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Marine conservation training scholarship open for applications for 2010-11

  • Tuesday, 27 July 2010 00:00
27 July 2010. The WWF J. Paul Getty Award, 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.

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Blue Ventures announced as finalist for BBC World Challenge 2010

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  • Thursday, 22 July 2010 00:00
LONDON, 22 July 2010. Marine conservation organisation, Blue Ventures is one of 12 finalists competing for this year's prestigious World Challenge award, an international competition organised by BBC World News and Newsweek magazine to champion projects showing enterprise and innovation at a grassroots level.

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Intrepid young Devon woman completes JOGLE for pioneering project

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2010 00:00
LAND'S END, 5 July 2010. An intrepid young woman from Exeter has completed an epic journey. Tess Shellard has trekked 1293 miles over 54 consecutive days from John o'Groats to Land's End - the entire length of the UK - to raise £10,000 for a network of family planning clinics in remote villages in southern Madagascar.

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Social marketing campaign reaches Madagascar Prime Minister

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  • Monday, 05 July 2010 00:00
TULEAR, 2 July 2010. Madagascar’s national media turned its attention to the coastal city of Toliara on 2nd July as the country’s Prime Minister and 16 government ministers descended on the regional capital for the inauguration of the Ministry of Fisheries’ new regional headquarters.

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Intrepid young woman walks a thousand miles for Madagascar development project

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  • Friday, 07 May 2010 00:00
EXETER, 7 May 2010. An intrepid young woman from Exeter is preparing for an epic journey. Tess Shellard is trekking 1293 miles over 54 consecutive days from John O’Groats to Land’s End – the entire length of the UK - to raise £10,000 for a network of family planning clinics in remote villages is southern Madagascar.

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Research highlights plight of Madagascar’s critically endangered spider tortoises

  • Monday, 26 April 2010 00:00
ANTANANARIVO, 26 April 2010. A team of researchers working with Blue Ventures is calling for urgent action to protect one of the world’s most endangered reptiles.

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A lifeline for hammerhead sharks

  • Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00
LONDON 12th March 2010. Proposals will be made this week to prohibit international trade in the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, and seven other shark species.

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Improving population health is an effective approach to conservation

  • Monday, 01 March 2010 00:00
LONDON 1st March 2010. Meeting an unmet need for contraceptive services in the world’s poorest areas is an effective approach to conservation, the director of a family planning project told global leaders in London today.

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IUCN Young Conservationist Award

  • Wednesday, 24 February 2010 00:00

London, 24th February 2010. "Coastal Conservation offers survival for the poor” - Blue Ventures marine scientist wins international award for conservation Blue Ventures.

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Celebrating market-based solutions to marine conservation

  • Monday, 22 February 2010 00:00

California, 9-10th February 2010. Blue Ventures has been warmly welcomed at the 16th Katoomba meeting focusing on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the marine environment.

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Blue Ventures conservationist becomes first Malagasy national to achieve PADI instructor certification

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  • Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:00

London, 27th January 2010. 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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Blue Ventures wins 2010 Conde Nast Environmental Award

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  • Monday, 02 November 2009 00:00

London, 2nd November 2009. In 2003, Blue Ventures set out on an ambitious mission: to demonstrate that responsible tourism can be a powerful engine for sustainable, targeted conservation.

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Responsible Tourism Awards 2009

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  • Wednesday, 28 October 2009 00:00

London, 28th October 2009 Blue Ventures has been short-listed in The Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2009, organised by responsibletravel.com.

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Statement - Local actions may be last hope for reefs

  • Tuesday, 08 September 2009 15:35

London, 7th September 2009 Grassroots coral reef conservation can postpone the collapse of whole ecosystems but for how long?

 

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The voyage of the Vezo - documenting Madagascar's indigenous coastal migration

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  • Tuesday, 02 June 2009 15:35

Blue Ventures has recently completed an ambitious expedition to document the contemporary migration of indigenous fishing communities in Madagascar.

 

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