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Sir David AttenboroughRenowned naturalist, broadcaster and presenter of the BBC's Madagascar series

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Blue Ventures does magnificent work, helping local communities and offering extraordinary volunteering opportunities that you'll remember for the rest of your life.

Simon ReeveAdventurer, author and presenter of the BBC's Indian Ocean series

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18

Aug

Blog: 4 take home messages from the International Congress for Conservation Biology

Belize Country Coordinator Jennifer Chapman distills her thoughts on why interdisciplinary skills are a must for effective conservation.

16

Aug

Google Earth: This is Home

Blue Ventures partnered with Google Earth to help capture and tell the story of a home in southwest Madagascar.

03

Aug

Blog: Helping Babies Breathe: one year on

Volunteer medic Emily Clark returns to Velondriake to help improve the training and coverage of neonatal resuscitation in public health centres.

31

Jul

Madagascar PHE Network: Celebrating 3 years!

Three years ago today, a diverse group of health and environmental actors came together and decided to establish… the Madagascar PHE Network!

26

Jul

Blog: Conserving the Bay of Assassins: the story so far

From village meetings to mangrove mud, this is the story of three years of effort from coastal communities to protect the mangroves of the Bay of Assassins in southwest Madagascar.

25

Jul

DW: Madagascar: No more fish? We'll farm seaweed instead

DW recently published a piece about the impacts of declining fish stocks and climate change on coastal communities in Madagascar, and the alternative livelihoods that these communities are turning to as fishing becomes unsustainable.