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Blue Ventures’ Dive and Science Assistants in Timor-Leste have achieved PADI Divemaster certification and are now inspiring locally led conservation efforts in their communities. Read the full post: Amos and Mima: the journey to Divemaster

Blue Ventures trustee Fran Humber reflects on the changes she saw during her 13 years as a staff member. Read the full post: Value and connection: five moments of personal and professional change

Njaka and Nantenaina travel to Rwanda to find that they're not alone in seeing the links between family planning and environmental conservation. Read the full post: Family planning: a holistic issue

Locally led marine management inspiring hope for the future in Comoros Read the full post: A better life, together

Zo Andriamahenina left northwest Madagascar for Sunnyvale, California, to attend Google’s Geo for Good User Summit and learn more about how Google’s tools can help with natural resource management. Read the full post: Geo for Good: from Ambanja to Sunnyvale

IT professional Mark Jones decided that he needed to take a break from his day to day and do something completely different for a couple of months... Read the full post: Caribbean career break

Lessons from a pilot octopus fishery closure in Jambiani, Zanzibar Read the full post: Too big too soon

Since joining Blue Ventures, Christelle has successfully captured wild bee colonies and travelled the length of Madagascar to learn more about community-led beekeeping. Read the full post: Bees are friendly insects: launching beekeeping in southwest Madagascar

For three years, Blue Ventures has been working with stakeholders and communities in Tsimipaika Bay, northwest Madagascar, to develop an innovative, integrated and consensual Fisheries Management Plan. Read the full post: Fisheries management that works for everyone

Community-based monitoring groups in Timor-Leste are collecting fisheries data and raising women's voices in discussions about marine resource management. Read the full post: Using fisheries monitoring as a tool for empowering women in Timor-Leste