Ferdinand Girke
@oceangirke.bsky.social
Passionate about climate adaptation & biodiversity Grant Manager @BlueActionFund.org | #OceanOptimism #MPAs #30x30
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 interesting to see if others will follow suit
Mongabay@mongabay.com · 22h agoAfter 19 years, Gabon has canceled its fisheries agreement with the EU to reclaim sovereignty over its marine resources. Evaluators found Gabon received only 23% of the economic value generated by EU tuna fishing, prompting calls for a fairer, more sustainable framework. Victoria Schneider reports.
Very happy to be visiting this project in December to see how our partners are advancing marine conservation and local community development in one of the most climate-vulnerable places on earth. #OceanOptimism
Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · 6d agoNew grant fact sheet! First integrated network of MPAs and OECMs in 🇧🇩 More on this €4.8 million project ➡ ogy.de/3xe9 @wcs.org @worldfish.bsky.social
Inspiring immersive exhibition on mangroves and resistance, from Haiti to Okinawa at @hkw-berlin.bsky.social yesterday! Looking forward to upcoming applications to the new @blueactionfund.org blue carbon funding window to safeguard these unique ecosystems! #mangroves
New €5.7m project in 🇨🇴’s Pacific region. @wcs.org & @fondoaccion.bsky.social authorities & Indigenous communities teaming up to: 🌊 Establish 2 new #MPAs through participatory processes 🌊 Strengthen co-management of 2 existing MPAs 🌊 Advance conservation, sustainable 🎣 & peacebuilding #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 pictures
A selection of the winners, runners-up and highly commended photos from awards that offer a window into landscapes some may never encounter
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Lots of work but worth it! Check out @blueactionfund.org ‘s first analysis after surveying former grantees 2 years after project end ⬇️⬇️
Blue Action Fund@blueactionfund.org · 3w agoWhat 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
🔔 TODAY, ORRAA and partners, in collaboration with Conservation International, have released the second edition of the High-Quality Blue Carbon Practitioners Guide, just days ahead of the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems 🌱 Download the guide ⬇️ https://ow.ly/2iIT50ZrgTj
Have a smooth day everyone! #jellywonders #CoralReefAwarenessWeek #OceanOptimism
Save Our Seas Foundation@saveourseas.bsky.social · 3w agoJellyfish 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...
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IKI Germany@iki-germany.bsky.social · 3w agoThe #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.
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IKI Germany@iki-germany.bsky.social · 3w agoThe #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
Please: don't forget nominating your favourite MPA for the Blue Park Award. Deadline 14th August @savingoceans.bsky.social #OceanGrants 💶🌊 marine-conservation.org/blueparks/no...
Nominate » Marine Conservation Institute
Submit a Blue Park Nomination Online To nominate a marine protected area or Indigenous protected area or community-led protected area for a Blue Park Award, submit a nomination online using the link b...
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💵 1 million Earthna Prize honors & promotes important role of traditional knowledge, incl. for marine ecosystems. #OceanGrants 💶🌊 Deadline 20 July. ➡️ www.earthna.qa/earthna-priz...
Some critical reflection on #OurOceanKenya africanarguments.org/2026/07/the-...
The Ocean Is Not Fragmented. Power Is. | African Arguments
After Mombasa, the test is not ambition. It is whether ocean commitments can survive the political economy that keeps coastal communities waiting.
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#OceanGrants 💶🌊 by @earthjournalism.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/eart...
Earth Journalism Network@earthjournalism.bsky.social · 4w ago📣 We’re offering grants to newsrooms & media organizations in coastal countries—prioritizing Ghana, Mexico & the Philippines—for reporting, media training & other initiatives that expand 30x30 marine conservation target coverage. Apply in English or Spanish by August 10: https://loom.ly/MJb45qQ
IPBES@ipbes.net · last mo.Researchers identified more than 64,000 square miles of coral reefs across 71 countries and 100 territories that are likely to withstand ocean warming. Highlighting such areas can guide smarter conservation efforts. 💡 Learn more with Sara Hashemi and Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/rAp350Zm2V2
Horrific developments for future survival from the US. Let us not just accept this.
🌊Markus Knigge🐟@oceanknigge.bsky.social · last mo.Nightmare scenario for biodiversity, i.e our 🌏 life net
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
Packed room at #HSC26 on mangroves opportunities, incl. our call for proposals seeking to invest €17m in 🌱 restoration, blue carbon, #30x30 in Asia. #OceanOptimism @bmz.de @umweltministerium.de @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social #IUCN
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
Last week in Pemba, TZ, I had the chance to witness these committed fisheries women patrollers, which David writes about in his most recent article tinyurl.com/ysdpjdcn/ This work is supported by @blueactionfund.org sub-grantees @mwambao.bsky.social and funded among others by the @greenclimate.fund
Women patrol Tanzania’s Pemba waters in a community-led push to protect the sea
PEMBA, Tanzania — Patrolling the sea is not the kind of work many women on Tanzania’s Pemba Island are traditionally expected to do. Yet, for Amina Gharib Issa, it has become part of her life recently...
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Interesting 🪸. @oceancecilia.bsky.social @cordap.bsky.social
Wet Tribe@wettribe.bsky.social · 2mo agoResearchers at the WHOI developed a climate prediction tool for forecasting coral bleaching months in advance, offering critical lead time for reef protection. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoralTriangleDay #Coral #CoralBleaching #ClimateCrisis #30X30
#OceanGrants 💶🌊in the Western Indian Ocean 🌊Small grants €100K to NGOs re conservation awareness. 🌊Grants (€1m) to Upscale Nature-Based Solutions re preservation & restoration Paging @wildtrust.co.za @jeanmensa.bsky.social @tangnic.bsky.social @rare.org @oceancecilia.bsky.social ogy.de/f4yv
SWIOP - Sustainable Western Indian Ocean Programme
The Sustainable Western Indian Ocean Programme (SWIOP) supports the sustainable, productive, climate-resilient governance and use of the Western Indian Ocean and its natural resources by addressing th...
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Would love to have a @blueactionfund.org call specifically addressing 🎣small scale fisheries and 🌊 #30x30. New @fao.org report here: openknowledge.fao.org/items/1a2c49... @manufao.bsky.social
Great to have been part of inspiring discussions on locally-led marine conservation with our grantees ADRA Mozambique, @adradeutschland.bsky.social and RARE Europe yesterday! Including a vibrant panel discussion with our own @oceanknigge.bsky.social #OceanOptimism
Proud signatory and implementer of #WomenOceanGuardian commitment.
Stacy Jupiter@stacyjupiter.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt #OurOceanConference, African women leaders from 11 countries created a call to action to elevate women's voices in decision-making (womenoceanguardians.org/women-ocean-...). All 6 Coral Triangle countries signed the Women Ocean Guardians commitment. newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Only 5.5% of #OurOceanKenya commitments geared towards marine protected areas and #30x30. More than 50% to fisheries and blue economy. 🤔 #MPAs Full draft report ogy.de/r52p
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 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 💶🌊
🇩🇪 state secretary @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social about to announce new Voluntary commitment to @blueactionfund.org. Follow him live on the #30x30 panel of the #OurOceanKenya conference. @umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @oceanunger.bsky.social ➡️ ogy.de/sdyd
