We’ve been back on site now in Andavadoaka for nearly three weeks, and most of the dive training is out of the way. The remaining trainees should finish their Advanced open water in the next few days and they will then be joining those volunteers and staff who are already busy out on the [...]

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BV held a workshop over the weekend with the aim of presenting results from our on-going research and to introduce our new Socioeconomic Monitoring Project, which is part of the SocMon Western Indian Ocean (WIO) initiative aiming to expand socio-economic monitoring throughout the WIO, and establish a regional network.
The aim of the workshop was [...]

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Sustainable tourism certification programs were under the spotlight at a consultative meeting sponsored and convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). There is still little quantifiable data available on the ability of these schemes to promote change. Consumer recognition is low, and industry intermediaries are only beginning to consider certification as a [...]

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It’s the start of a new expedition here in Andavadoaka, after an eventful week-long inter-phase in Toliara. Inter-phase (the period between two expeditions) is usually a time for permanent staff to stock up on provisions and to check emails, but this time we spent most of the week hiding from tropical cyclone Boloetse. With cyclones [...]

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Following another 27 hour epic boutre journey BV staff and new expedition 21 have arrived safe and sound on site. If only the same could be said for the site itself! Following the cyclone that hit on the 2nd some of our huts were left with no roofs, so with makeshift ‘windows’ in [...]

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