19 JUN
categories: Madagascar Toliara

Mapping the octopus: road tripping south of Toliara

by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar On a recent trip to the south of Toliara I seem to have … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar

Feom’bezo (the Voice of the Vezo) radio show

The Velondriake Management Committee works hard to keep the community informed about its many conservation activities, and how these benefit … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar

Earlier this week, the two mangrove reserves opened again to legal harvest…

By Kame Westerman, Velondriake MPA Project Coordinator. Mangroves are important habitats for juvenile fish, crabs, shrimp and sea cucumbers. Mangrove forests … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

A sustainable slaughter

By Kame Westerman, Project Coordinator, Andavadoaka. For the Velondriake equivalent of the glorious 12th, the opening of the Nosy Hao … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

The festival of Vezo Aho was the culmination of a year long social marketing project …

By Jessie Scurfield. The festival of Vezo Aho was the culmination of a year long social marketing project which uses … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

What is Andavadoaka about?

by Daniella Sachs. As I sit on the porch writing this, the almost full moon casts it light on the waves crashing gently on the shore in front of the hut. In the background I can hear the vibrant Gasy music playing at the epibar as I search for the words to describe my experience in Andavadoaka… Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

King of the Barbie!

By Steve Richards. Thursday brings us to another blog day and to the end of the fourth of the strange 6 day weeks we operate on here… Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar

A white girl fisherman!

By Daniella Sachs. One of the most incredible experiences I have had so far was my trip south with Thomas, a former Malagasy shark fisherman who now runs the Turtle and Shark Research Project for BV… Continue reading