Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:35:09 +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 Awareness tour in the Australes, with Pew Polynesia support https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/awareness-tour-in-the-australes-with-pew-polynesia-support/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:31:47 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=12811 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.

]]> Launching of the first training sessions from Reef Check French Polynesia… https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/launching-of-the-first-training-sessions-from-reef-check-french-polynesia/ Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:35:41 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=11082 10610806_1142693632417131_9138276336615821236_nThanks to the Air Tahiti Nui airline company, Mr Harold Cambert, Reef Check Course Director from the the Indo Pacific area came over to Moorea from March 15th to the 22nd, to particpate at Te mana o te moana’s side to trainings on the island of Moorea and Tahiti.

At least, 2 sessions were delivered and 20 inhabitants of the both islands were  trained as “Reef Check Ecodivers”. They are now ready for the monitoring of reefs! They will detect as scientists new disturbance and will get a better knowledge of the coral reefs’ health of their island. The datas collected every year will help scientists to get information from the far away islands where no scientific monitoring is done.1937087_1142694092417085_261753284813206626_n
Thanks to Air Tahiti Nui, Ifrecor Polynésie and Reef Check France that helped us to set up the Reef Check Program and trained volunteers during the all year long (we will organise a session in the far away islands from French Polynesia soon). We also would like to thank the city hall of Punaauia and Martine from Pa’e Pa’e no te ora foundation that permit us to deliver the training sessions on Tahiti and also the Tamari’i Pointe des Pêcheurs foundation that participated to the event.

Congratulations to the freshly trained Ecodivers :

From Moorea : Jérôme, Hoani, Arthur, Clément, Prisca, Sylvie, Anthony, Magali, Anais et Yann. And from Tahiti : Marc, Faimano, Paul, Hélène, Reynald, Hereiti, David, Thierry et Noëlle, and Martine.

]]> Relaunch of Reef Check Polynesia… https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/10325/ Tue, 26 May 2015 23:13:06 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=10325 Logo RCheck OKThanks to Reef Check International, te mana o te moana, member of Reef Check since more than 6 years, is now coordonnating the French Polynesian network.

Reef Check International is an International organisation created in 1996 by the Dr. Gregor Hodgson. This program for monitoring coral reefs brings together scientists and volunteers in more than 90 countries (1,700 reefs). The aim of this network is simple: involve residents in monitoring reefs and thus help to better protect them.salle

Thanks to the Air Tahiti Nui airline company, the Dr Gregor Hodgson acompanied by Harold Cambert (Reef Check Course Director from the the Indo Pacific area) came over to Moorea from May 25th to the 29th to deliver trainings.

At least, a team of 6 persons composed by members of te mana, the CRIOBE entity and the Municipality of Moorea-Maiao was trained as “Reef Check Ecotrainers”.  Participants are volunteers and will be able to provide soon training sessions for those who are interested in.

]]> Join us to a special lecture on coral reefs…. https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/join-us-to-a-special-lecture-on-coral-reefs/ Wed, 20 May 2015 21:14:47 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=10172 Conférence gratuite reef check-1We are glad to inform you that as part of the International Reef Check program, we will welcome soon Gregor Hodgson, Phd, founder and Executive Director of Reef Check International.
Dr. Hodgson is a coral reef ecologist. Hafer having been a volunteer with the US Peace Corps in the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Philippines), and having earned a PhD in zoology, he worked in Hong Kong where he served as the Environmental Sciences Manager for Binnie Black & Veatch, carrying out environmental impact assessments and baseline ecological surveys of coastal and marine areas.

To launch the renewal of Reef Check French Polynesia by our foundation, Dr Hodgson will provide us a special lecture for the public of Moorea on May 27th of 2015 at 7.00pm at the Intercontinental Resort and Spa Moorea. This free conference is proposed thanks to the support of Air Tahiti Nui and the InterContinental Resort and Spa Moorea.

<< Click here to download the lecture presentation (English will come soon) : Conférence gratuite reef check-1

]]>