On May 23rd , we celebrate the 17th annual World Turtle Day, sponsored yearly since 2000 by the non-profit organization American Tortoise Rescue. The day was created as an annual observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world. A great opportunity to relay the information and […]
Bertand and Christophe, 2nd winners of “Defi des foulées”
Last week, we were happy to welcome Bertrand and Christophe, the 2nd winners of “Défi des foulées” organized by the Nature & Découverte Foundation. After running for the good cause, Bertrand, manager of the toy department at Nature & Decouverte, had the chance of being the lucky winner of the draw among many other participating employees. […]
Coral bleaching is impacting on Polynesian reefs for the second year in a row
In the past few weeks, our organisation has received worrying testimonies from Rurutu in the Austral Islands, from Punaauia in Tahiti, and from the North coast of Moorea (see photograph below). The photographs and descriptions sent showed an important bleaching event, touching many coral colonies. As a reminder, a coral bleaching event is caused by […]
Hiona, an albino sea turtle not as albino as we thought
On the 3rd of November 2016, Hiona, a green sea turtle, was discovered at the emergence of her nest. She was in an extremely weak state and unable to lift her head up to breath. She was rapatriated to the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center managed by Te mana o te moana (authorized by a decree […]
Aloha Hokule’a
On Friday April 14th, Te mana o te moana’s team was at La pointe Vénus in Tahiti to host the traditional Hawaiian canoe Hokule’a for the final step of its historic journey. Since its departure in 2013, Hokule’a has visited 24 islands, 150 ports, 27 countries and 5 continents, and has travelled all these trips […]
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