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Category Archives: Madagascar

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 |

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 day in the life…

Posted on 17 August 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Kirsty Rankin, BV volunteer, Madagascar Waking up to the relentless crash of breaking waves on halfmoon beach, I groan, … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged beach, blue ventures, bok bok, conservation, diving, pirogue, Vezo, volunteer |

Bobbing along on the bottom of the beautiful briny sea….

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Caroline De Willebois, Blue Ventures volunteer, Madagascar Descending into the cool turquoise water below, I am overcome with that … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged beach, blue ventures, conservation, coral, diving, fish, sea cucumbers, volunteer |

Great Expectations: some thoughts from some of our volunteers

Posted on 27 March 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Cara MacDonald, Blue Ventures volunteer, Madagascar The two weeks I have been volunteering in Andavadoaka have flown by and … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged beach, blue ventures, conservation, diving, expedition, snorkel, tortoise, volunteer |

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