ABN Newswire featured Blue Ventures as a case study to show how ecological restoration empowers communities. Through expansive collaboration with 22 community groups and the
A new organisation has launched to help tackle industrial fishing abuses in the waters around Madagascar. Fitsinjo, an independent civil society observatory based in Antananarivo,
Holly Elgar joined Blue Ventures in 2022 as a Senior Scoping Officer for blue carbon ecosystems. Holly uses her expertise to identify potential sites to expand our community-led mangrove management projects around the world. Here she talks about her recent […]
Blue Ventures Conservation Madagascar, in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar and Comoros, the Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy, and the Institut
In Madagascar, public authorities, fishers, and civil society organisations are working towards improving fisheries transparency and governance. Together, they want to ensure sustainable and fair management of stocks, and enhance the value of a sector that represents between five and […]
In Madagascar, public authorities, fishers, and civil society organisations are working towards improving fisheries transparency and governance. Together, they want to ensure sustainable and fair management of stocks, and enhance the value of a sector that represents between five and […]
This television documentary, produced by Germany’s largest public broadcaster ZDF, explores how community-led conservation is helping reverse mangrove loss and rebuild fisheries in northern Madagascar.
Video by the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) on fisheries transparency in Madagascar.
Watch this presentation by our Outreach Media Technician, Symphorien Soa, on how he uses media and art for his coastal communities outreach work in Madagascar.
Our Technical Advisor on Blue Carbon, Leah Grass, was invited to be on the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) podcast: Waterlands.
As a marine ecologist and self-acclaimed nerd, I get excited when I see a graph, especially one charting fish abundance or coral cover. But there are myriad ways to share tales of change beyond data, especially where numbers don’t convey […]
For two years diving teams have been collecting data in the LMMAs. Based on that data they have set up seagrass no-take zones.
Small-scale fishers in one of the world’s poorest countries are having to work harder than ever, and face an uncertain future
Encouraging youth to care more for the environment This is the third piece in a four-part series featuring the voices of young community leaders from Madagascar. Fisherwoman Yolande Soamihaja describes her journey as she inspires fellow youth to take on […]
Changemaking through the art of ‘kabary’ speechmaking in Madagascar This post is the second of a 4-part series featuring the voices of young community leaders from Madagascar. In this second part, Landry Jaofasy, a farmer, tells us how he gradually […]
We are shocked and saddened by news of the brutal murder of 70-year-old Henri Rakotoarisoa, president of a community association helping to protect an endangered rainforest in Madagascar.
Tropical Cyclone Gombe hit northern Mozambique in March, killing dozens of people and affecting almost half a million people nationwide.
Le gouvernement de Madagascar a fait un pas important pour la transparence de la pêche en publiant une liste des navires industriels autorisés à pêcher dans les eaux du pays.
The Government of Madagascar has taken an important step towards fisheries transparency by publishing a list of industrial vessels authorised to fish in the country’s waters.
We are delighted to announce that Tahiry Honko – the world’s largest community-led mangrove carbon conservation project – has won the 2021 IUCN Pathfinder Award
In Madagascar, members of the community of Belo-sur-Mer – primarily women – have taken up the challenge of village aquaculture.
New research published in the journal Sustainability explores the role of community-based health systems in delivering healthcare in resource-poor areas during times of crisis.
A paper recently published in the journal…
There was a resounding agreement amongst panelists in today’s Toko telo session on effective community-led mangrove management: it is essential to involve the community in the planning and implementing mangrove conservation right from the start.
The highly destructive fishing method will be banned in a new exclusion zone stretching from the water’s edge to two nautical miles offshore.
In an article for Chatham House, an international affairs think tank, Mialy Andriamahefazafy writes of the resilience of the people of Madagascar.
Ahead of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, hear from a Blue Ventures blue carbon scientist about how communities in Madagascar are working to protect these precious forests – and the climate
In a blog for IUCN, Blue Ventures’ Regional Manager for southwest Madagascar, Gilde Tahindraza describes the journey of the Velondriake locally managed marine area.
Fisher voices: Madame Véronique and Franklin Velotody share local solutions to marine conservation and explain why it’s so important for their village
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