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Tag Archives: tortoise

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 |

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 |

Rediscovering Malagasy wildlife

Posted on 29 February 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar I have become a city girl again. My move to Toliara, the capital … Continue reading →

Posted in Madagascar, Toliara | Tagged bird, Bird watching, blue ventures, conservation, environment, fady, locust, Radiated Tortoise, research, tortoise |

Record numbers of critically endangered tortoise counted by Blue Ventures

Posted on 1 February 2012 by Blue Ventures
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by Shanta Barley, Field Scientist, Madagascar When Ryan Walker, a biologist based at the Open University, and his team crawled … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged conservation, environment, tortoise |

Velondriake community members and Blue Ventures begin tortoise monitoring

Posted on 20 October 2010 by Blue Ventures
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By Kame Westerman, Velondriake MPA Project Coordinator. The unique spiny forest thicket of southwestern Madagascar is home to the critically … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged conservation, environment, tortoise |

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