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Blue Ventures, project partners and independent science teams are continually producing reports and publications about research, conservation and education in the Andavadaoka region, southwest Madagascar.

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Research Reports 2011

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Biomass and Abundance of Herbivorous Fishes on Coral Reefs off Andavadoaka, Western Madagascar

2011

Vincent, I.V, Hincksman, C.M, Tibbets, I.R and Harris, A.

Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. Vol 10, No 1, pp 83-99   

 

 

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Reconstruction of total marine fisheries catches for Madagascar (1950-2008)

2011

Le Manach, F., Gough, C., Humber, F., Harper, S. and Zeller, D.

Fisheries catch reconstructions: Islands, Part II. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia

 

 

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Bacalar Chico: Belize Barrier Reef's northernmost marine reserve

2011

Ateweberhan, M., Chapman, J., Humber, F., Harris, A., Jones, N.

Too Precious to Drill: the Marine Biodiversity of Belize. Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia

 

 

FCWP2011-04 LeManachetal-1-1

Who gets what? Developing a new framework for EU fisheries partnership agreements by example of Madagascar 

2011

Le Manach, F., Harper, S., Harris, A., Hosch, G., Lange, G., McCrea-Strub, A., Zeller, D., Sumaila, U.R.

Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia

 

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Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve 2010: a survey of the coral reefs in Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve, Belize

2011

Jones, N., Ateweberhan, M., Chapman, J., Humber, F., & Gough, C.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Report on the workshop for the adoption of a management and conservation plan for marine turtles in Madagascar

2011

Humber, F., & Hykle, D.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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3-year-report-FINAL-1

Velondriake Region Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Project: Year 3 Report

2011

Hill, R., Mohan, V.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Balanced Newsletter v1 3-1

Livelihoods and PHE in the Velondriake Locally Managed Marine Area in Madagascar

2011

Westerman, K.

BALANCED

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Sauer-et-al

Assessment of current data for the octopus resource in Rodrigues, western Indian Ocean

2011

Sauer, WHH., Potts, W., Raberinary, D., Anderson, J., & Sylvio Perrine, M.

African Journal of Marine Science

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Managing Madagascar's octopus fisheries. Proceedings of the Workshop on Octopus cyanea fisheries

2011

Benbow, S., Harris, A., & Humber, F.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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To Live With the Sea: Reproductive Health Care and Marine Conservation in Madagascar

2011

Mohan, V., Hill, R., Harris, A.

The Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars

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Out of sight but no longer out of mind: a climate of change for marine conservation in Madagascar

2011

Harris, A.

Madagascar Conservation and Development

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To live with the sea in Madagascar

2011

Cripps, G.

SWARA

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tn_barrenisles

Feasibility study on the protection and management of the Barren Isles ecosystem, Madagascar

2011

Cripps, G.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Unreported_fishing_2011

Unreported fishing, hungry people and political turmoil: the recipe for a food security crisis in Madagascar?

2011

Le Manach, F., Gough, C., Harris, A., Humber, F., Harper, S., & Zelle, D.

Marine Policy

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Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes

2011

Mora et al.

PLoS Biology

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Research Reports 2010

Andriamalala_and_Gardner_utilisation_of_dina_cover

L'utilisation du dina comme outil de gouvernance des ressources naturelles : leçons tirés de Velondriake, sud-ouest de Madagascar

2010

Andriamalala, G. and Gardner C. J.

Tropical Conservation Science

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Foraging

Foraging for Development: a Comparison of Food
insecurity, Production, and risk among Farmers,
Forest Foragers, and marine Foragers in
Southwestern madagascar

2010

Tucker, B., Tsimitamby, B., Humber, F., Benbow, S., & Iida, T.

Human Organization

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schools_scholarship_2010

Blue Ventures Primary and Secondary School Scholarship Programme 2009-2010

2010

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Humber_et_al

Using community members to assess artisanal fisheries: the marine turtle fishery in Madagascar

2010

Humber, F., Godley, B. J., Ramahery, V.,  & Broderick A. C.

