Category archive: Africa
Blue Ventures in Madagascar, Pt. 2
This is part 2 of our three-volume featured series about Blue Ventures’ blue carbon activities in Madagascar.
Blue Ventures in Madagascar, Pt 1.
It is my great pleasure to introduce the first part of a three volume-series about Blue (ad)Ventures in Madagascar! Blue Ventures has kindly provided us with a set of great stories that happened earlier this year, written by Trevor Jones. Over the next few weeks we plan on featuring these stories to give the blue…
Mangrove conservation in Madagascar
Potential Blue Carbon and related ecosystem services project -The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has awarded Blue Ventures the Darwin grant for its work with the mangroves of Madagascar. The grant will help the organization further i…
Mangrove Forest Issues in Tanzania’s Rufiji Delta
Government officials in Tanzania are concerned about the intrusion and increasing demand for fresh plots as local farmers are driven to new areas as increasing levels of salt water is pushed inland. They claim that the random forest clearing carried out by some farmers is harming the conservation of local biodiversity. http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/salty-soils-drive-tanzanian-farmers-into-forest-reserve Salty soils drive…