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Kwale fishermen ready for octopus commercial fishing
May 25, 2022
The Star in Kenya reports on an exchange between members of the communities of the village of Munje and Pate Island, both on the Kenyan coast.
The Star in Kenya reports on an exchange between members of the communities of the village of Munje and Pate Island, both on the Kenyan coast.
A new book called Flowers for Elephants by Peter Martell tells the stories of communities fighting climate change and poaching, while at the same time
When COVID-19 travel restrictions eased late last year we were excited about hosting representatives of Adeso, Secure Fisheries, and the Somali Greenpeace Foundation (SOGPA), Somalia, for a week-long learning exchange to Kenya.
Munje to Pate – the start of learning There was hope and excitement as nine community members, seven men, and two ladies from Munje in southeast Kenya, boarded a shuttle bus for a nine-hour journey to Lamu. Our mission was […]
In February, nine coastal communities from across Timor-Leste came together in Beto-Tasi for the biggest learning exchange ever organised by Blue Ventures in the country.
In Indonesia, our partners are bringing communities together to share their experiences of locally led fisheries management. These exchanges are known as ‘Anjangsana Mitra’.
“We all have two hands, so if they can manage their octopus fisheries, we can too”
In part two of his story, Zo Andriamahenina shares the experiences of communities in Mahajamba Bay, who are managing their natural marine resources, inspired by learning exchanges with other communities
The Small-Scale Fisheries Hub is a new online portal designed to promote more sustainable small-scale fisheries
In Timor-Leste, ecotourism is a growing trade and is enabling coastal communities to diversify their livelihoods. In the community of Beto Tasi new families are now opening the doors of their homestay businesses.
Homestays are a community based tourism model that allow visitors the opportunity to experience the daily life of their host family and interact with the lived experience of local communities.
First inspired by a set of exchange visits over 2017 and 2018 in Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Malaysia, Blue Ventures has co-created a homestay and community based tourism toolkit.
Blue Ventures has been working in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) with coastal communities in Zanzibar to diversify their fishing and farming activities by providing training and technical support in sea cucumber aquaculture.
After ten years of developing a model for community-based sea cucumber aquaculture with coastal fishing communities, Blue Ventures shared its knowledge outside of Madagascar for the first time at a learning exchange in Unguja, Zanzibar.
At an unprecedented gathering in Unguja, Zanzibar, Blue Ventures shared its expertise in community-based sea cucumber aquaculture.
On World Fisheries Day, a new best practice guide has been launched to help local communities reverse the accelerating loss of fish stocks in the tropics.
Community-based monitoring groups in Timor-Leste are collecting fisheries data and raising women’s voices in discussions about marine resource management.
Representatives of three organisations from northern Kenya joined Blue Ventures staff and partner communities in southwest Madagascar for a learning exchange on community-based conservation.
A learning exchange in Zanzibar has encouraged Comorian fisherwomen to form an association and organise a temporary fishery closure.
Four delegates from Colombia recently visited Belize to learn about market-based approaches to invasive lionfish control.
After making the five day journey from Maintirano, Toalidy spent a month with Blue Ventures’ Safidy team in Andavadoaka learning new ways to support remote coastal communities.
A new resource toolkit distills over a decade of learning into a series of practical guides covering how to establish and maintain successful Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA).
Participants from across Indonesia travelled to the island of Kaledupa last month to discuss community-led approaches to improving the sustainability of octopus fisheries.
The community of Andavadoaka in southwest Madagascar recently hosted visitors from Kenya and Tanzania so that they could witness this year’s octopus fishery reopening.
A new short film explores the successes and lessons learned from a recent knowledge exchange that took fishers from Ataúro in Timor-Leste to Raja Ampat, in Indonesia.
A national meeting of leaders from Madagascar’s small-scale fishing communities marks a pivotal moment for the empowerment of the country’s coastal communities to assert their rights to manage traditional fishing grounds.
Our partner WWF Mozambique has recently facilitated two community-led octopus closures following a learning exchange to Velondriake, Madagascar.
Homestays offer a way for coastal communities to diversify and strengthen alternative livelihoods, providing a clear and measurable link between protecting the environment and the economic benefits that tourism can bring.
A learning exchange brought over twenty partners, fishers and conservationists from five different countries to Madagascar to learn about community-based fisheries management.
The Community Conservation Research Network have written an article in response to the recent release of the Blue Ventures film “Crossing the ocean – a community exchange.”
