🌊Markus Knigge🐟
@oceanknigge.bsky.social
CEO @BlueActionFund.org investing in #OceanOptimism #MPAs #30x30 #Fisheries. Also interested in 🇩🇪 #Meeresoffensive. Views my own.
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Marine conservation funding opportunities? Awards? Funders' talk? 👇 Starter pack with >60 #OceanOptimism investors... 💶🌊🪸🐟🦈🐡
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
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#OceanOptimism funded by
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
List of our investments ➡️ ogy.de/mlsp
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
List of our investments ➡️ ogy.de/mlsp
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#OceanOptimism funded by
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
List of our investments ➡️ ogy.de/mlsp
🌊 🇩🇪 @bmz.de
🌊 🇳🇴 @norad.no
🌊 🇫🇷 @afd-france.bsky.social
🌊 🇮🇪 @irishaid.bsky.social
🌊 🇸🇪 @swedishmfa.bsky.social
List of our investments ➡️ ogy.de/mlsp
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NGOs take Spanish gov't back to court over trawling in MPAs www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/11/20/n...
NGOs take Spanish gov't back to court over trawling in MPAs - Undercurrent News
They claim Spain’s international ocean protection commitments are meaningless as long as bottom trawling continues to be allowed in marine sanctuaries
www.undercurrentnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NGOs take Spanish gov't back to court over trawling in MPAs www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/11/20/n...
Interestingly, promoters of 'innovative' financing instruments rather often seek supposedly not so innovative grant funding (which is has difficulties to attract 💶 as it is not considered sufficient 'innovative'). 🤔
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Interestingly, promoters of 'innovative' financing instruments rather often seek supposedly not so innovative grant funding (which is has difficulties to attract 💶 as it is not considered sufficient 'innovative'). 🤔
Interested in helping @wwf-ocean.bsky.social to draft a full proposal for @blueactionfund.org ?
www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...
www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...
Consultancy:“Design a Full Proposal document for the Blue Action Fund Project “Waves of Change:
OBJECTIVES: To design the Full Proposal of the project in compliance with the guidelines and requirements of the Blue Action Fund, integrating the results of the Safeguard Assessment and promoting a
www.wwf.org.ec
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Interested in helping @wwf-ocean.bsky.social to draft a full proposal for @blueactionfund.org ?
www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...
www.wwf.org.ec?398611/Consu...
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@oceanweigand.bsky.social & me are happy to report that @blueactionfund.org is well on track to achieve our goal of disbursing > 💶€100million to our grantees before our 10 year anniversary in 2027.
#10yearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism
#10yearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
@oceanweigand.bsky.social & me are happy to report that @blueactionfund.org is well on track to achieve our goal of disbursing > 💶€100million to our grantees before our 10 year anniversary in 2027.
#10yearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism
#10yearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism
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Thanks Belize Audubon Society & Belize Marine Protected Area Network (BMPAN) for showcasing your unique MPAs during our visit to 🇧🇿 to learn about your Blue Action-funded project ➡️ tinyurl.com/3r4eb28b
There was plenty of #OceanOptimism to go around!
@oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
There was plenty of #OceanOptimism to go around!
@oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thanks Belize Audubon Society & Belize Marine Protected Area Network (BMPAN) for showcasing your unique MPAs during our visit to 🇧🇿 to learn about your Blue Action-funded project ➡️ tinyurl.com/3r4eb28b
There was plenty of #OceanOptimism to go around!
@oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
There was plenty of #OceanOptimism to go around!
@oceanknigge.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social
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We strongly push our grantees on Safeguards...
Great that increasing number of grantees see this as an opportunity, rather than an administrative burden. @oceanpia.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
Great that increasing number of grantees see this as an opportunity, rather than an administrative burden. @oceanpia.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
Namibia Nature Foundation taking ESMS to the next level: a national Community of Practice for Env & Soc Safeguards - 4 working groups on key themes. The goal: move safeguards from a 'checklist' into a culture of accountability💪 @oceanthayne.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
nnf.org.na/namibia-laun...
nnf.org.na/namibia-laun...
