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- Assessing the status of methods for detecting mangrove degradation through geospatial analysis
- Sustainable harvest of mangroves in Madagascar
- Measuring the impacts of mangrove REDD+ activities on biodiversity in the Tsiribihina Delta, Madagascar
- Assessing the status of methods for modelling future deforestation scenario
- Analysis of the agents, drivers and underlying causes of mangrove deforestation in Madagascar’s NW
- Mangrove forest regeneration after harvesting and the associated changes in carbon stocks
- Deciphering the dynamics of fish recruitment on reefs in Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve (BELIZE)
- Measuring the impacts of mangrove REDD+ activities on biodiversity in NW Madagascar
- Study on status and trends of octopus fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean
- Effectiveness of community-based marine aquaculture in Western Indian Ocean: what can be learned from past and present, successes and failures in order to further development
- Analysis of the agents, drivers and underlying causes of mangrove deforestation in the Tsiribihina Delta
- Changes in mangrove carbon stocks associated with natural die-off
- Assessing the feasibility of a mangrove REDD+ project in Northern Belize
- Study of national octopus fishery status and trends in Madagascar
- A study of local farmer income over the course of the aquaculture programme since 2007
- Multi-criteria analysis for the definition of REDD+ project leakage belt
- Value chain analysis of charcoal production in Madagascar’s NW coast
- Understanding population dynamics in relation to the effectiveness of management for protected areas
- Alternative fuel-wood plantations to prevent leakage of mangrove REDD+ activities
- Using remote sensing to assess the design of Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve at the seascape level (BELIZE)
- Migration of inland peoples to coastal environments in the Mikea forest
- Analysis of growth rates of hatchery-reared holothurians (Holothuria scabra) in community-managed aquaculture farms
- Analysis of urban charcoal markets in Madagascar’s NW coast.
- Describing community structure of reef fish within seagrass, mangrove and reef habitats: using ecological data to evaluate management effectiveness of Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (BELIZE)
- Comprehensive assessment of the seagrass meadows of the Velondriake LMMA and their value for blue carbon projects
- Measuring the impacts of mangrove REDD+ activities on biodiversity in Velondriake, Madagascar
- Analysis of the drivers, evolution and impacts of the demographic pressure on the Barren Isles ecosystems
- Identifying and deriving spatial surrogates for the primary drivers of mangrove deforestation
- Madagascar as a case of study for red seaweed farming implementation in the WIO
- The effects of short-term spatial-temporal closures of mangrove areas on fish populations
- The effects of temporary mangrove fisheries closures on abundance and size distribution in populations of the mud crab Scylla serrata
- Home range size and site fidelity of mud crabs Scylla serrata in the Menabe region, Madagascar
- (Maintirano, Madagascar) Feasibility study of sea cucumber/seaweed farming
- (Maintirano, Madagascar) The assessment of the sea cucumber fishery of the Barren Isles using Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment (PARfish) methods
- (Maintirano, Madagascar) An inventory of the bird species on the Barren Isles, West Madagascar
- (Madagascar) The analysis of historic and present day agents, drivers and underlying causes of mangrove degradation and deforestation in Madagascar at the national, regional and local level
- (Madagascar) The analysis of historic and present day mangrove sets in Madagascar at the national, regional and local level
- (Madagascar) Can community-based data collectors play an important role in eliminating the data deficiency in artisanal and traditional fisheries in Madagascar?
- (Madagascar) The potential ecological and fisheries impacts of beach seine net fishing in SW Madagascar
- (Madagascar) Testing the “depth refuge hypothesis” for Octopus cyanea
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- Blue Ventures launches a fundraising campaign to support 200 scholars in southwest Madagascar
- Letter from 217 civil groups to EU Fisheries Ministers
- Blue Ventures responds to tropical cyclone Haruna in southwest Madagascar
- Blue Ventures launches a tenth anniversary competition on Facebook to win a volunteering expedition to Belize or Madagascar
- Blue Ventures needs you: Join us to show your support for the creation of 127 Marine Conservation Zones in England on the 25th February!
- Blue Ventures is a Finalist in the Katerva Awards
- Blue Ventures wins Best Volunteering Organisation at the British Youth Travel Awards
- Declare your support for our Oceans!
