Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas

We’re excited to share the latest updates from our Mangrove Crab Project in North Mindoro! 🦀 After successfully overcoming some initial challenges, the nursery and grow-out system of our mangrove crab project is flourishing— thanks to the incredible commitment and hard work of our team! By refining our protocols and sourcing premium crablets, we’ve achieved outstanding growth and survival rates in our ponds. With optimized aeration, artificial shelters, and a carefully enhanced feeding regimen, our crabs are thriving. But we are just getting started! We aim for this initiative to provide sustainable alternative sources of income to fisherfolk in Oriental Mindoro and make a positive impact on marine biodiversity by preventing the overexploitation of wild stocks of threatened species. Stay tuned for more updates! #MangroveCrab #NorthMindoro #Philippines #BlueAlliance

Nomad Archipelago is very proud to annonce the launch of its second cruising boat - the Bajau. Like the Bugis, the first cruising boat, she is traditional Sulawesi-wooden boat equipped with the latest technology to generate sustainable energy from the solar power and clean and drinkable water from the sea water to prevent the use of thousand of #plastic bottles. The entire profit generated by the cruises on the Bajau will finance the Marine Protected Area développed and managed by Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas in the #Banggai islands. Join and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to size our offer to book a cruise - a great and fun experience with your family and friends to support #Ocean #biodiversity #regeneration. Nomad Plastic Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas EXO Travel Waves of Change Coalition Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Impact Organisation Ocean Born Foundation Investable Oceans

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are crucial for preserving marine ecosystems and supporting coastal communities. These protected areas serve as sanctuaries, allowing marine life to thrive and sustaining local livelihoods. While MPAs are an important conservation tool, they restrict fishing in core zones, impacting coastal communities that depend on these areas for their livelihoods. To address this, Blue Alliance is launching community-driven projects that offer sustainable alternative livelihoods and boost resilience. 📍 Dulangan: The local association is utilizing the nearby talipapa (wet market) to sell their harvest, ensuring income for fishers and providing fresh produce to neighboring towns like San Teodoro and Calapan City. 📍 Tabinay: A rice reselling project is up and running! Open seven days a week, this store ensures food security and offers a consistent income for the community. 📍 Villaflor: The Samahang Mangingisda ng Barangay Villaflor (SMBV) has launched the "Rice Trading at Iba Pa Store" to diversify local income and offer essential goods to the neighborhood. These projects are helping preserve our marine ecosystems while empowering coastal communities. These initiatives are part of a broader collaboration with the local government of Puerto Galera. Together with Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas and our trusted partners, we’re building a sustainable future for everyone! Learn more about our community development work: https://bit.ly/3yyBLDn Global Fund for Coral Reefs #communitydevelopment #philippines #bluealliance #ricetrading #coralreefs #mpa

The 2024 State of the World’s Mangroves is out! 🌳 Mangroves are among the world’s most misunderstood, fragile, and valuable ecosystems. Despite representing less than 1% of all tropical forests worldwide, mangroves support the lives of millions of people while protecting our planet. The 2024 State of the World’s Mangroves, published by Global Mangrove Alliance, highlights the tremendous advances that have been made on multiple fronts to safeguard these ecosystems. It showcases progress in: science and understanding; collaboration and information sharing; practical management interventions; and the many policy, legal, and financial tools that will help to secure a better future for these ecosystems. Key insights include: 🌱 Globally, 40% of the world’s remaining mangrove forests are in protected areas. 🌱 While mangrove losses in the past were considerable, rates of loss are declining and fell by 44% between 2000 and 2020. 🌱 However, half of the world’s mangrove provinces are considered threatened. 🌱 The global picture of mangrove extent is better than ever: the latest Global Mangrove Watch dataset offers a sixfold increase in mapping resolution and coverage of six additional regions with mangroves. For the first time, it is possible to separate out notable impacts, and the report found that conversion to aquaculture, oil palm plantations, and rice cultivation together explain 43% of mangrove losses between 2000 and 2020. As part of the #OceanDecade, scientists across the world are working together to enhance our understanding of mangroves, and to improve how they are valued and managed through initiatives like the Global Ocean Decade Programme for Blue Carbon (GO-BC), the Observatory of Mangroves and its maretories in Brazil, and more. 👉 Read the report: https://lnkd.in/gUrgR-6

🌏 GFCR: Advancing Climate Action and Resilience 🌊 As part of the #GFCRxSDGs series of posts, discover how GFCR-supported programmes are building resilience for communities, economies, and ecosystems. Through a holistic approach with an impact that goes beyond ocean ecosystems, the GFCR is contributing to all 17 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through action on land and in the water. The Global Fund for Coral Reefs is helping drive progress on SDG 13: Climate Action, SDG 15: Life on Land, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, and SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy by supporting initiatives that help reduce pollution that harm reefs, convert waste to biofuel alternatives, and improve water quality and sanitation in coastal regions while helping protect adjacent ecosystems. These are implemented through the following key action points: 🪸 Advancing programme activities and enterprises that help safeguard biological diversity and its critical role in maintaining ecosystems, such as sustainable aquaculture investments, innovations on waste management facilities, the use of natural fertilisers, and upcycling marine plastics. 🪸 Promoting the development of financial mechanisms, such as the Coral Conservation Trust Funds and Blue Carbon Credits, to encourage sustainable management and climate resilience through ecosystem-based approaches. 🪸 Supporting initiatives that reduce the flow of untreated wastewater and other pollutants to the reefs, helping improve the well-being of surrounding ecosystems and local communities. 🪸 Helping provide access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy sources through waste-to-value plants producing biofuel alternatives and reducing waterborne disease risks. 🪸 Focusing on biodiversity-friendly practices including sustainable sea cucumber and crab farming, and integrating environmental conservation with economic development. 🪸 Funding coral restoration efforts across various regions including advanced land-based coral farms that accelerate growth and scalability.  🪸 Supporting the implementation of resilience-based solutions for marine ecosystems and vulnerable coastal communities, particularly in Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries. Through efforts to help manage land, waterway, and marine pollution, the GFCR-supported programmes strengthen efforts to protect coral reefs, which are vital to the health of adjacent marine and terrestrial ecosystems crucial to biodiversity and well-being of communities. This holistic effort not only advances a more sustainable and resilient future, but also helps promote effective and equitable climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, contributing to greater climate resilience. 🌊🌳 #Sustainability #SDG13 #SDG15 #SDG6 #SDG7 #ClimateAction #LifeOnLand #CleanWater #CleanEnergy #CoralReefs #GFCR #ForCoral Post 5 of 9