Vivienne Stein-Rostaing, Author at Reef Doctor - Marine Conservation

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Entries by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

First Female Seaweed Technician Starts Work Today

January 11, 2016/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by Ivana Rubino, Communications Officer It’s a very proud day for ReefDoctor and the Bay of Ranobe as Irenne Cavesy, our first female seaweed technician, begins work training seaweed farmers in the community. Madam Cavesy has been farming seaweed with her son in Mangily since March 2015. She recently began training as a technician […]

Visit from European Union Officials

December 19, 2015/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by Cale Golding, Senior Aquaculture Scientist On the 16th December delegates from the European Union arrived in the village of Ambolomailaky to witness first-hand the success of ReefDoctor’s Darwin Initiative-funded Alternative Livelihoods Project. The village has been farming sea cucumbers for a year now, and has generated over 8 million ariary for the local […]

ReefDoctor Classroom Completed!

December 19, 2015/in Education/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by Communications Officer Ivana Rubino We recently updated you on the progress of the refurbishment of the classroom. We are now delighted to say that everything is finished and it looks amazing! What was once a well-used and weather beaten classroom has been has been renovated into a fantastic new education facility for the […]

First Junior ReefDoctors Christmas Party a Huge Success

December 10, 2015/in Education/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Story by RD Communications Officer Ivana Rubino ReefDoctor threw it’s first Junior ReefDoctors Christmas party on Saturday and it was so much fun. The Juniors don’t always get the opportunity to just be kids. They have lots of responsibilities besides going to school, so it was important to set some time aside for them to just […]

Ifaty Seaweed Farmers: Round 2!

December 9, 2015/in Aquaculture/by Vivienne Stein-Rostaing

Update by RD Aquaculture Intern Oriana Wouters Training started this week for more fishermen from Ifaty who are joining our Darwin Initiative-funded Alternative Livelihoods Programme. Ifaty is expanding its seaweed farms with 28 fishermen joining the current 40 seaweed farmers from this village. These fishermen were introduced to the materials used to cultivate seaweed, and shown how to […]