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Symposium on Ecological and Social Resilience in New York City

Posted on 13 May 2013 by Blue Ventures

By Kame Westerman A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the American Museum of Natural History’s symposium … Continue reading →

Posted in International Conferences | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, Climate Change, conservation, coral, environment, fishing, PHE, sustainable, Velondriake |

Life in the mangrove forest: What happens exactly?

Posted on 17 April 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Zo Andriamahenina, Blue Forests Research Assistant, Madagascar My first time working in the mangrove forest was in February 2012. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ambanja, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, Blue Carbon, blue forests, blue ventures, Climate Change, mangrove, sustainable |

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 |

A Trip to the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Samantha Cockburn, Medical Elective Student with the Safidy programme, Madagascar I’m Sam, a final year medical student currently studying … Continue reading →

Posted in UK | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, community health, conservation, environment, Family Planning, maternal health, safidy, 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 |

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 |

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 |

Island Life: Monitoring Nesting Turtles in the Barren Isles

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Olivier Raynaud, Maintirano & Barren Isles Project Coordinator, Madagascar Among the variety of natural riches that can be found in … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar, Maintirano | Tagged alternative livelihoods, Barren Isles, blue ventures, conservation, environment, fishing, malagasy, sustainable, turtle, Vezo |

Saving Mozambique’s dugongs

Posted on 19 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Dr Garth Cripps, Senior Conservation Scientist & Forest Carbon Finance Specialist, Madagascar Walking down the lively streets of Vilanculos and Inhassoro … Continue reading →

Posted in International Conferences | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, conservation, dugong, fishing, manatee |

Addressing Population Dynamics in the Global Context

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Dr Vik Mohan, Director of Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme, UK Late last year, I flew out to a … Continue reading →

Posted in International Conferences | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, community health, conservation, COP, environment, fishing, maternal health, MDG, reproductive rights, sexual health, sustainable |

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