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An award-winning not-for-profit dedicated to working with local communities in Madagascar to conserve threatened marine habitats and resources for the betterment of people and nature. Funded almost entirely through ecotourism revenue, Blue Ventures brings paying volunteers to project sites and trains them in scientific research, community outreach and on-the-ground conservation.

The Unpredictable Sea

Written on July 13, 2010

The livelihood of the local Vezo people is completely dependent on the sea. This is, after all, why we are here: we are providing the science to help the Vezo understand how make the most of what their sea has to offer.

What is Andavadoaka about?

Written on May 16, 2010

As I sit on the porch writing this, the almost full moon casts it light on the waves crashing gently on the shore in front of the hut. In the background I can hear the vibrant Gasy music playing at the epibar

Tioman Island, Malaysia reef clean up

Written on June 1, 2009

This weekend the Blue Ventures Malaysia (BVM) team, along with 4 university students from Kuala Lumpur, have been taking part in a reef clean-up event organised by the Department of Marine Park Malaysia (DMPM).

Blue Ventures Settle In On Leleuvia, Fiji

Written on March 18, 2009

Working through the heat of the afternoon is tough, but when you are on a tiny island in the middle of the South Pacific with blue skies and blue sea all around you it’s difficult to feel hard done by.

Making Marine Reserves Talk

Written on February 27, 2009

Andavadoaka, Madagascar. It started in a beach shack on the shore of the Mozambique Channel in Andavadoaka, a small coastal village in remote southwestern Madagascar.