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OCEAN uplift: helping community-led ocean conservation grow and last 

Posted by: Hannah Boyne, Posted on: 9 October 2026 - Categories: Climate change, Marine
A woman working on a mangrove as part of the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) ZSL Northern Mozambique Project. Credit: Nuno Vasco Rodrigues

I’m Hannah Boyne. It has been my great pleasure to lead the Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature (OCEAN) Grants Programme, part of the Blue Planet Fund, for the last three years.  To date we have funded 34 programmes across 21 …

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