Doubling Down and Scaling Up: Ocean Investment Opportunities

Doubling Down and Scaling Up: Ocean Investment Opportunities details a selection of our most promising investment opportunities across Asia, ahead of the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2026. It follows ORRAA’s strategy of focusing on investments into six critical regenerative and sustainable blue economy sectors with a median potential global investment of USD$550 billion per annum through 2030, of which 56% is in Asia
Bridging Market Forces and Ecosystem Protection for Coastal Communities in Tanzania

Following his visit to Pemba Island, Tanzania, Executive Director Dario Soto-Abril reflects on how marine protected areas, sustainable tourism and aquaculture can create jobs, strengthen local economies and build climate resilience — showing that protecting nature is also an investment in people and long-term prosperity.
Lessons From the Field: From Local Innovation to Scaled Investment

Over the past four years, ORRAA has supported 50 projects in 30 countries, building the resilience of more than 500,000 climate vulnerable coastal people in the Global South, 45% of whom are women.
Pemba Island: What Happens When Tourism Asks “Why?” Before It Arrives

Matt Saus built a foundation named after a question. Gary Lotter is developing reef-positive tourism experiences designed to generate lasting funding for marine protection. This is what conservation tourism looks like.
Dive into our 2025 Annual Report

Discover our work, progress, impact, and innovative approach in the Blue Alliance 2024 Annual Report.
Fisheries and Marine Carbon Processes in the Context of Climate Change, a new report for World Ocean Day

Global Rewilding Alliance launches a new report “Fisheries and Marine Carbon Processes in the Context of Climate Change”, by author Martin Miquel Pederson.
Blue Alliance | Now Protecting 1.5% of the World’s Coral Reefs

Blue Alliance shares a new film showcasing the importance of acting for the ocean and the communities who depend on it, now!
Blue Alliance Protects 1.5% of Global Coral Reefs, Co-Managing 3.4 Million Hectares

KnowESG shares an article covering our recent milestone that brings our active protection to 3.4 million hectares of MPAs (1.5% of global coral reefs) through government mandates, science-based monitoring, local ranger teams, and blue economy initiatives.
High-level UK Delegation Visit Blue Alliance & COAST Facility in the Philippines

A high-level UK delegation went to see how innovative finance & community-led enterprise are strengthening marine protection & coastal livelihoods
High-level UK Delegation Visit Blue Alliance & COAST Facility in the Philippines

A high level delegation from the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) including the UK Special Representative for Nature, Ruth Davis, and Andrea Ledward, International Biodiversity and Climate Director at UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) visited Oriental Mindoro from 23 to 26 April 2026 to see first-hand how innovative finance and community-led enterprise are strengthening marine protection and coastal livelihoods in the Philippines. “I do not just like the ocean,” he says. “I love it.”