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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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From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published:
12 June 2021
Last updated:
29 November 2024
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  1. Removed an out of date recruitment pack.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'.

  2. Updated 'Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme' document as applications to join the OCEAN Expert Committee are open.

  3. Updated the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Expert Committee members recruitment pack.

  4. Updated 'Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme' document as applications to join the OCEAN Expert Committee have closed.

  5. Updated the content under the 'Our bilateral programmes' heading to add the 'Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST)' programme.

  6. Added information about the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme.

  7. 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.

  8. Updated the text under the 'Funding and country partnerships' heading.

  9. Updated the 'Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP)' page to add smaller-scale projects the programme is funding.

  10. Added information about the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP).

  11. We've updated the 'Our programmes' section with information about PROBLUE and the Fiji Blue Bond.

  12. Updated the 'Our programmes' section with information about Friends of Ocean Action.

  13. Added information about the Blue Planet Fund programmes.

  14. First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Blue Planet Fund

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Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP)

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Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme

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Details

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

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