Animal Conservation

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Reef_encounter

Safeguarding temperature loggers
on remote coral reefs – lessons
learned from relocating loggers in
the Chagos archipelago

2010

Harris, A., Gibbs, R., Schleyer, J., Taylor, K., Sheppard, C.,

REEF ENCOUNTER Newsletter of the International Society for Reef Studies

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Madagascar_tortoise_survey_2_page_1

The South West Madagascar Tortoise Survey Project

2010

Walker, R.C.J.,

End of phase 2 preliminary report to donors and supporters

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Provisional summary report; the south west Madagascar tortoise survey project

2010

Walker, R., and Rafeliarisoa, T.

Report to project partners, funders and in-country conservation agencies

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Atoll_Research_Front_Page2

Demise of Madagascar's once great barrier reef - change in coral reef condition over 40 years

2010

Harris, A., Manahira, G., Sheppard, A., Gough, C., and Sheppard, C.

Atoll Research Bulletin

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Research Reports 2009

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Velondriake_Front_Page

Community creation and management of the Velondriake marine protected area

2009

Cripps, G., and Harris, A.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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migration

Understanding migration amongst the traditional fishers of West Madagascar

2009

Cripps, G.,

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Vezo Fishing:

An introduction to the methods used by fishers in Andavadoaka, Southwest Madagascar

2009

Gough, C., Thomas, T., Humber, F., Harris, A., Cripps, G., and Peabody, S.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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From hatchery to community - Madagacar's first village based Holothurian Mariculture programme

2009

Robinson, G. and Pascal, B.

SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #29

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Biodiversity and health of coral reefs at pilot sites south of Toliara
WWF Southern Toliara Marine NaturalResource Management project MG 0910.01

2009

Gough, C., Harris, A., Humber, F. and Roy, R.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Providing sexual and reproductive health services for communities in Velondriake, southwest Madagascar: Project Development Plan 2009-2011

2009

Mohan, V

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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mapping-velondriake

Mapping Velondriake: the application of bathymetric and marine habitat mapping to support conservation planning, southwest Madagascar

2009

Roy, R., Dunn, S., Purkis, S.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Research Reports 2008

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BV_Socmon_07_Andriamalala

Évaluation socio-économique de base de l'Aire Protégée communautaire Velondriake, sud-ouest de Madagascar

2008

Andriamalala, G.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Carbon audit and management report, Blue Ventures UK and Madagascar

2008

La Trobe-Bateman, E.

BVCO report

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Villages of Andavadoaka, Madagascar: marine reserves for Octopus.

2008

United Nations

Innovation for Sustainable Development: Local Case Studies from Africa

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bv-research-report-weis-mangrove-2009

Rapid changes in fish utilisation of mangrove habitat in Western Madagascar

2008

Weis, J., Weis, P., MacDonald, J.and Pearson L.

Wetlands Ecology Management

Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 345-354

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Status and Recovery of the Coral Reefs of the Chagis Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory

2008

Harris, A and Sheppard, C

CORDIO Status report 2008

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Socioeconomic Monitoring Initiative for Velondriake Community Managed Protected Area, Madagascar

2008

Andriamalala, G and Harris, A.

CORDIO Status report 2008

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Velondriake Ecotourism Plan

2008

Koopman, M.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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An assessment of the migratory flow of Megaptera novaeangliae along the southwest coast of Madagascar

2008

Benbow, S.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Establishing a Family Planning Service for the Community of Andavadoaka: 12-month Report

2008

Mohan, V.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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environmental-education

Environmental Education in Andavadoaka, Madagascar: Building Community Support and Capacity for Conservation

2008

Foerstel, K.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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The artisanal shark fisheries in the Andavadoaka region of south  west Madagascar: results from a year of catch monitoring

The artisanal shark fisheries in the Andavadoaka region of south west Madagascar: results from a year of catch monitoring

2008

Humber, F., Godley, B., Harris, A., Pedron, S., Ramehery, V., Broderick, A.

Blue Ventures Conservation & Marine Turtle Research Group, Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter.

In English

Research Reports 2007

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Traditional_fishers_of_Antongil_Bay

Traditional Fisheries of Antongil Bay, Madagascar

2007

P. Doukakis, M. Jonahson, V. Ramahery, B.J. de Dieu Randriamanantsoa and S. Harding

Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 175–181, 200

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Community attitudes and perceptions of marine and coastal resources and sustainable management in southwest Madagascar.

