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Playing Hide and Seek with Tortoises

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Rado Lebely, Terrestrial & Fisheries Scientist, Madagascar After six very long months of tortoise hibernation, the Blue Ventures tortoise monitoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, conservation, environment, monitoring, spider tortoise, tortoise, volunteer |

My visit to the Safidy programme in Andavadoaka

Posted on 25 March 2013 by admin
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by Samantha Cockburn, Medical Elective with Safidy, Madagascar Three years ago I received an email from my medical school advertising … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, beach, blue ventures, community health, conservation, environment, Family Planning, maternal health, safidy, sustainable, Velondriake |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (3)

Posted on 22 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures' staff and community-based distributors trial the Family LifeStraws received from ShelterBox

Blue Ventures is continuing to respond to cyclone Haruna, which hit southwest Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, madagascar, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Talking Tuna with the UN

Posted on 20 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Mialy Andriamahefazafy,Environmental Policy Specialist, Madagascar Tuna management has always been a major focus for our policy work, even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, conservation, fish, fishing, LMMA, sustainable, tuna |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (2)

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
Families in Velondriake receive vital health supplies from Blue Ventures following cyclone Haruna

Blue Ventures is currently responding to cyclone Haruna which hit southwest Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm on 22nd February … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, madagascar, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Antanandahy: Where the Women Rule the Mangroves

Posted on 14 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Sylvia Paulot and Kate England, Blue Forests team, Madagascar After winding its way west, Madagascar’s Tsiribihina River empties into … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambanja, Madagascar | Tagged Blue Carbon, blue forests, blue ventures, Climate Change, conservation, environment, mangrove, sustainable, women |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (1)

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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On Friday 22nd February 2013, cyclone Haruna made landfall over the southwest coast of Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm, … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Update from Velondriake following tropical cyclone Haruna

Posted on 1 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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On Friday 22nd February 2013, tropical cyclone Haruna made landfall over the southwest coast of Madagascar as a powerful category … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

School on a Saturday?

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Christine Foulkes, BV volunteer, Madagascar The walk to school was interesting. We negotiated the daily route leading down to … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, conservation, coral, Education, environment, satur, school, school scholarships |

A Much Needed Repose

Posted on 25 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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By Brian Jones, Conservation Coordinator, Madagascar Living in paradise ain’t always easy. Sometimes you just need to… get away. Nowhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, beach, blue ventures, conservation, coral, environment, fishing, sea cucumbers, Velondriake, Vezo |

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