Te Mana O Te Moana

The conference of Jean-Baptiste SENEGAS was a success

helene.duran — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:10:22 +0000

Thanks to the support of Air Tahiti Nui , yesterday was the conference of Jean-Baptiste Senegas, director of the turtle care centre in the Mediterranean sea. The CRIOBE Library was full. After presenting us with the characteristics of the logger head turtle, the most widespread species in the Mediterranean Sea, Jean-Baptiste developed the project of sniffer dogs for turtle tracking and the use of turtles as bio-indicators.

Before Christmas holidays, our educators continue to raise awareness

helene.duran — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:54:43 +0000

Before Christmas, our teams won’t stop!!

As part of the waste reduction week, our educators have been invited by the middle school of Arue to host a morning conference on the protection of the marine environment. They have offered to the 70 students from 13 to 15 years old how to get involved in the hei moana network and participate in a simple way to gather information on marine turtles from polynesia through the photo-identification technique ….

It is then the turn of the middle school of Pomare to receive our leaders for training sessions at the Hei Moana Sentinel project. As a result, 891 students were able to learn and understand how to protect marine species from French Polynesia…

Then our teachers went to high school to train teachers and volunteer students in the marine world. The teachers thus became ” referrals ” of the ” Hei moana ” project, and finally our tour ended with a training of teachers in the district of Papeete after the teachers of the middle school of Tevai i Uta…

Students are motivated to participate in Reef Check Junior training. From all very different backgrounds, this would allow to collect data on many areas of the island of Tahiti regarding the state of the reef health.

To date, there are more than 7 257 people (students, teachers and residents) who participated in the Hei moana training and who have learned and understood the need to conserve our marine environment, for the well-being of the future generations.

Our interventions in the Tuamotu Islands

helene.duran — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 01:14:58 +0000

After the Society Islands, the association’s team visited the island of Rangiroa in order to continue its awareness-raising activities. It is 5 new eco-sentinels that were formed during the public day organised on Saturday 18 November at the premises of the town hall of Avatoru.
With the support of the municipalities, public training helps to raise awareness among adults about the protection of the marine environment and to train focal points which will then take over the transmission of information and the collection of data on the Polynesian Marine world.
With regard to schools, 10 classes and 213 pupils were sensitized. Interventions took place over 4 days thanks to the involvement and active participation of teachers and principals who supported the project. Our Marine Biologist, Alice, has conducted intervention sessions from one to two hours to inform and involve children and teachers in the conservation of Marine Turtles, Marine mammals and coral reefs and to a better knowledge of them through collection of informations.
The following week, the Rangiroa College celebrated the feast of science during which Te mana o te moana was present. Once again this year, our association has focused its message on the need to preserve the marine environment and the life it houses thanks to numerous games, booklets, posters, etc. The technique of photo identification of sea turtles was therefore honored once again … a way to identify sea turtles that fascinates children and adults.
More than 300 students have been sensitized during this day.

The first vegan exhibition in Tahiti

helene.duran — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:06:42 +0000

On Sunday, 10 December, the Vegan exhibition of Tahiti was held on the occasion of the international animal rights day. We have held a stand to raise awareness about the protection of the marine environment. Many of you have come to ask us questions and support us by buying our educational game “Ilécolo”. Thanks to Reale for the organization but also t o our volunteers, without whom we would not be able to participate in this type of event.

Conference on marine turtles by Jean-Baptiste

helene.duran — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:39:56 +0000

With the support of Air Tahiti Nui, Wednesday, December 20, will be held in Moorea at CRIOBE at 2.30 pm a conference on marine turtles by Jean-Baptiste SENEGAS. Jean-Baptiste has been director for 15 years of the care center for Mediterranean sea turtles: the CESTMED, the only care center on the French Mediterranean coast.

