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Great Blue Wall

The Great Blue Wall is a Western Indian Ocean (WIO)-born, Africa- driven roadmap to achieve a nature- positive world by 2030. It aims at unlocking unprecedented nature-based recovery efforts through the establishment of a transformational movement. Its goal is to dramatically accelerate and upscale ocean conservation actions while enhancing socio-ecological resilience and the development of a regenerative blue economy by catalysing political leadership and financial support.

Activity period 2021–2023
Last CoAct update 2025
Web URL https://iucn.org/resources/brochure/great-blue-wall-initiative
Output effectiveness
0.00
Accountability Index
0.08
Inclusiveness Index
0.69
Num. actors 36
Functions Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Participatory management, Training, Funding
SDGs 8 10 13 14
Themes land use, oceans and coastal zones, resilience
Policy focus Equal focus
Sectors No clear economic sector
Implementation countries Comoros (the), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, the United Republic of
Target Target type
sequester at least 100 million tons of CO2 Emission reduction target
conserve at least 30% of the Ocean by 2030 Area target