ENDORSED UN OCEAN DECADE PROJECT | IOC-UNESCO
ENDORSED UN OCEAN DECADE PROJECT | IOC-UNESCO
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From Narratives to Action:
Connecting People, Oceans, and Change
We work at the intersection of ocean governance, blue economy, storytelling, and community development. Based in Peru, working globally. Because the ocean connects us all.
We work at the intersection of ocean governance, blue economy, storytelling, and community development. Based in Peru, working globally. Because the ocean connects us all.
6
6
Countries with active initiatives
11
11
Global networks
2025
2025
UN Ocean Decade endorsed
OUR INITIATIVES
OUR INITIATIVES
Global South Voices
Global South Voices
India | Zambia | Kenya | Peru | Lebanon | Caribbean region
Blue Ventures & Livelihoods
Blue Ventures & Livelihoods
Peru | Colombia
Ocean Governance
Ocean Governance
Peru | Caribbean region
WHO WE WORK FOR
WHO WE WORK FOR
For the ocean and aquatic ecosystems
For the ocean and aquatic ecosystems
We treat oceans, rivers, and water bodies as living subjects of care, not just resources to manage. Protecting the water means protecting everything that depends on it.
For impact organizations and partners
For impact organizations and partners
We bring community voices, local knowledge, and Global South perspectives to partnerships. A different angle for organizations ready to go deeper than surface-level collaboration.
For community leaders and entrepreneurs
For community leaders and entrepreneurs
We support women, youth, and local entrepreneurs building livelihoods connected to water. Access, visibility, and support for those the system was not designed to include.
WHERE WE WORK
WHERE WE WORK
Peruvian Aquatic Ecosystems
Peruvian Aquatic Ecosystems
The Humboldt Current, the Amazon, and the communities that depend on them.
Pacific Ocean and the Global South
Pacific Ocean and the Global South
Kenya, Zambia, India, Colombia, the Caribbean, and counting.
Global Oceans
Global Oceans
Stories, education, and connections that cross every border.
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
Bluence was founded in 2025 with a simple but powerful conviction: the ocean connects us all. Not as a boundary, but as a shared space that unites communities, cultures, and futures across every border. If we looked at the world not as landmasses divided by water, but as an ocean that holds us together, we might act with greater collective purpose.
We are a hybrid organization: a consultancy working at the highest levels of ocean governance and policy, and a nonprofit working directly with communities. Based in Lima with representation in Washington D.C.
Our work brings together development practice and ocean passion. For over a decade, our team has supported women's economic empowerment, civic participation, and community-led change across Latin America and beyond. Bluence is where that experience found its focus.
OUR NETWORKS
OUR NETWORKS
Across 11 global networks, Bluence connects ocean conservation, blue entrepreneurship, and inclusive development.
Across 11 global networks, Bluence connects ocean conservation, blue entrepreneurship, and inclusive development.
BlueInvest Community | OceanExpert | Ocean Culture Life | Women in Ocean Science | Women’s Aquatic Network | Whale Guardians | Caribbean Cetacean Society | U.S. Early Career Ocean Professionals | Catalyst Now | Global Entrepreneurship Network | International Public Policy Association
BlueInvest Community | OceanExpert | Ocean Culture Life | Women in Ocean Science | Women’s Aquatic Network | Whale Guardians | Caribbean Cetacean Society | U.S. Early Career Ocean Professionals | Catalyst Now | Global Entrepreneurship Network | International Public Policy Association
OUR PARTNERS
OUR PARTNERS
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