For this year, Matthieu, our marine biologist went on board to encounter 200 children aged from 6 to 8 years old. Using gameboards, cuddly toys, memory games, posters…, booklets, he help the the children learn about the marine animals such as sea turtles, marine mammals…. to help at a better understanding of why we need to protect them…

The end of the program was dedicated to the preservation of the marine mammals, the necessity of respecting the Sanctuary held in 2002 and to the visit of the Sea Turtle Clinic, learning the rules applied and the giving them information about the species, their life cycle, etc… Before they leave, each teen has got either a booklet “Tohora, baleine à bosse, qui es-tu?” or a “Sea turtles from French Polynesia” one’s.

<< Click here to get more information about the Endangered species day

The ‘Protect Pacific Whales – Ocean Voyagers’ Campaign provides an opportunity for SPREP and all its Members and partners to celebrate these magnificent creatures, raise awareness on whale conservation as well as ocean conservation. What happens in the ocean will inevitably impact whales.  The campaign will also address the problems Whales face as ocean-dwellers as this will ultimately impact all people.

The programme of work that is envisaged for the Protect Pacific Whales Campaign is an ambitious combination of scientific research, training and capacity-building, exchange of information, and cultural and artistic celebration.

Join us to celebrate whales and their place in Pacific cultures!  Together we can work towards promoting their protection in the face of emerging threats and support measures to enhance their conservation.  We can all aim to maximise the economic return available to Pacific island communities from the development and application of best-practice guidelines for whale-watching.

For more information, visit our website (English and French versions available) https://www.sprep.org/yearofthewhale and contact the Sprep at pacificwhales@sprep.org.

Ou foundation decided to relay this event if French Polynesia during the event days and projects conducted.

During the all morning, the 8 children of the school discovered why it’s important to protect the sea turtles and the marine mammals, and how we can help to preserve them, using games such as the memory, boardgames, booklets….

This program is closing the “Bula honu, follow the sea turtles of the Pacific” project held for the 2014-2015 school year.

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In partnership with the Mouvement Eco citoyen, which organized the event, a team of te mana o te moana was welcomed onboard the shuttle from Tahiti to Moorea (doing back and forth) to raise awareness of the users to the emblematic species of French Polynesia, explaining the different rules applied for both Marine mammals and sea turtles.

More than 100 students were also invited to participate to this crossing.

Passionated by cetaceans, she joined our team in the context of the Observatory of marine mammals in French Polynesia. She is working on different technics of collecting datas regarding the dolphins of French Polynesia, although actively studying the population of Spinner dolphins in French Polynesia. Her goal is also to increase the conservation of the Marine Mammals of French Polynesia through a better knowledge of the law and rules set up by the Ministry of the Environment since 2002.

If you would like to get involved in the conservation of Marine Mammals in French Polynesia : become a volunteer of the Observatory of cetaceans in French Polynesia in sharing information on : observatoirepolynesie.org

If you have been witnessed or been aware of a stranding in particular, we invite you to transmit the information you have collected, including:
date, location, species, number of individuals, living or dead animal, length, male or female, what actions have been taken (cares, autopsies, samples), do you have pictures or movies, observer name.

Dr. Cécile Gaspar wants to thank you in advance for sharing information that will allow us to provide the Department of the Environment a full report within the framework of the Action Plan for emblematic marine species.
Contact – Dr. Cécile Gaspar – cecile.gaspar @ gmail.com – 56 40 11 – 70 60 66
association te mana o te moana – BP 1374 Papetoai – 98729 Moorea.

If you have been witnessed or been aware of a stranding in particular, we invite you to transmit the information you have collected, including:
date, location, species, number of individuals, living or dead animal, length, male or female, what actions have been taken (cares, autopsies, samples), do you have pictures or movies, observer name …
Dr. Cécile Gaspar wants to thank you in advance for sharing information that will allow us to provide the Department of the Environment a full report within the framework of the Action Plan for emblematic marine species.
Contact – Dr. Cécile Gaspar – cecile.gaspar @ gmail.com – 56 40 11 – 70 60 66
association te mana o te moana – BP 1374 Papetoai – 98729 Moorea.

To access the site dedicated to the Observatory of cetaceans and sea turtles in French Polynesia: observatoirepolynesie.org