Blue Ventures conservationist becomes the first Malagasy national to achieve PADI Instructor certification |
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:00 |
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Blue Ventures is proud to announce that Georges ‘Bic' Manahira, a conservationist at its groundbreaking research site in Andavadoaka, southwest Madagascar and the longest serving member of staff on site has recently been certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) as Madagascar's first Open Water Scuba Instructor.
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Velondriake, which means “to live with the sea” in Malagasy, is the largest network of community-run coastal and marine protected zones in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). We, the Vezo fishing community, share a common goal: to manage our natural resources sustainably.
And we are achieving this by protecting the region’s unique marine environment, and creating sustainable livelihoods through protected fisheries, ecotourism, aquaculture and conservation. |
The ROGER SAMBA Program for Higher Education in Marine Conservation. |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 16:11 |
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The ROGER SAMBA Program for Higher Education in Marine Conservation..
The J. Paul Getty Award, established in 1974 as The Getty Prize and described by US president Ronald Reagan as ‘the Nobel Prize for conservation', recognises outstanding leadership in conservation. The award recognises achievement in three annually rotating categories: political leadership, scientific leadership, and community leadership in conservation. (Lire en Francais)
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Velondriake makes first permanent reserve closures |
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Monday, 14 September 2009 09:46 |
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Over the 14th and 15th of September, the Velondriake community will formally announce the first permanent No Take Zone (NTZ) closures in the Velondriake MPA. The permanent closures of these reserve will prevent any and all extractive activity from taking place within their boundaries and represents another large step made by the communities within Velondriake to sustainable management of their marine resources. These reserves will complement the temporary NTZ closures employed so successfully in Velondriake since 2004.
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Overfishing in Madagascar (Reuters) |
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Saturday, 18 July 2009 00:00 |
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Andavadoaka, 18 July 2009 (Reuters) The Vezo are a community in south-west Madagascar who have depended on the sea for centuries, catching fish to eat and to trade for other food like rice.
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