Namibia Nature Foundation Launches Community of Practice for Environmental and Social Safeguards – Namibia Nature Foundation
nnf.org.na
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We strongly push our grantees on Safeguards...
Great that increasing number of grantees see this as an opportunity, rather than an administrative burden. @oceanpia.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
Great that increasing number of grantees see this as an opportunity, rather than an administrative burden. @oceanpia.bsky.social @oceanthyrza.bsky.social
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Last day in the project area of our grant to Belize Audubon society & partners. Today wrap up event with government and other stakeholders. Ambitious project ➡️ ogy.de/rt15 & great NGO partners on the ground. #30by30 #OceanOptimism @oceanpia.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Last day in the project area of our grant to Belize Audubon society & partners. Today wrap up event with government and other stakeholders. Ambitious project ➡️ ogy.de/rt15 & great NGO partners on the ground. #30by30 #OceanOptimism @oceanpia.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
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Fishing Boats by the Beach and the Cliffs of Pourville - 1882
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9743
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9743
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Thanks @orraanews.bsky.social for reporting on @fondoaccion.bsky.social reef positive parametric insurance we support...
oceanriskalliance.org/news/from-ri...
oceanriskalliance.org/news/from-ri...
From Risk to Resilience: Reef-positive parametric insurance
In 2020, we started working with the MesoAmerican Reef (MAR) Fund to develop an insurance product invested in nature and people.
oceanriskalliance.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thanks @orraanews.bsky.social for reporting on @fondoaccion.bsky.social reef positive parametric insurance we support...
oceanriskalliance.org/news/from-ri...
oceanriskalliance.org/news/from-ri...
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📣🌊 Media organizations in coastal countries: Don’t miss your chance to apply for our grant supporting in-depth coverage, journalism training and other activities that build journalists’ capacity to report on the 30x30 marine conservation target. Apply here: https://loom.ly/qeJVrUI
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
📣🌊 Media organizations in coastal countries: Don’t miss your chance to apply for our grant supporting in-depth coverage, journalism training and other activities that build journalists’ capacity to report on the 30x30 marine conservation target. Apply here: https://loom.ly/qeJVrUI
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Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
NOW OR NEVER - COLLECTIVE ACTION IS VITAL TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS | Together for the Ocean
Coral reefs are absent from national climate and biodiversity plans. Alfred DeGemmis, Director of International Policy at WCS, and Rachel James, Global Coral Reef Rescue Initiative Lead at WWF, explor...
for-the-ocean.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
New best friends: Healthy bird population indicating reasonably good state of fisheries... #HalfMoonCaye 🇧🇿.
U see @kostyabiodiv.bsky.social I am slowly, slowly becoming a birder 🪺🦜
U see @kostyabiodiv.bsky.social I am slowly, slowly becoming a birder 🪺🦜
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New best friends: Healthy bird population indicating reasonably good state of fisheries... #HalfMoonCaye 🇧🇿.
U see @kostyabiodiv.bsky.social I am slowly, slowly becoming a birder 🪺🦜
U see @kostyabiodiv.bsky.social I am slowly, slowly becoming a birder 🪺🦜
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Thanks @rare.org for sharing your insights from @blueactionfund.org supported work in Belem... (around min 41)
@umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @umweltstiftung.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...
@umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @umweltstiftung.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...
Scaling up marine nature conservation and climate solutions
YouTube video by COP30 | German Climate Pavilion
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thanks @rare.org for sharing your insights from @blueactionfund.org supported work in Belem... (around min 41)
@umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @umweltstiftung.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...
@umweltministerium.de @bmz.de @umweltstiftung.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5D...
