Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

11/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/29/2024 11:09

Blue Planet Fund

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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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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

Published 12 June 2021
Last updated 29 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. 29 November 2024

    Removed an out of date recruitment pack.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. 14 June 2024

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

  3. 7 June 2024

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

  4. 5 December 2023

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

  5. 27 October 2023

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

  6. 17 October 2023

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

  7. 27 June 2023

    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. 8 February 2023

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

  9. 22 December 2022

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

  10. 4 August 2022

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

  11. 5 November 2021

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

  12. 23 September 2021

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

  13. 13 August 2021

    Added information about the Blue Planet Fund programmes.

  14. 12 June 2021

    First published.

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