Month: June 2013

Staff Q&A with Sam Hope, Expedition and Dive Manager, Belize

In the tenth instalment in our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Sam Hope, our Expedition and Dive Manager in Belize, some searching questions about science, conservation and superpowers… What is your scientific background? I have a...

/ Jun 27, 2013

Staff Q&A with Jo Hudson, Conservation & Communications Officer

In the ninth instalment in our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Jo Hudson, our Conservation & Communications Officer, some searching questions about science, conservation and superpowers… What is your scientific background? I did a BSc in Environmental Science...

/ Jun 19, 2013

Beyond the bounty: BV ventures to Pitcairn

by Richard Nimmo, Managing Director, UK Occasionally an opportunity arises for Blue Ventures that is too good to resist, and our recent collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Global Ocean Legacy project to establish a large-scale marine reserve in the waters...

/ Jun 18, 2013

Climate change a hot topic at Belize’s Annual Conservation Symposium

by Jen Chapman, Country Coordinator, Belize Every April, conservationists and students from around Belize congregate in the aptly named Jaguar Auditorium at the University of Belize. At the annual Natural Resource Management Symposium, organisations and individuals are given the rare...

/ Jun 17, 2013

Staff Q&A with Gildas Andriamalala, Assistant Conservation Coordinator

In the eighth instalment in our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Gildas Andriamalala, our Assistant Conservation Coordinator, some searching questions about science, conservation and superpowers… What is your background? I spent four years of my life studying private...

/ Jun 13, 2013

Staff Q&A with Sylvia Paulot, Mangrove Carbon Scientist

In the seventh instalment in our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Sylvia Paulot, our Mangrove Carbon Scientist, some searching questions about science, conservation and superpowers… What is your scientific background? I studied Environmental Science at Sebelas Maret University, in Central...

/ Jun 6, 2013

A meeting of minds: blue carbon in the Tsiribihina Delta

by Kate England, Mangrove REDD+ Project Development Manager, Madagascar It’s Wednesday morning and the Catholic school building in Morondava, western Madagascar, is just getting its first trickle of people – but this was not a regular school day and we were...

/ Jun 3, 2013