Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-1-LOGO-PRINCIPAL-TMOTM-full-quadri-1-1-32x32.png Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ 32 32 Fifth session of the Moorea’s educational project… https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/fifth-session-of-the-mooreas-educational-project/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:13:35 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=9440 DSC_0131For the Fifth session of the educational school project “Awareness raising of the Marine space of Moorea, Magali, our animator and Vie the education officer welcomed the students of Paopao Elementary School for a special program based on the marine fauna and flora during 3 hours. As part of the 2013-2014 school project developped by the foundation and supported by the Te Me Um program, all the school children aged from 9 and 11 years from the all 7 schools of Moorea were welcomed for a special program in order to get a better knowledge of our marine ressouces and emblematic species. On that day, it was the 26 students of Paopao Elementary School (CM1 level of Mr Joackim) that were welcomed, enjoying to visit the coral reefs garden, the Sea turtle Clinic and the dolphin lagoon area… Next intervention… soon….

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News from the School children project based on Marine Areas conservation… https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/news-from-the-school-children-project-based-on-marine-areas-conservation/ Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:30:03 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=9268 a web DSC05224Started on December 2013 thanks to the support of the Te meum program (Terres et Mers Ultras-Marines), the 4th intervention of the schoold children awareness project on the Marine areas protection of Moorea was on January 29th, 2014. In the company of our marine biologist, the school children of Papetoai Elementary school of Moorea have visited the underwater trail realized by Te mana o te moana during 45 minutes. During that time, another educator from the foundation played with others groups using educational game boards.. Actually, 8 classerooms were welcomed since the beginning of the project – 192 school children. << Click here to learn more about the project.

]]> Launching of the World Ocean day https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/launching-of-the-world-ocean-day/ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=8201 As every year, the organization, founding member of the Network World celebrates The World Oceans Day Ocean and participates to many events for the environment of the French Polynesia. For this 2013 edition, te mana o te moana organizes or participates in:

– Organizes in partnership with Eco-College Paopao a waste collect at the College Paopao and around on June 6

– Informs cruise ship passengers aboard the Paul Gauguin,

– Participates in the awareness of teenagers aboard the Tahiti-Moorea ferry;

– Educates the public at the Golf of Temae, Moorea;

– Organizes the awards for 2 educational competitions organized during this school year : the contest “Tohora, humpback whales, who are you?” on the protection of cetaceans and the contest “protection of Moorea Lagoon” on the coral reefs conservation.

– Participates with the “Brigade Verte”, to an evening screening of “Planet Ocean Yann Arthus Bertrand.

– Organizes a collect of algaes at the Tiahamanu beach, Moorea,

<< To find all the actions planned: Communiqué 8 juin 2013 TMOTM

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Launching of the “lagoon contest” https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/lancement-du-concours-recifs-coralliens/ Sun, 05 May 2013 21:59:29 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=8086 The foundation has set up a special contest on coral reefs towards schoold children from 9 to 11 years old from the island of Moorea. This contest is the last step of an educational project conducted since the beginning of the school year regarding the conservation of coral reefs and for a better understanding of the protected areas into the lagoon of Moorea.

Supported by the Fondation pour la Nature et l’Homme and in partnership with the Direction of Primary School and the City hall of Moorea Maiao,  this project aimes at a better understanding of the marine laws set up for the lagoon of Moorea since 2005. At least, 7 classerooms, around 300 school chilren participated to the project divided into 2 steps. The first one was based on information about the laws of the lagoon of Moorea during classes. Then, educators from Te mana o te moana made the children visit an underwater trail realised by the foundation, in order to make them aware by the importance of respecting the rules set up. To finalise the project, a special contest is organised, that will be celebrated on June 8th for the World Ocean day.

<< For more information about the project : educational project on the lagoon of Moorea.
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2010, November 15th-17th – 2nd National conference on Protected Marine Areas held in La Rochelle, France https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/national-conference-of-protected-marine-areas-held-in-la-rochelle-france/ Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:55:37 +0000 http://dev.imagiinate.com/temanaotemoana/?p=80 Called : “From the Grenelle de la mer to the Sommet de la Terre en 2012”, this conference was organized to define perspectives on the national startegy of Protected Areas…
During 3 days, all participants have taken part to presentations in order to get a better knowledge of international existing intiatives (France areas but also Pacific, Atlantic and Indian areas).

Te mana o te moana’s  represented by her President, the DVM Cécile Gaspar, has presented actions made by the association in conservation and education.

She has aslo presented the educational tool created especially for a better understanding of the PGEM of the island of Moorea (Restricted Marine Areas).This game was elaborated for the French Polynesia Ministry of Fisheries and is presented to all schools of Moorea during the “Sea’s days” during the all school year long. In partnership with the City Hall of Moorea’s island, the PGEM association, the Acroporis fundation, educators and volunteers welcome school children from 9 to 11 years old in order to present them the importance of protected areas, the link between animals living on land and sea and the cultural aspect of the island of Moorea.

Note that many French Polynesian Minsitries have taken part to this meeting : Tamauri Foster, minsiter of marine ressources, Jeremy Jahan form the Minsitry of Tourism, Terana Hargous form the Environment Minsitry, Teari Alpha. Also note that the representant of the Protected Marine Areas Agency, Sophie Dorothée Duron, took aslo part into this conference.

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