA NIMPA. The portal will serve as decision-making tool. Trainings are underway. 👇 NIMPA.sari.org
nimpa.sari.orgHow lasting is impact after a project ends? @blueactionfund.org is among few donors conducting ex post surveys - revisiting completed projects to measure long-term outcomes for people and nature. Learning of the past to strengthen future marine conservation - cherished. 💙 #OceanOptimism
Blue Action Fund2 years after end of grant, we ask partners to do 'Ex-post survey' re sustainability of interventions, impact on MPA, organisation, communities, availability of follow up funding... Today, we sent 📬 invite to @wildtrust.co.za re 'iSimangaliso I' ogy.de/062b @oceanthayne.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Cabo Verde 🇨🇻… Good to see project partner @projectovito.bsky.social taking one important step towards getting the wondrous waters around 🇨🇻 more protected @blueactionfund.org #OceanOptimism #30x30
Associação Projecto VitóDuring the IV Ocean Decade Conference on Fogo Island, Projecto Vitó proposed creating a Marine Protected Area between Fogo and Brava. If approved, it will boost Cabo Verde’s protected waters from 0.4% to 1.4%, strengthening the nation’s commitment to biodiversity and sustainability.
Fair enough-virtual workshops are never the same as being on the ground. But with the political situation preventing our @blueactionfund.org trip, teams @blueventures.bsky.social @akf-global.bsky.social & OSDRM in MD made the best of it and pushed through. Huge thanks @oceancecilia.bsky.social 🙏