Entries by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

MPA Relay Race Update

The stretch of beach in front of the ReefDoctor camp was bustling with activity as the 2nd Annual MPA (Marine Protected Area) Relay Race got underway on Friday, April 15. Teams from Mangily, Ifaty, and ReefDoctor competed in a 5-kilometer swimming race to Rose Garden, the first official marine protected area in the Bay of […]

Mangrove Planting Day

After a week of cool weather, Saturday 9th April was a beautiful sunny day. Perfect for a spot of gardening. But why just do a little gardening or plant one tree when you can do a lot of gardening and plant 43,000 trees! That’s exactly what members of the community of the region of Belalanda, […]

Artificial Reef Update

It’s now been over 6 months since we implemented a pilot artificial reef project at the Rose Garden marine protected area. Loose coral fragments that had broken off the reef (due to storm damage, fishing nets etc.) were salvaged from the sea bed and attached to a series of metal structures placed over coral rubble. […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reef Doctor’s Communications Officer Ivana Rubino reports on her experiences of recycling in Madagascar. Reduce, reuse and recycle. This concept has always been important to me in every day life. I buy things and keep them until they are falling to pieces. But the idea of reusing and recycling as much as possible makes even […]

International Women’s Day 2016

Women from across the Bay of Ranobe came together in the village of Belalanda on Tuesday 8th March for International Women’s Day and made themselves heard! The usually dusty road to Toliara was alive with colour and music as women’s groups from across the bay, dressed in traditional lamba (sarongs), came together to pray, celebrate, […]