“Abstract: The loggerhead turtle is the most widespread species in the Mediterranean Sea, like all species of sea turtles, it is protected internationally. To participate in its protection, Jean-Baptiste SENEGAS and his colleagues created the CESTMED , a medical center in the Mediterranean sea but also a scientific and educational tool. 2018 will be a year of innovation for CESTMED. Search for nests using sniffer dogs, follow turtles using transmitters and use marine turtles as bio-indicator will be presented as future projects after a review of the actions of the center (www.cestmed.org). The CESTMED develops a partnership with the marine turtle care center based in Moorea and created by the association Te mana o te moana (www.temanaotemoana.org) Both centers are part of the Group Turtles Marines France (GTMF). “

The end of the second awareness tour in the Australes

helene.duran — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:18:26 +0000

The second school awareness tour in the Australes is ending. Thanks to the support of Pew Polynesia and our animators, the various maritime management plans and their importance are now known to the school. Thus, all of them are aware of the positive impact those plans might have been achieved, for example, a ” Rahul Tamari ” or an application for the” AME ” (the marine education area), and now understand the terms of PGEM, AMP , AMG, ZPR, etc.
Our animator Magali continued her tour to Raivavae to finish it off at Tubuai. After selecting areas for launching, children and teachers benefited from an information session followed by a session on site. As in Rurutu and Rimatara, a session was dedicated in class, followed by an introduction to the Reef Check method through the counting of certain species of fish (e.g. Butterfly Fish, convict fish, etc.). Invertebrates (e.g. sea urchins, hava, clams) and types of Coral (massIve etc.)
A total of 290 pupils have been sensitized to the protection of the marine environment during this tour in the Australes.
Magali took advantage of his stay in Tubuai to participate in the science festival organized by The Association Proscience. She has informed more than 300 students through explanations, including the recognition of Marine Turtles with the scales of their head. Thus, the hei moana project has been honoured with participatory sciences.
Magali also participated in the “book fair” in Raivavae where the entire elementary school was sensitized on the protection of the marine environment.
A great tour which has enabled nearly 600 chuldren to be introduced to the participatory sciences and the various methods they can implement for the protection of French Polynesia.

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.

Mid review of the “Hei moana” project

helene.duran — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:19:47 +0000

Since October 7th, our teams have been scouring the islands of Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Huahine and Rangiroa to broadcast the Hei moana’s program, a network that wishes to involve adults and children in participative sciences by giving them all the information’s needed to study reefs, marine mammals and marine turtles.
To preserve, it is necessary to understand marine life, its fauna and flora. This is why a one-day public training formation have been initiated on each island, bringing together a hundred particpants to date.
1500 children in 68 classes were made aware with schools actions on Moorea Tahiti Raiatea Huahine Bora Bora and Rangiroa.
The presence of our teams at the IPFC Congress and at the Science festival has been a relay for a very broad awareness of the school environment.

In Total, there are more than 4700 people, mostly children who have been sensitized to the protection of the Polynesian Marine world.

We would like to thank the municipalities of Moorea-Maiao, Tahiti, Huahine, Bora Bora, Uturoa, Taputapuatea and Rangiroa for their support, but also the directors and principals and teachers for their involvement.

Next public information meetings starting at 9 PM:
Saturday, November 18th at rangiroa
Saturday, November 25th at the city hall of taravao
Saturday, December 2nd at the city hall of papeete

Find all the news of the Hei moana’s network and download media on the following link http://www.temanaotemoana.org/fr/reseau-hei-moana/

To register for public meetings or for any questions, send an email: temanaotamoana@mail.pf
vaiarii.temana@gmail.com

Tel: 87 74 67 76 or 87 71 53 44

Participation to the 2017 SIG Conference, thanks to ATN

helene.duran — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:00:32 +0000

Thanks to the support of the company Air Tahiti Nui (ATN), Te mana o te moana participated in the 2017 SIG Conference, the ESRI francophone conference on geographic information systems, 11 and 12 October 2017. This conference gathered more than 3 people from a wide range of horizons. We have been able to highlight our actions in the field of protection of the marine environment in French Polynesia, including marine turtles in partnership and with the support of the Environment Directorate of French Polynesia. Our participative science program “Hei Moana” has also been presented.
We warmly thank Air Tahiti Nui for its support that allows us to participate in conferences, International Congresses and promote knowledge in French Polynesia through the reception of scientists and renowned people working for the conservation of the oceans.

For more information about the event : https://sig2017.esrifrance.fr/

Students training regarding sea turtles status in Polynesian culture

helene.duran — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:15:55 +0000

Last week we went to train 12 students of the University of French Polynesia (UPF) in Master 2 Sciences of the Universe, Environment, Ecology, specialty ” Insular Oceanian Environment” (M2EIO). As part of the teaching unit “conservation biology & invasions in the islands”, the training meant the emblematic marine species of French Polynesia, but the focus was on the place occupied by the marine turtle in terms of Polynesian traditions and culture. Students also had a vision of the status of sea turtles around the world.