Indeed, often 🐥🐦‍⬛🦜can also indicate #MPA effectiveness... Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #30x30

I am missing a discussion about #MPAs contribution to security:
🌊 All #MPAs are within EEZ, i.e. border areas
🌊 hard to monitor, i.e. plenty of illegal activities
🌊 Some include critical infrastructure (cables)
Rules & enforcement should support security. #30x30

Protected on paper does not mean protected in practice, a new analysis of tropical countries warns as oil/gas concessions overlap nearly 61 million hectares of protected areas

Mining overlaps 43 million more so writers stress key areas must be no-go zones for extraction

#30x30
#Biodiversity
#COP17

🌍 Save the Date: Target 3 Action Day at #CBDCOP17

On 25 Oct., partners will gather for a day focused on one of the central ambitions of the #KMGBF:

🌿 Realizing the ambition of the #30x30 commitment

📅 Sunday, 25 October
🕘 9:00–17:30
📍 KMGBF Pavilion | Yerevan, Armenia

Details coming soon!

We & plenty of our grantees will be there to discuss how we must and can get better... #30x30 #MPAs #IMPAC6 #OceanOptimism @blueactionfund.org @oceanweigand.bsky.social @pedrotrejo.bsky.social

Data day: Presentations to team on
🌊 MPA site analysis at portfolio level ogy.de/mdde
🌊 Ex-post surveys (2 years after end of grant) ogy.de/nvqq
Thanks for organising @oceanthayne.bsky.social
#30x30 #MPAs #MPAGuide #OceanOptimism

Do #MPAs Reduce Poverty? 'variation in socioeconomic outcomes primarily explained by differences in governance, implementation context & institutional arrangements rather than MPA establishment alone.' #30x30 ogy.de/4i8u
@pedrotrejo.bsky.social @oceanpia.bsky.social

Great to see our @blueactionfund.org grantees from Tanzania link up to share their learnings on community-led EbA at the Nairobi Convention's 40 year anniversary COP! 🤝🐠🐟

#OceanOptimism #NairobiConvention #EbA #30x30

30x30 is the promise. Are we on track to deliver it?

Two reports provide the clearest picture yet of global progress. With just four years until 2030, the evidence is clear: #30x30 is still within reach but governments must act urgently.

Learn more: for-the-ocean.org/ocean-protec...

This September, Norway established a new marine protected area covering approximately 714 square miles. #MPAs #30x30
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/norways-newe...

👆🏼 of interest to some of our partners? @rare.org @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za @prcmarine.bsky.social @fondoaccion.bsky.social @wwf.de etc #10YearsBlueAction #30x30 #OceanOptimism

Released alongside our Sep. 23 event, Campaign for Nature's #30x30 Global Assessment finds existing commitments can protect & conserve 27% of land & 12% of the ocean.

Progress is possible but the gap to 2030 remains. Now, commitments must become results.

🔗 campaignfornature.org/wp-content/u...

Fascinated by Słowiński National Park at the Baltic Sea: From Europe‘s largest dune area to remnants of the mysterious Baltic mangrove forest 🪾

#30x30 #naturalwonders

Last week leaders launched the #30x30 Ministerial Declaration, marking a shift from commitment to action.

From $300M for protected areas in Africa to new conservation commitments in Guyana, Madagascar & Tonga, momentum is growing.

Read the Declaration: hacfornatureandpeople.org/30x30-minist...

We look forward to 💶 turning the tide. Proposal deadline for mangroves, blue carbon and #30x30 is 16 October.
@blueactionfund.org @oceansteinmann.bsky.social

📢 OUT NOW: The KBA Programme Annual Report 2026! 🌍📊

Celebrating 10 years since the publication of the Global KBA Standard, this landmark report highlights a decade of science, policy integration, and site-level protection worldwide.

🔗 admin.keybiodiversityareas.org/sites/defaul...

#KBAs #30x30

Every 4 years, the global #MPA community meets at IMPAC, incl. #IMPAC6 next March in Dakar 🇸🇳. Call for abstracts now open. ogy.de/nmuv #30x30 #OceanOptimism

Amazing commitment for our sister foundation @legacylandscapes.bsky.social and #30x30 ahead of #COP16 🦒🦍🐘🌳🌱. Thanks @umweltministerium.de @waltonfamilyfdn.bsky.social & #Wyss

At #UNGA81, 🇲🇬 🇲🇿 🇰🇪 🇸🇨 & 20+ partners gathered at HAC’s event to advance #30x30, stressing that lasting conservation that supports people requires financing.

Plus, Rainforest Trust announced 📣 a $10M commitment to support Madagascar’s protected areas & OECMs!

www.rainforesttrust.org/our-impact/r...

Why I work on ocean conservation? Serious question? #BluePlanet #OceanOptimism #30x30