- Communities and biodiversity big winners in marine protected areas
- Thank you from everyone at Blue Ventures
- Blue Ventures receives SeaWeb Seafood Champions Award in Hong Kong
- New health centre opens on fifth anniversary of Blue Ventures' community health programme
- Local leaders from across the globe share local marine management expertise on a global stage
- Canoes to Korea: Community-Based Conservation at the World Conservation Congress
- Innovative fishery closures debut in Rodrigues
- The EU underpays Madagascar for access to fish
- Scholarships for community members to attend IUCN World Conservation Congress
- More than 70 nations, private companies and international organizations declare support for Global Partnership for Oceans
- Celebrating on World Sea Turtle Day
- Europeans call on their decision-makers to end overfishing
- Family planning support 'essential' for troubled planet, says Attenborough
- Groundbreaking integrated marine conservation and community health project to feature in BBC documentary
- Blue Ventures receives prestigious Darwin Initiative Grant
- Belize Protected Area Boosting Predatory Fish Populations But Herbivorous Fish Needed for Reef Recovery Still Lagging
- Marine turtle festival spreads up the west coast of Madagascar
- Blue Ventures Expeditions honoured as finalist in the British Youth Travel Awards
- Underwater explorers embark on voyage to chart marine diversity of threatened Indian Ocean coral archipelago
- Hundreds of fishers gather for opening of mangrove fishery reserves in western Madagascar
- Lancement du programme 'bourse d’études Roger Samba' 2011-2012
- Population 7 billion: enterprising approaches to making family planning available to all
- Comics for coastal conservation: launch of new educational resource for Indian Ocean communities
- UNICEF & Blue Ventures launch new partnership to connect coastal communities through innovative approach to youth education
- European Shark Week opens with call to "Make the PUSH" to protect Europe's sharks
- Scale matters but quality counts – NGOs and artisanal fishers rally for sustainable fisheries
- EU fisheries ministers must make the push to protect sharks
- New study highlights critical threats to Madagascar’s remotest coral reef archipelago
- International markets for seafood plunder Madagascar's marine resources
- Blue Ventures wins Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2011
- Marine turtle festival spreads conservation message in Velondriake
- Family Planning a 'Critical' Consideration for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation
- Blue Ventures named as a finalist in the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
- Young conservation leaders attend national workshop to discuss implications of climate change
- Insatiable Appetites Drive Madagascar’s Tortoises to Extinction
- Local marine management brings diverse benefits to coastal communities
- Blue Ventures competing in the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
- Towards a national plan for marine turtle conservation in Madagascar
- Vote for Blue Ventures in Geotourism Challenge 2011
- Local rules win the day for conservation in Madagascar
- Blue Ventures backs Blue Carbon solutions to Climate Change
- Madagascar conservationist receives Georgetown Masters for pioneering work in coastal conservation
- Thousands of turtles captured in Madagascar despite ban
- Blue Ventures wins Responsible Tourism Award 2010
- Empowering communities for conservation: your chance to vote for sustainable seas
- 28,500 people call on EU Fisheries Commissioner to put environment first
- UN Population Fund sponsors ‘hugely symbolic’ Madagascar conservation project
- The road ahead: scaling Blue Ventures' conservation successes
- Marine conservation training scholarship open for applications for 2010-11
- Blue Ventures announced as finalist for BBC World Challenge 2010
- Intrepid young Devon woman completes JOGLE for pioneering project
- Social marketing campaign reaches Madagascar Prime Minister
- Intrepid young woman walks a thousand miles for Madagascar development project
- Research highlights plight of Madagascar’s critically endangered spider tortoises
- A lifeline for hammerhead sharks
- Improving population health is an effective approach to conservation
- IUCN Young Conservationist Award
- Celebrating market-based solutions to marine conservation
- Blue Ventures conservationist becomes first Malagasy national to achieve PADI instructor certification
- Blue Ventures wins 2010 Conde Nast Environmental Award
- Responsible Tourism Awards 2009
- Statement - Local actions may be last hope for reefs
- The voyage of the Vezo - documenting Madagascar's indigenous coastal migration
- Developing world leads the way in protecting oceans
- Rare launches first conservation campaign in Madagascar with Blue Ventures
- Making marine reserves talk
- Blue Ventures contributes to the new Google Earth
- Coastal communities cash in on lucrative love medicine
- Successful Bid to Change Lives in Madagascar
- Blue Ventures honoured at two major industry awards
- WWF announces 2008 winner of prestigious Getty award named "The Nobel Prize for Conservation."