2007

Epps, M. and Benbow, S.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Analysis of the water resources in the rural village of Andavadoaka, S.W. Madagascar, with the objective of designing a sanitation programme using biogas technology

2007

King, K. G.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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The Status of Coral Reefs in the Remote Region of Andavadoaka, Southwest Madagascar

2007

Nadon M.-O., Griffiths D., Doherty E. and Harris A.

Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science

Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 207–218

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Inventory and Spatial Assemblage Study of Reef Fish in the Area of Andavadoaka, South-West Madagascar (Western Indian Ocean)

2007

C.J. Gillibrand1, A.R. Harris1 and E. Mara2

1Blue Ventures Conservation, 52 Avenue Road, London, N6 5DR, UK;

2Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), B.P. 141 – Route du Port, Toliara 601, Madagascar

Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science

Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 183–197

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"To live with the Sea" Development of the Velondriake Community - Managed Protected Area Network, Southwest Madagascar

2007

Alasdair Harris

Madagascar Conservation & Development

Vol. 2 (Issue 1), pp. 43-49

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Boiling Point nr 54-2007-30

Marine conservation and energy efficient stoves?

2007

La Trobe Bateman, E. and Vetter, H. 

Boiling Point: Climate Change and Household Energy

No. 54 pp 28 - 30

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Three Women engaged in the Blue Ventures Conservation Velondriake Community Project

2007

Volanirina RAMAHERY, Eleonore, Christine

Madagascar Conservation & Development

Vol. 2 (Issue 1), pp. 50-51

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Report

Ny Tetikasa Andavadoaka 'Velondriake' – "Mivelona amin'ny Ranomasina"

(The Andavadoaka Project 'Velondriake' – To Live with the Sea)

2007

Harris, A

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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A Socioeconomic Baseline Assessment: Implementing the socioeconomic monitoring guidelines in southwest Madagascar

2007

Epps, M.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Vezo Knowledge: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Andavadoaka,  south west Madagascar

Vezo Knowledge: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Andavadoaka, south west Madagascar

2007

Blue Ventures Conservation

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Andavadoaka, SW Madagascar; Community Run Marine Reserve by Blue  Ventures

Andavadoaka, south west Madagascar - Comunity Run Marine Reserve

2007

The Andavadoaka Community Representatives at the Equator Prize Ceremony, Berlin.

The coral reefs of Andavadoaka, south west Madagascar

The Coral Reefs of Andavadoaka, south west Madagascar

2007

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Research Reports 2006

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Seasonal Closures of No-Take Zones to promote A Sustainable Fishery for Octopus Cyanea (Gray) in South
West Madagascar

2006

Humber, F., Harris, A., Raberinary, D., Nadon, M.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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report

Vezo Knowledge: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Andavadoaka, southwest Madagascar

2006

Langley, J. M.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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report

The 2004-2005 census of Andavadoaka, southwest Madagascar

2006

Langley, J. M.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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report

Evolution de la collecte de poulpe sur la côte Sud Ouest de Madagascar: elements de réflexion pour une meilleure
gestion des ressources

(Changes in octopus fishery collections on the SW coast of Madagascar: Observations for sustainable resource management)

2006

L'Haridon, Loic

Copefrito SA & Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Blue Ventures Octopus Policy Brief: Fr

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Coral Reef Monitoring and Biodiversity Assessment to support the planning of a proposed MPA at Andavadoaka

2006

Harding, S.1, Randriamanantsoa, B.1, Hardy, T.2 and Curd, A.2

1Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Program, BP 8500 Soavimbahoaka, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
2Blue Ventures, 52 Avenue Road, London, UK.


Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Research Reports 2005

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The coral reefs of Andavadoaka, southwest Madagascar

2005

Nadon, M.-O., Griffiths, D. and Doherty, E.

Blue Ventures Conservation Report

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Dispositif de Concentration des Poisons

Dispositif de Concentration des Poisons (Rafitra apetraka manintona Fia)

2005

Blue Ventures Conservation

MPA Poster

Implementation of Nosy Fasy (Ankereo) Marine Protected Area

2005

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