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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 |

We all agree that the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is in poor health… but it could be worse!

Posted on 9 January 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Jennifer Chapman, Country Coordinator, Belize All too often research efforts undertaken by organisations and individuals are not shared. Beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in Belize | Tagged beach, belize, blue ventures, Climate Change, conservation, coral, diving, environment, fish, mangrove, sea cucumbers, volunteer |

Asian Delights

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Blue Ventures
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This is part 2 of the blog series on our recent trip to Hong Kong for the annual Seafood Summit. … Continue reading →

Posted in International Conferences | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, conservation, environment, fish, fishing, malagasy, sea cucumbers, Shark |

War and Peace: Talking about the Barren Isles

Posted on 24 August 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Olivier Raynaud, Maintirano & Barren Isles Project Coordinator, Madagascar I’ve just arrived in the little town of Maintirano as … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar, Maintirano | Tagged alternative livelihoods, Barren Isles, beach, blue ventures, conservation, environment, fish, fishing, maintirano, sea cucumbers, turtle, Vezo |

Sea cucumbers paving the way to education

Posted on 4 July 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Fran Humber, Conservation Programmes Manager, London Working from the London office of Blue Ventures, it can be easy to … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged aquaculture, beach, blue ventures, conservation, Education, sea cucumbers, seaweed, sustainable |

Life’s A Beach ….And Then You Die!

Posted on 25 June 2012 by Blue Ventures

by Steve Richards, 2 week Belize trip volunteer They came here in June, expedition 18, The first of its kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Belize | Tagged beach, belize, blue ventures, conservation, coral, diving, fish, sea cucumbers, Shark, 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 |

2012 – Year of the Sea Cucumber

Posted on 1 March 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Antoine Rougier, Aquaculture Project Coordinator, Madagascar With a growing cycle of 8 to 12 months, Holothuria scabra or sea … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, aquaculture, blue ventures, conservation, farming, fishing, sale, sea cucumbers, sustainable, Velondriake |

See the sea cucumbers come out at night

Posted on 2 November 2011 by Blue Ventures
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By Harry Harty, Blue Ventures volunteer, Madagascar As a non-diving volunteer my 12 weeks here at Andavadoaka are being spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged sea cucumbers, tampolove |

Another generation of sea cucumbers for Tampolove!

Posted on 5 October 2011 by Blue Ventures
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By Antoine Rougier, Aquaculture Project Coordinator, Madagascar The 26th of September was another successful day for the Velondriake Locally Managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar | Tagged aquaculture, sea cucumbers |

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