{"id":34233,"date":"2026-09-15T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/?p=34233"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:18:11","slug":"blue-economy-initiatives-selected-for-cbf-bluefin-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/blue-economy-initiatives-selected-for-cbf-bluefin-seed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Economy Initiatives Selected for CBF BluEFin Seed Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px-1568x882.png 1568w, https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Blue-Economy-Initiatives-1920-x-1080-px.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through the Caribbean Blue Economy Financing (BluEFin) project, has selected innovative Blue Economy initiatives to receive seed funding following a competitive Call for Proposals that attracted 74 submissions across the region.<\/p>\n\n<p>The BluEFin project supports innovative initiatives that create sustainable economic opportunities while delivering measurable benefits for biodiversity and climate resilience. The selected projects will receive grant financing of up to USD 250,000.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Selected Initiatives Across the Region<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><strong>The Bahamas (Cape Eleuthera Institute):<\/strong> Supporting queen conch restoration alongside sustainable fisheries and community livelihoods.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Dominican Republic (AVSI Foundation):<\/strong> Combining reef restoration with the sustainable transformation of sargassum into useful products.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Grenada (Grenada Sustainable Development Trust Fund Inc.):<\/strong> Establishing a sustainable marine blackwater collection system to reduce pollution.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Saint Lucia (Laborie Fishers&#8217; &amp; Consumers Co-operative Ltd.):<\/strong> Linking coastal habitat restoration with sea moss aquaculture and livelihood diversification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>\u201cThe selection of these initiatives marks an important milestone for the support the CBF provides to viable, blue economy initiatives and demonstrates the strength and diversity of Blue Economy innovation across the region. We look forward to supporting the selected projects as they move from ideas to practical solutions that can generate lasting benefits for Caribbean communities and ecosystems.\u201d<\/p>\n  <cite>\u2014 <strong>Tanja Lieuw<\/strong>, Conservation Finance Manager<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Together, the initiatives demonstrate the potential of Blue Economy financing to transform environmental challenges into economic opportunities while strengthening the resilience of Caribbean ecosystems and communities.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3>About the Caribbean BluEFin Project<\/h3>\n\n<p>The Caribbean BluEFin Project creates and strengthens nature-based blue economy opportunities and approaches in the region through innovative financing mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n<p>El proyecto Caribbean BluEFin est\u00e1 financiado por el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM), implementado a trav\u00e9s del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) y ejecutado por el Fondo para la Biodiversidad del Caribe (CBF). El proyecto cuenta con el apoyo financiero del Banco Alem\u00e1n de Desarrollo (KfW) en nombre del Ministerio Federal Alem\u00e1n de Cooperaci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica y Desarrollo (BMZ), la Agencia Francesa de Desarrollo (AFD), el Fondo Franc\u00e9s para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FFEM) y la Agencia Alemana de Cooperaci\u00f3n Internacional (GIZ).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), through the Caribbean Blue Economy Financing (BluEFin) project, has selected innovative Blue Economy initiatives to receive seed funding following a competitive Call for Proposals that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[344,456,454],"tags":[471,476,455,481,482,474,483],"class_list":["post-34233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-blue-economy","category-bluefin","tag-afd","tag-blue-economy","tag-bluefin","tag-gef","tag-giz","tag-kfw","tag-unep","entry"],"acf":[],"authors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34233"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34237,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34233\/revisions\/34237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanbiodiversityfund.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}