Te Mana O Te Moana

Summary of our actions for the Environment Week and World Oceans Day

helene — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 06:36:07 +0000

We are pleased to share some pictures of the events we participated to last week during the Environment Week and World Oceans Day :

June 5 – Pi’i Mataora – The cry of hope of the younger generations in the gardens of Faa’a City Hall
Educational workshops on plastic pollution for about a hundred of primary school children from Tahiti

June 7 – World Oceans Day Special Cruise on the Aremiti Ferry
Presentation of the association and animation of educational workshops with the eco-delegates of Tahiti high schools

June 8 – World Oceans Day, « The Sea Effect » event at the Pointe de Venus in Mahina
Raising awareness on plastic pollution with public visitors. Several hundreds of people came to the event.

Thank you all for your participation in these events and for your support!

We are pleased to introduce MANA HONU, the mascot of our new awareness project on plastic pollution

helene — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 06:08:10 +0000

MANA HONU whose motto is “AITA TE PEHU!!” (“No to waste!!”) is a green turtle from Tetiaroa, bringing hope of what can be accomplished to stop the damages of plastic pollution. Set of 7 families game, comics, posters, awareness campaigns, educational programs, MANA HONU will show you the damages of plastic waste and explain the right actions to take.

The MANA HONU project will be officially launched on World Oceans Day this Saturday from 10am at the Sea Effect Festival at the Pointe de Venus in Mahina. Come to meet us!

Thank you to our partners: Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Jean-François Clervoy et Frank Lehot, Vilebrequin, Univairmer, InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa and Syndicat FENUA MA

Thanks to the cartoonist: José Marquez

News from Okely, the green sea turtle welcomed following a head speargun injury

helene — Wed, 29 May 2019 19:50:21 +0000

Many of you are asking for news from Okely, the green sea turtle welcomed to the Care center* last month following a speargun injury to the head. Thank you for your kind attention.

After regular sessions in the resting pool, Okely is able to swim but is not able to float properly: its buoyancy is impaired. It turns unwittingly on the carapace and needs help to turn around. Okely can thus not be left alone in the water without close supervision.

Okely also needs help with feeding and hydration. It is fed a mixture of fishes, squids, vitamins and water.

We are doing everything in our power for its recovery, but a positive outcome is not guaranteed…

We will make sure to keep you informed. Thank you to all of you for your support!

* Authorized by the Direction de l’Environnement Polynésie Française

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Merci à nos partenaires / Thank you to our partners: Pacific Beachcomber, InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa, Vilebrequin, Air Tahiti Nui, Moorea Dolphin Centre, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, IFBD & Aéro-Design.

On World Turtle Day, Te mana o te moana opens its door to the public

helene — Fri, 24 May 2019 00:50:47 +0000

On the occasion of the 2019 World Turtle Day, Te mana o te moana organized a special event at the Sea turtle care center in Moorea.

A stand with informative documents, educational games and diverse information was installed on the beach and a detailed presentation on the resident sea turtles and on the threats they currently face locally and worldwide was made.

Throughout the day, over a 100 persons came to meet us in addition to the school children welcomed on this special day for our educational programs.

Sea turtles worldwide currently face several threats: plastic pollution, accidental fishing, degradation and loss of their habitats and nesting areas, global warming, poaching, etc.

We must implement concrete actions immediately to preserve this species: limit plastic consumption, sort waste, advocate for better control of intensive fishing and for the preservation of littorals, reduce carbon footprint, etc.

Find out more about the threats sea turtles face here.

Te mana o te moana collaborates with the Oceanographic Institute

helene — Fri, 17 May 2019 03:44:19 +0000

We are very pleased to inform you of Te mana o te moana’s collaboration with the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in the context of its new Turtle Space and « The Turtle Odyssey », a temporary exhibition that opened on April 27th.

The material presented on the Care center as well as the presentations and learning paths offered to families on sea turtles highlight the work of our association and “creates in many visitors a desire to quickly change behaviors and consumption habits to achieve a lesser impact on these animals and on nature in general” says Didier Théron, Head of the Animations and Education Department at the Oceanographic Institute.

The goal of the Oceanographic Museum is to educate the general public on the protection of the ocean, its fauna and flora.

The Oceanographic Museum and Institute are part of the Albert I Foundation, Prince of Monaco, which objective is to raise awareness on the richness and fragility of the oceans and promote sustainable management and a reasoned and effective protection of the latter.

Many thanks to the Oceanographic Institute for its trust and commitment to protecting our oceans.

Publication of a new booklet with the support of Jean-François Clervoy and Frank Lehot

helene — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:39:21 +0000

Thanks to the support of Jean-François Clervoy and Frank Lehot, Te mana o te moana just published a collection of productions made by students during the educational workshops, competitions and events organized by the association for the past 10 years. 500 works of art are presented in this booklet!

Jean-François, an astronaut with 3 space missions and Frank Lehot, an emergency medicine doctor specializing in space medicine, have been financially supporting Te manao te moana by providing the association 100% of the profits of their book’s sales: ‘History of space conquest’ (the 3rd edition will be released shortly).
Both very attached to the protection of the blue planet, they are involved in various actions for the preservation of the oceans and of nature.

A big thank you to them!

Signature of a new Convention for the Project ‘Educative Marine Area’ (AME)

helene — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:11:42 +0000

On Wednesday 13 March 2019, Te mana o te moana and the Direction of Education & Teaching of French Polynesia (DGEE) signed a partnership agreement as part of the Educative Marine Area (AME) Project for the organization of workshops and eco-friendly activities for Polynesian schoolchildren.

As a reminder, AME is a small coastal area managed in a participatory manner by students. It allows teachers to educate children on the protection of the marine environment and its biodiversity but also to use the AME as a teaching tool: mathematical concepts by counting marine species, notions of French by learning marine vocabulary, etc.

The idea is to learn, live and transmit the ocean!

Earlier in March, Magali Lagant, our educational program coordinator travelled to Anaa, Tuamotus as part of the AME project. Anaa’s AME stretches over 2km of coastline and is managed by the local school under the supervision of Jean-Pierre.

Throughout the week, Magali led educational workshops on the beach and in class to raise awareness on the marine environment, particularly on the themes of marine protected areas, coral reef and more generally the protection of the environment. The school of Tahiti Mairipehe supervised by Ms. Eileen which is AME-certified, also benefited from awareness sessions, having made the trip to Anaa to exchange with the local school on AME.

Polynesia has 26 AME and since 2012, 1,700 children have participated in the dedicated workshops organized by our association.

Awareness tour in the Australes, with Pew Polynesia support

helene.duran — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:31:47 +0000

Since last week, the school awareness tour in the Australes has continued in Tubuai and in Rimatara. Indeed, thanks to the support of Pew Polynesia, our animators travel the southern islands to explain to school the different marine environment management plans (PGEM, AMP, ZPR, Rahui, etc.) and the benefit of setting up collective initiatives like a ” Rahui Tamari ” or a request for the label” AME ” (Marine educational area).
For two weeks, students from the islands of Rimatara and Rurutu received Magali in one morning for an information session followed by a session on site where children accompanied by their teachers were able to choose a marine area for the study of its environment. It is, among other things, the Reef Check method that they discovered through the counting of certain species of fish (e.g. Butterfly Fish etc), invertebrates (e.g.: Sea Urchins, hava ‘ e, clams) and types Corals (massive etc) while learning to recognize episodes of coral bleaching.
In Total, more than 100 pupils have been sensitized to the protection of the marine environment.