Last day in the project area of our grant to Belize Audubon society & partners. Today wrap up event with government and other stakeholders. Ambitious project ➡️ ogy.de/rt15 & great NGO partners on the ground. #30by30 #OceanOptimism @oceanpia.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Last day in the project area of our grant to Belize Audubon society & partners. Today wrap up event with government and other stakeholders. Ambitious project ➡️ ogy.de/rt15 & great NGO partners on the ground. #30by30 #OceanOptimism @oceanpia.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
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JOB ALERT in Frankfurt 🇩🇪: Our 'engine room' is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant.
Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...
Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...
www.naturetrustalliance.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
JOB ALERT in Frankfurt 🇩🇪: Our 'engine room' is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant.
Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...
Nature Trust Alliance is a joint partnership supporting 4 trust funds, including @blueactionfund.org, with admin, investments, HR, IT services and more.
www.naturetrustalliance.org/wp-content/u...
Business won't save nature... (at least not voluntarily) Thanks for sharing @briantodonnell.bsky.social
ssir.org/articles/ent...
ssir.org/articles/ent...
Business Won’t Save Nature (Until Governments Change the Rules of the Game) (SSIR)
If private finance is to shoulder the burden for nature conservation, government has to create the necessary incentive structure.
ssir.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Business won't save nature... (at least not voluntarily) Thanks for sharing @briantodonnell.bsky.social
ssir.org/articles/ent...
ssir.org/articles/ent...
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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
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
October 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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
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
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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. 🌊🐟💙
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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. 🌊🐟💙
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@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
📹Video: sl1nk.com/SteVE
👉Project: sl1nk.com/YNmdZ
Protecting marine resources within Koh Sdach archipeligo
YouTube video by Fauna & Flora
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@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
📹Video: sl1nk.com/SteVE
👉Project: sl1nk.com/YNmdZ
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A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A last reminder that the deadline (Dec 1) for abstract submissions is fast approaching for our session on Art as Catalyst in Coral Conservation, at the International Coral Reef Symposium to be held in Auckland, New Zealand July 19-24, 2026🧪🪸🌎🌊🧬🌐🐙🌿🦠🌿
Visit to traditional 🐟 trap in Northern Belize 🇧🇿, incl. subsequent lunch prepared by fisher's wife. Amazing joint effort by local communities & MPA co-managers supported among others by @blueactionfund.org & @oceanpia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Visit to traditional 🐟 trap in Northern Belize 🇧🇿, incl. subsequent lunch prepared by fisher's wife. Amazing joint effort by local communities & MPA co-managers supported among others by @blueactionfund.org & @oceanpia.bsky.social
My 1st manatee 🌊🐮 encounter in my life in a rather amazing rescue station in Belize 🇧🇿. Visit with @oceanpia.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My 1st manatee 🌊🐮 encounter in my life in a rather amazing rescue station in Belize 🇧🇿. Visit with @oceanpia.bsky.social
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Ocean finance still falls far short of what’s needed. We have a long way to go to put it into the hands of those who really need it. We describe what’s actually working in blue finance, as well as the proven mechanisms that must now scale to deliver measurable, community-centered impact.
Oped on Ocean financing incl. ED @oceanknigge.bsky.social, @wcs.org' @stacyjupiter.bsky.social & Lorely Picourt. Time to scale up investments in #OceanOptimism
As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, one message is clear: ocean finance pledges aren’t enough.
A new op-ed by @stacyjupiter.bsky.social, @oceanknigge.bsky.social, & Loreley Picourt highlights proven tools, from guarantees to community-led governance, that can turn commitments into impact.
🌎 bit.ly/4oDOOIu
A new op-ed by @stacyjupiter.bsky.social, @oceanknigge.bsky.social, & Loreley Picourt highlights proven tools, from guarantees to community-led governance, that can turn commitments into impact.
🌎 bit.ly/4oDOOIu
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ocean finance still falls far short of what’s needed. We have a long way to go to put it into the hands of those who really need it. We describe what’s actually working in blue finance, as well as the proven mechanisms that must now scale to deliver measurable, community-centered impact.