Sandra Dreher
@oceandreher.bsky.social
Programme Coordinator @blueactionfund.org | Berlin | Views are my own.
Thinking of applying to our new Call for Proposals on Mangroves 🌱, Blue Carbon & #30×30 in Asia? Join our Q&A on 16 July (08:30–10:00 CEST) to learn more about call, application process, and ask your questions to @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & colleagues. Registration ➡️ ogy.de/QandA
¡Buenísima oportunidad! La Fundación Pacífico abrió su primera convocatoria para fortalecer la conservación y el uso sostenible de los recursos marinos en el Pacífico Tropical Este 🌊🐟: tinyurl.com/yscntpw8 #OceanGrants
Find more information about Blue Action’s current call for proposals here: tinyurl.com/3kdfemn2
Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · 2mo agoWe launched our next call for proposals at #OurOceanKenya, worth €17 million of #OceanOptimism. Excited to support #30x30 financing through Blue Carbon. #OceanGrants 💶🌊
Pleased to see this reflection on the results of the Mar 2025 project in Peru, funded by @blueactionfund.org and implemented by @nature.org and partners. It helped to strengthen marine protected areas, support sustainable fisheries, and benefit coastal communities. Read more 👉: tinyurl.com/yc4n6k5c
Colaboración para la conservación marina y el desarrollo sostenible en la costa peruana
Un grupo de organizaciones e instituciones gubernamentales, unidas en el proyecto BAF: Mar 2025, han trabajado para mejorar la gestión de cuatro áreas marinas protegidas y la vida de sus comunidades.
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¡Súmate al lanzamiento de esta convocatoria para la conservación marina en el PTE! 🌊 Conéctate al evento 👇: youtube.com/@fundacionpa... #OceanOptimism #OceanGrants
🇭🇳🌎 @rare.org infographic turns their Honduras project's ESMS into a practical 5-phase integration visual. Beyond compliance, it helps communities understand their rights, grievance mechanisms, and ways to engage through communication, participation, & learning. 🤝 #goodpractice @blueactionfund.org
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
The latest from Ecuador 🇪🇨... Terrific story how new system transforms how island ecosystems are monitored & managed. #OceanOptimism #30x30 @oceandreher.bsky.social www.islandconservation.org/floreana-sma...
Floreana's Smart Island Monitoring System - Island Conservation
Thrilling new tech brings conservation solutions to a remote island in the Galápagos!
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Out: Annual Report 2025 ogy.de/imng #OceanOptimism financed by 🇩🇪 @bmz.de 🇳🇴 @norad.no 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social & @greenclimate.fund
Intersted in a quick dive into objectives, strategies and results of our recently closed project 'Fostering Marine Protected Areas Management Effectiveness and Sustainable Fisheries in Peru' (Mar 2025)? Take a look here 🔎: l1nq.com/tGVAa
🇩🇪 @blueactionfund.org für einen Tag? Wir machen mit beim Boys' Day am 23. April. Anmeldung ➡️ ogy.de/jeif
Grateful to see Floreana Island’s restoration story captured so beautifully🌿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SntK... @darwinfoundation.bsky.social Happy that our completed @blueactionfund.org grant contributed to #OceanOptimism in Galapagos 🌊: sl1nk.com/BEd8F
Floreana: Learning Together to Restore Nature
YouTube video by Charles Darwin Foundation
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So proud to have been part of this great project 🌊🦈🐋 from the @blueactionfund.org side! #OceanOptimism
Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · 6mo ago'Island Conservation went in search of a partner who would help us take bold action to protect this vital region, and @blueactionfund.org stepped forward.' #OceanOptimism @oceandreher.bsky.social www.islandconservation.org/blue-action-...
ALERT - Funding opportunity for coral researchers! @cordap.bsky.social just launched its Call for Proposals under the Coral Local Innovation Program. 🪸 cordap.org/clip-award/
CLIP Award - CORDAP
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We are looking for a Programme Manager Environmental & Social Safeguards based in Berlin. Thrilling job with one of the globally leading 🌊 MPA funders ogy.de/l4xt
Online: Final report, incl achievements, challenges & lessons learned from our grant to Island Conservation re Galapagos and Cocos MPAs ➡️ ogy.de/jbot. 💙 for administering this on our side @oceandreher.bsky.social
@faunaflora.bsky.social and partners support marine life and local communities by protecting Koh Sdach Archipelago in Cambodia - home to coral reefs, seagrass meadows, seahorses and sea turtles 🪸🌿🐢. Funded by @blueactionfund.org 💙🌊. #OceanOptimism 📹Video: sl1nk.com/SteVE 👉Project: sl1nk.com/YNmdZ
Protecting marine resources within Koh Sdach archipeligo
YouTube video by Fauna & Flora
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🌊🌱🐠 WAN KABU KA project funded by @blueactionfund.org supports marine conservation, Indigenous rights & sustainable livelihoods. 💙 Watch their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Zu... 👉 Grant Fact Sheet: l1nq.com/z6vxl #OceanOptimism
🌊 WAN KABU KA – Our Sea | Honduras
YouTube video by oikosCD
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Just wrapped up a visit to the Thriving Coasts project, implemented by a strong consortium led by @rare.org. Inspiring to see such a wide range of impactful, on-the-ground work. The @blueactionfund.org team leaves with a strong sense of #OceanOptimism. 🌊🐟💙
Three days into our visit to the @blueactionfund.org Honduras project implemented by @rare.org, and already so many powerful insights 💡 From community-led ocean conservation 🐟 to behavior change in action 🔄, it’s inspiring to see how local leadership is driving real impact 💪 tinyurl.com/y4jevhkn
Visit to @blueactionfund.org project (👉 tinyurl.com/ypn86tru) in La Moskitia, Honduras wrapped up - intense and inspiring! Deeply grateful to connect with local Indigenous communities and an incredible team on the ground. Full of #OceanOptimism 🌊💙
First two days of our project visit in La Moskitia 🇭🇳 completed ✅ — feeling grateful for the warm welcome and meaningful first insights into the Wan Kabu Ka (Our Ocean) project led by Oikos and funded by @blueactionfund.org 🌊☀️ tinyurl.com/ypn86tru
Excited to support the WAN KABU KA – “Our Sea” project as Grant Manager on behalf of @blueactionfund.org. A meaningful step towards indigenous-led conservation in the Honduran Cays 🌊🌿
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
Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳 ... www.telanon.info/sociedade/20...
Oikos junta-se a povos indígenas para proteger tesouro marinho nos Cayos Miskito
Conservação e justiça social: Oikos junta-se a povos indígenas para proteger tesouro marinho nos Cayos MiskitoA Oikos está a dar início a um projeto inovador nas Honduras através de uma aliança inédit...
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Really looking forward to visiting @rare.org's project sites in Honduras this October to see community-led fisheries work in action. 🌊🐟
Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · last yr.Meanwhile in Honduras 🇭🇳 ... Fishing communities fighting for the 12nm zone supported by @rare.org. 🌊 Fact sheet re €4.9 grant ➡️ ogy.de/2lt5 🌊 Grant manager ➡️ @oceandreher.bsky.social #OceanOptimism www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitv...
Back from an inspiring seminar on biodiversity & development on Vilm Island! 📝🌞 Huge thanks to BfN, @giz.de & KfW for making it happen. Great group, rich discussions, lots of learnings. Happy that I could spread some #OceanOptimism too! 🌊💙
