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

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

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

🌊 Looking to build your marine conservation toolkit? The Reef Resilience Network’s free, self-paced course on Management Effectiveness for Marine Protected Areas covers MPA planning, implementation, assessment & adaptive management. 🌱
🔗 reefresilience.org/management-e...
#MarineScience #MPAs #ECR

We’re at #EUOceanWeek as discussions on an ambitious #EUOceanAct and the socio-economic benefits of #MPAs get underway.

A strong Ocean Act must move beyond coordination & ensure effective management, enforcement, & monitoring of MPAs to support a sustainable blue economy.

🌍 5% of the Baltic Sea’s eelgrass is under critical conflict: a clash between where meadows provide the most but are under the highest pressure.

Two-thirds of these conflict zones are inside #MPAs.

Designation does not equal protection.

Learn more here 🔗 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7124...

End of Q3, we disbursed €14million worth of #OceanOptimism, well on track towards our 2026 target. #30x30 #MPAs.

Updated: The Ocean Protection Gap Report 2026 ➡️ for-the-ocean.org/news/ #30x30 #MPAs
@bloombergdotorg.bsky.social @savingoceans.bsky.social @riseup4theocean.bsky.social @skytruth.org @briantodonnell.bsky.social @jonathankelsey.bsky.social

Team Starter Pack ➡️ go.bsky.app/86hT6V7
🌊 @oceanweigand.bsky.social
🌊 @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
🌊 @oceandreher.bsky.social
🌊 @oceanknigge.bsky.social
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🌊 etc.
#OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs

#MPAguide Analysis of 🇳🇴:
🌊 91% of #MPAs area 'Minimally Protected' or 'Incompatible with conservation'
🌊 9% 'Lightly Protected'
🌊 0.1% 'fully protected'
🌊 0 'Highly Protected'
@oceanthayne.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New #MPAs in Philippines...
newsinfo.inquirer.net/2302749/zamb...

#30x30 #MPAs #OceanOptimism

Orca populations rely extensively on the High Seas for survival.

High Seas #MPAs can protect crucial migratory corridors = ensuring orcas have safe, food-rich waters free from industrial noise pollution across their entire range.

Call on your country to ratify today! https://bit.ly/4aNEvO8

What can we learn from 254 #MPAs across 25 countries?
Our 1st site-based analysis of our grant portfolio, looking at sizes, level of protection & establishment, and changes over time. Timely inspiration for forthcoming OECM Guide? ogy.de/SSI2026 #30x30 #MPAGuide #10YearsBlueAction

Every 10 years, @iucnwcpa.bsky.social hosts world protected area congress. Website for the 2027 congress 4-10 September in Panama was just launched. ogy.de/bcch
#MPAs #30x30

Upcoming: Next week we publish review of our Grant Portfolio based analysing 254 #MPAs and our grantees work based on #MPAguide. #30x30 #10YearsBlueAction @oceanthayne.bsky.social

💰Protecting the ocean pays💰
A global study estimates that highly protecting currently unprotected dive sites could generate an additional $2 BILLION/year in economic revenue, while increasing fish biomass & biodiversity.
Conservation is an investment. #conservation #goodnews #mpas #globalnews #ocean

Great news from São Tomé and Príncipe hitting my desk this morning: MPA decree law has now been gazetted meaning that all eight of MPAs from our first investment in STP have now been designated. #OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs @faunaflora.bsky.social
tanzaniatimes.net/sao-tome-and...