- Rapid expansion of locally-managed marine conservation in Madagascar
- First hatching of Green Turtles recorded in southwest Madagascar as a direct result of conservation efforts
- Blue Ventures selected as a Geotourism Finalist
- Andavadoaka honoured by UNDP Equator Prize
- BV presents keynote at environmental youth conference in Bermuda
- Industry watchdog Which? commends Blue Ventures’ Carbon Offset
- Top UK Marine Conservation Groups Join Forces for Coral Reef Campaign
- Blue Ventures and Aqua Lung Launch New Partnership to Protect Threatened Marine Habitats
- Blue Ventures Honoured by Responsible Tourism Awards for Marine Eco-trips to Madagascar
- Blue Ventures Discusses Conservation and Exploration at Royal Geographical Society’s Explore 2007
- Blue Ventures Carbon Offsetting Programme Signs up Three New Clients
- Blue Ventures and Coral Cay Respond to Debate over Gap Year and Volunteer Aid Projects
- Blue Ventures Teaches Children About Marine Life and Conservation At London Aquarium
- Blue Ventures Director wins Social Entrepreneur Award
- Andavadoaka Village in Madagascar Wins United Nations Equator Prize for Community Conservation
- Blue Ventures Launches Carbon Offsetting Fund to Fight Climate Change and Help Local Communities
- The Village of Andavadoaka Named Finalists in the United Nations Equator Prize
- New Study Shows Marine Protected Areas Can Increase Productivity of Fishing Industry
- New James Bond Film Brings Blue Ventures Alum to the Big Screen
- Blue Ventures Wins “Highly Commended” Honours in the Enterprising Young Brits Awards - Chancellor Gordon Brown leads ceremonies recognizing young entrepreneurs
- Blue Ventures Honoured by Responsible Tourism Awards for Work with Volunteers in Madagascar
- Blue Ventures Launches New Shark Monitoring Programme in Southwest Madagascar
- Marine Expedition in Madagascar Discovers Severe Damage to Coral Reefs from Rising Sea Temperatures
- Blue Ventures Turns Three!
- Blue Ventures Placed on Shortlist for Two Social Responsibility Awards
- Blue Ventures Releases New Study of Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Vezo People of Madagascar
- New “Birds of Andavadoaka” Guide Now Available
- Blue Ventures Assists Research Expedition to Chagos Archipelago
- Blue Ventures Represents United Kingdom in Global Youth Delegation Attending UN Climate Change Negotiations in Canada
- Blue Ventures’ Founders Receive Special Commendation at Enterprising Young Brits Awards - Chancellor Gordon Brown Leads Ceremonies for Award Winners
- Blue Ventures’ Volunteer Launches International Letter Exchange Programme Between Students in United States and Madagascar
- Blue Ventures Discusses Community Conservation at World Youth Congress in Scotland
- Hundreds Turn Out to Take Advantage of Large Octopus Catches During Reopening of Andavadoaka’s First Community-run Octopus No-take Zone
- Blue Ventures Leads Beach Clean-up Competition In Madagascar for World Environment Day
- Blue Ventures Wins Prestigious SEED Award from the United Nations and World Conservation Union
- Blue Ventures Launches New Malagasy Scholarship Programme to Promote Conservation Awareness
- Blue Ventures and partner shortlisted for SEED Awards
- Blue Ventures Honoured by the Responsible Travel Awards
- In the media
- Guardian Newspaper: Lasting Progress in Conservation depends on cross sector synergies by Dr Alasdair Harris
- Population Matters Magazine: The Women Are Waiting, Conservation through Reproductive Health Service Provision by Taylor Mayol
- International Lifestyle Magazine: Time to embrace integration by Tess Shellard
- Climate change threatens lives, livelihoods of those dependent on oceans
- Comment la pêche européenne lèse Madagascar
- Diving and conservation with Blue Ventures in Belize on YourTravelChoice.org
- A sea of riches: Coastal waters could feed many more Africans, but need better protection
- Trouble has Eight Limbs
- Sustainable fisheries net US$100,000 award
- Madagascar fishermen protect mangroves to save jobs
- Marine Stewardship Council and Blue Ventures - Collaboration in action
- Fast Company - How to save fish? It takes a village
- SWARA magazine - To live with the Sea in Madagascar
- Balanced newsletter - Livelihoods and PHE in the Velondriake locally managed marine area in Madagascar
- BV's Lalao Aigrette - An IUCN natural born hero
- Newsweek...Inspired action
- CNN -Eco-paradise caught between development and the deep blue sea
- International lifestyle magazine- A future Maintained
- Expatriate Lifestyle- The Dragon Princess Unbound
- Otago Daily Times- A deeper understanding
- International Lifestyle Magazine - Strides in the right Direction
- International Lifestyle Magazine - Pressure Point
- TV5 - Coup de pouce por la planete
- Africa Geographic magazine - All at Sea
- Developments Magazine - Madagascar Marine Ecology
- Condé Nast Traveler 2010 Environment Award
- National Geographic Traveler - Tours of a Lifetime: 50 of the World's Best Trips!
