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As the plane loops down towards Timor-Leste\u2019s capital city Dili, I\u2019m surprised by how dry and brown this tropical island appears. \u201cWe\u2019re at the height of the dry season\u201d our new Country Coordinator, Greg<\/a>, tells me as he shoves my backpack and camera gear into his car at the airport. \u201cIn a month the rains will come, the hills will be green again, and it\u2019s a totally different place. At the moment everyone is getting cranky as the heat is building without respite.\u201d It\u2019s certainly a far cry from the cold, wet and rainy Manchester I left 36 hours before.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m in Timor-Leste<\/a> to collect images and video of our new base and to help get Greg up to speed with all things Blue Ventures. He\u2019s only been in his new role for 2 weeks and is already up to his ears in organising the impressive list of logistics required to get a new expedition base up and running. From beginning discussions and scoping locations for our new base site and offices, to ordering a research boat and dive equipment for planned marine surveys he has it all in progress and I\u2019m excited to lend a hand. We\u2019re also going to take the opportunity of my visit to meet with representatives from the various government ministries and project partners we\u2019ll be working with as things progress here to introduce our plans and build key relationships.<\/p>\n

Lying between its giant neighbours Australia and Indonesia, and bathed by the deep waters of the Banda and Timor seas, Timor-Leste sits at the heart of the Coral Triangle; an ocean region home to the highest diversity of marine life on earth with 76% of the world\u2019s coral species, 6 of the world\u2019s 7 marine turtle species, and at least 2,228 reef fish species described to date. The island\u2019s spectacular marine diversity and productivity has given the Timorese people a longstanding relationship with the ocean, with archaeological evidence dating back at least 42,000 years suggesting that Timor-Leste may be the crucible of humanity\u2019s tradition of fishing at sea.<\/p>\n

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\"LOGO<\/a>This is an extremely exciting new project for Blue Ventures, using our award winning expedition tourism model<\/a> to drive grassroots marine conservation action in this incredible biodiversity hotspot. We\u2019re initially here as a component of the GEF Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project<\/a>: \u201cEnhancing the conservation effectiveness of seagrass ecosystem supporting globally significant populations of dugongs across the indian and pacific ocean basins.\u201d As well as contributing data to habitat monitoring with partner organisations including Conservation International<\/a>, we\u2019re leading on a specific programme goal to incentivise community engagement in dugong and seagrass conservation in Timor-Leste through volunteer ecotourism.<\/p>\n

After three days of meetings in the heat of Dili (including enjoying an impressive 6.3R earthquake during lunch at the Australian Embassy) it\u2019s with huge anticipation that I\u2019m up before dawn and down to the harbour to get the boat across the Wetar Strait to Atauro Island. I\u2019ve been really looking forward to this part of my trip as Atauro will likely be the location that we\u2019ll base our expeditions.\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019ve read a lot about the island and I\u2019m excited about diving beneath the water to explore one of the hidden highlights of the Coral Triangle. The Wetar Strait is also world famous as a whale and dolphin hotspot so I had my camera poised as we slid out across the glass smooth waters.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately this wasn\u2019t to be my lucky day for cetaceans, but as we chugged slowly across the water and Atauro slowly appeared out of the haze (Indonesia\u2019s forest fires are causing some poor visibility even here) it was hard to feel anything but excitement. As we approached and followed the east coast of the island, Maria, a colleague from our local partner Empreza Di\u2019ak<\/a>, reeled off the names of the exotic sounding villages we were passing – Berau, Macelihu, Vila – as we discussed some of the challenges of working in these remote areas.<\/p>\n

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Over four days on Atauro we trekked overland from east to west coast, took a local longtail boat around the north end of the island (seeing spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris<\/em>) passing by just metres from the bow) and had many hours of talks with enthusiastic partners in the villages of Beloi, Adara and Uaro-ana amongst others. I also had the opportunity to enjoy diving the rich coral walls found just offshore and spent a few very enjoyable hours snorkelling above the seagrass bed off Beloi – no dugong sighting for me but there was a sighting\u00a0by a local fisherman while we were on the island. The challenges facing local fishing communities in Atauro are similar to other areas where we work, but the overall the feeling of collaboration and potential for our volunteer programme<\/a> to make an impact here is cause for great optimism.<\/p>\n

The boat trip back to Dili didn\u2019t disappoint this time with an incredible cetacean show with pods of Short-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus<\/em>) and Fraser\u2019s Dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei<\/em>) making an appearance within minutes of each other. The dolphins even joined the boat for a few minutes bow-riding – including a mother and calf – magic!<\/p>\n

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Back in Dili another four days of meetings await as we gradually build our new base in Timor-Leste. Greg won\u2019t be on his own for long as we start to build our team<\/a> here, and more of our staff from other countries will be continuing to visit over the coming months as we get ready for our first expedition in March 2016. If you like the idea of spending weeks in paradise contributing to a world class conservation project you can find out more and get involved here<\/a>. Take it from me, this is a truly extraordinary country, and you won\u2019t regret it!<\/p>\n

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We would like to thank our partners for their interest and support from our funders including\u00a0<\/i>the\u00a0GEF<\/span>\u00a0through UNEP under the\u00a0Dugong<\/span>\u00a0and Seagrass Project and Wilstar.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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