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Worth more alive: why protecting the ocean pays
Despite the economic value in marine ecosystems, ocean protection faces a $14.6bn (£12.4bn) annual funding gap. Closing it will rely on aligning capital, law and effective governance.
Bluesky · Hashtag
#MPAs
25
posts · 30d
6
users
1
posts / day
4.2
posts / user
+ 33% vs last week
#MPAs is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 6 people shared 25 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 33% versus the previous week, peaking on Oct 16 with 4 posts.
#MPAs posts per day (last 30 days)
Posts with #MPAs
We didn’t come to present. We came to listen.
Our team met in Mallorca with authorities, scientists, NGOs & businesses protecting the Balearic seas. The credit is theirs.
Thank you to all involved, and to Universal Beach Hotels for hosting us in Sant Elm.
#MPAs #EUBlueParks
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10.04% of 🌊 protected on paper, i.e. 72.3 million km² to go within 1535 days to reach #30x30. So only creating & managing #MPAs the size Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 - every single day till end of 2030. #COP17 @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @astridschomaker.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
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Might want to update your number. >10% protected, at least on paper. @protectedplanet.bsky.social #30x30 #MPAs
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Great to see report 👇 highlighting several of the works @blueactionfund.org supported, from Eastern Tropical Pacific, to Tanzania, to PNG. #OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs ogy.de/n4fd
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To be fair, some of the 2020 targets have now been reached (at least on paper). #30x30 #MPAs @protectedplanet.bsky.social
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Open: Call for proposals to shape next years World Protected Areas congress ogy.de/1eng, likely showcasing plenty of #MPAs & #30x30 work done by our grantees, incl. @rare.org @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za, @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social @envdefensefund.bsky.social @prcmarine.bsky.social @wwf.de etc.
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I feel "Paper Park Index" has some potential to celebrate, expose and raise awareness... 🌊 #30x30 #MPAs #COP17
@seaaroundus.org @mongabay.com
SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org
This @mongabay.com article by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social cites our Paper Park Index! - which found that about 30% of the 184 marine protected areas assessed were likely “paper parks,” with fishing pressure inconsistent with their protected status. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/from...
news.mongabay.com
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Progress towards #30x30.
Spoiler: nations are falling short on 22 of 23, incl. target 3. ogy.de/j3d9 #MPAs #COP17
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Time for science: Floating things don't know borders. Applies also to FADs www.science.org/doi/10.11…. #30x30 #MPAs
www.science.org
Global impacts of drifting fish aggregating devices on marine protected areas
Free-drifting fish aggregating devices pose complex ecological and social challenges to marine protected areas worldwide.
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Might want to update your number. >10% protected, at least on paper. @protectedplanet.bsky.social #30x30 #MPAs
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Great to see report 👇 highlighting several of the works @blueactionfund.org supported, from Eastern Tropical Pacific, to Tanzania, to PNG. #OceanOptimism #30x30 #MPAs ogy.de/n4fd
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We didn’t come to present. We came to listen.
Our team met in Mallorca with authorities, scientists, NGOs & businesses protecting the Balearic seas. The credit is theirs.
Thank you to all involved, and to Universal Beach Hotels for hosting us in Sant Elm.
#MPAs #EUBlueParks
0 0 3
10.04% of 🌊 protected on paper, i.e. 72.3 million km² to go within 1535 days to reach #30x30. So only creating & managing #MPAs the size Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 - every single day till end of 2030. #COP17 @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @astridschomaker.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org
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To be fair, some of the 2020 targets have now been reached (at least on paper). #30x30 #MPAs @protectedplanet.bsky.social
0 0 1
Time for science: Floating things don't know borders. Applies also to FADs www.science.org/doi/10.11…. #30x30 #MPAs
www.science.org
Global impacts of drifting fish aggregating devices on marine protected areas
Free-drifting fish aggregating devices pose complex ecological and social challenges to marine protected areas worldwide.
0 0 1
Progress towards #30x30.
Spoiler: nations are falling short on 22 of 23, incl. target 3. ogy.de/j3d9 #MPAs #COP17
0 0 2
Open: Call for proposals to shape next years World Protected Areas congress ogy.de/1eng, likely showcasing plenty of #MPAs & #30x30 work done by our grantees, incl. @rare.org @wcs.org @wildtrust.co.za, @fundacionmarviva.bsky.social @envdefensefund.bsky.social @prcmarine.bsky.social @wwf.de etc.
0 3 6
I feel "Paper Park Index" has some potential to celebrate, expose and raise awareness... 🌊 #30x30 #MPAs #COP17
@seaaroundus.org @mongabay.com
SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org
This @mongabay.com article by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social cites our Paper Park Index! - which found that about 30% of the 184 marine protected areas assessed were likely “paper parks,” with fishing pressure inconsistent with their protected status. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/from...
news.mongabay.com
0 1 4
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