- National Geographic Adventure - The 25 Best Adventure Travel Trips
- Marie Claire - 10 Best Eco Travel Holidays
- BV researcher's visit to Fiji makes history
- BV Fiji features in launch issue of new US travel magazine
- Overfishing in Madagascar (Reuters)
- Malagasy conservation campaign acclaimed by Rare
- BV volunteer wins top prize in national photography contest
- Blue Ventures named in Top 50 Ecotourism Websites
- Taking a step back in time
- For the environment
- Conserving Madagascar's Coast
- IRINnews.org - Too few sharks is a bad thing
- Malagasy conservationist receives award for work with no-take areas
- Malagasy fishermen find ways to protect their livelihoods
- Marine Pollution Bulletin - Malagasy turtle success
- Wildlife Extra - First hatching of Green turtles in southwest Madagascar as a direct result of conservation efforts
- Telegraph.co.uk - Gap Year Directory
- IRINnews.org - Family Planning in Andavadoaka supported by Blue Ventures
- IRINnews.org - Des objectifs de planification familiale ambitieux
- Challenger - Etre Malgache aujourd'hui
- Africa Geographic - An Octopus's Garden
- Our eco-heroes of tomorrow
- Royal Gazette Bermuda
- New York Times - Travelling the World to Help Save It
- Responsible Travel Magazine - Responsible Travel Awards
- Shark fishing in Madagascar
- Sport Diver - A Community Lifeline
- Reuters - Octopus study shows way to save fish stocks
- National Geographic News - Madagascar Reefs May Hold Keys to Rebirth, Despite Bleaching
- Our awards
- Katerva Awards Finalist in Ecosystem Conservation Category 2012
- British Youth Travel Awards 2012
- British Youth Travel Awards, 2011
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2010
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2009
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2008
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2007
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2006
- Skål International Eco-tourism Awards, 2006
- Responsible Tourism Awards, 2004
- Buckminster Fuller Challenge, 2011
- Observer Ethical Awards, runner-up 2010
- IUCN Young Conservationist Award, 2010
- Condé Nast Traveler Environmental Award, 2009
- Equator Prize (United Nations Development Programme), 2007
- United Nations SEED Award (UNDP, UNEP, IUCN), 2005
- Camden & Islington Business Awards (CIBAs), 2011
- Ashoka and National Geographic Geotourism Challenge, 2010
- Al Harris named one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs, 2009
- Finalist, Ashoka and National Geographic Geotourism Challenge, 2008
- Enterprising Young Brits Awards, 2005 and 2006
- Responsible practices
- Blog
- Radio interviews
- BBC Radio Interviews about the value of Gap Years - August 2012
- Radio France International - Wind of change in Andavadaoka
- Radio France International
- Buckminster Fuller Challenge finalist
- Madagascar's sea nomads
- Alternative livelihoods for fisherwomen
- Interview with Al Harris, National Geographic Weekender
- Interview with Roger Samba, winner of the WWF Getty Award
- Interview with Becky Hill (Radio Reverb)
- Climate Change in Andavadoaka
- Andavadoaka, winners of the UNDP Equator prize (BBC World Service)
- BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage
- Bird song in Andavadoaka
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