Judith Weigand

@oceanweigand.bsky.social

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

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

Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · 10mo ago

Meanwhile in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹... Thanks also to cofunding from #Oceans5 & @schorstmeyer.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social project currently visited by @idelamer.bsky.social & @oceanweigand.bsky.social

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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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!

Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · last yr.

Online: Fact sheet re our €3.4m project with OIKOS in 🇭🇳 Honduras ➡️ ogy.de/rkor #OceanOptimism funded by @bmz.de @norad.no @afd-france.bsky.social @swedishmfa.bsky.social @irishaid.bsky.social

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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The Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association@wiomsa.bsky.social · last yr.

A Surge in Marine Science: #WIOMSA2025 Making New Waves A record high of 231 presentations, 400 posters, 22 mini-symposia and 46 special sessions have been accepted for #WIOMSA2025!