Blue Planet Fund
The UK’s £500 million Blue Planet Fund supports developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty.
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The Blue Planet Fund helps developing countries:
- reduce poverty
- protect and sustainably manage their marine resources
- deal with human-generated threats across 4 key themes: biodiversity, climate change, marine pollution and sustainable seafood
Updates to this page
Last updated 29 November 2024 + show all updates
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Removed an out of date recruitment pack. Added a link to the new recruitment pack in the third attachment titled 'Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme'.
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Updated 'Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme' document as applications to join the OCEAN Expert Committee are open.
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Updated the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Expert Committee members recruitment pack.
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Updated 'Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme' document as applications to join the OCEAN Expert Committee have closed.
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Updated the content under the 'Our bilateral programmes' heading to add the 'Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST)' programme.
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Added information about the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme.
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Added information on the Blue Planet Fund outcomes and our newly approved programmes, COAST and SBE. Updated and expanded on the details of existing programmes.
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Updated the text under the 'Funding and country partnerships' heading.
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Updated the 'Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP)' page to add smaller-scale projects the programme is funding.
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Added information about the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP).
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We've updated the 'Our programmes' section with information about PROBLUE and the Fiji Blue Bond.
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Updated the 'Our programmes' section with information about Friends of Ocean Action.
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Added information about the Blue Planet Fund programmes.
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First published.