🌍 #ProtectedPlanet March 2026 Update:
#WDPCA: 319,995 including 312,510 #ProtectedAreas covering 245 countries & territories and 7,485 #OECMs covering 17 countries & territories.
GD-PAME: 8 assessment records updated for Sri Lanka.
Read More: www.protectedplanet.net/en/monthly-r...
"...principles and a roadmap to guide decision-makers tasked with implementing marine area-based conservation in determining whether, where, and how these measures can be effective and equitable in the context of areas used and governed by small-scale fishers."
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Ab Mai 2026 wird die Geschäfts- und Kontaktstelle des Deutschen Komitees der UN-Ozeandekade (ODK) an der DAM angesiedelt. Für die kommende Förderphase wird eine Wissenschaftlichen Referent*in, Vollzeit – remote/hybridgesucht
📅 Deadline: 11. März 2026
www.allianz-meeresforschung.de/news/ausschr...
Please elaborate
175 artificial reef reef balls were deployed in Tanzania 🇹🇿. They create habitats, support coral settlement, enhance biodiversity, & strengthen resilience against storms & overfishing.
Project implemented by @mwambao.bsky.social & @faunaflora.bsky.social, funded by @blueactionfund.org.
When it's reporting time again...
A Description of the Community Eco-Credit Methodology and an Analysis of its Potential as a Natural
Resource Management Tool
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Good point. Main reasons are social acceptance and inclusion, especially in Muslim coastal communities (e.g. halal loans). Loans are repaid in full, but the “interest” is effectively paid in conservation actions rather than cash. Like planting mangroves...
Meet Amina Juma, an active MKUBA member who has improved her business and overall standard of living through interest-free MKUBA loans.
Project implemented by @faunaflora.bsky.social & @mwambao.bsky.social. Funded by @blueactionfund.org.
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⏩ It's 🌊 #30x30 🌊
@katieocean.bsky.social @taotaotasi.bsky.social @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @stacyjupiter.bsky.social @ipbes.net @protectedplanet.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unep.org @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @wcs.org @blueactionfund.org @jonathankelsey.bsky.social
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** PAPER ALERT ** The future of #coralreefs does not have to be doom & gloom. Just out in npj Ocean Sustainability, we imagine coral reef futures offering alternatives aspiring to sustainability and equity for coral reefs. Read the open access paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Onychoteuthid from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 453 East Cortes Basin #designingthefuture2 #MarineLife
The call for proposals for side events at the next Our Ocean Conference is now open. The deadline is March 3.
@blueactionfund.org colleagues @oceanknigge.bsky.social , @oceanweigand.bsky.social, @oceancecilia.bsky.social & @idelamer.bsky.social will be there.
ouroceankenya.com/side-events-...
🚤 Two brand-new community boats from our #BlueBijagós project have arrived in the Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼!
They will help bring children to school, patients to clinics, and women’s goods to mainland markets. Project implemented by PRCM and funded by @blueactionfund.org.
#OceanGrants 💶🌊
🌊 👏 Großer Schritt für die #Meeresforschung in DE: Die Mitglieder von Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung (KDM) & Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung (DAM) haben heute einstimmig für die Satzungsneufassung zur Zusammenführung beider Vereine gestimmt. Danke an alle für die konstruktive Zusammenarbeit!
We ✒️new project worth 💶 €4.5 million to to restore & conserve marine biodiversity and fisheries through Blue Corridor in Vietnam. 🥳🪸🐟🎉
#OceanOptimism funded by:
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🚨 Protected Planet has launched the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas (WDPCA) - a new and unified database, merging the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM).
Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mr649ywy
As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according to the latest global tracking data by the World Database on Protected Areas. This marks a 1.2% increase in 2025, up from 8.4% coverage in 2024.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Grün-weiße Äquifinalität
Some folks say deep-sea fish aren’t cute. I dare you to look at this bumpy snailfish and not say “aww.” Try it. I dare you.
…and if you can't, you might have a cold, cold dead heart. bioone.org/journals/ich...
"What we lost in 2025 was not only species. It was time. What we found was not only new life. It was proof, again, that the future is still shaped by the choices we make today."
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
Spectacular strawberry squid! Histioteuthis squid w/massively asymmetrical eyes: 1 larger for viewing the silhouettes of predators & prey above, & 1 smaller eye for capturing glimmers of bioluminescent snacks below. #AsgardArchea - 730m - ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute
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...
🌊 Protecting Bangladesh's Marine Future
Sustho Sagar (Healthy Ocean) Project launched to strengthen marine conservation and secure food systems for coastal communities on Dec 8 - in an initiative led by WCS Bangladesh and WorldFish.
#SusthoSagar #BlueActionFund #WCSBangladesh
