After 3 months at our sea turtles care center, Samantha, a hawkbill sea turtle has been released by Richard Murphy, Director Science and Education of Ocean Futures Society, chaired by Jean Michel Cousteau. Samantha has been found injured on a beach of Haapiti on Mooreas’ island by a teenager of the district. […]
Education Prize from EDF Foundation, 2010, February 4th
The EDF foundation has organized in 2009 the first edition of the trophees of associations. The goal is to promote actions dedicated to nature and solidarity, implemented by 30 foundations and 2500 applicants. 3 categories were represented : Nature, Culture, Solidarity. The ceremony has been celebrated on February 4th, in presence of Jean François Clervoy, […]
2010, January 19th – IUCN Congress of overseas territories
Further to an adopted recommending hold during the World Congress of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) in 2004, The French Commitee of the IUCN created a work group for Overseas territories. Both, Te mana o te moana foundation and Te Honu Tea have presented an assessment of sea turtles conservation actions plan […]
2010, January 17th – International diving show in Paris
On the invitation of the GIE tahiti Tourism, Dr. Cecile Gaspar presented Te mana o te moanas’ actions in two specific areas: sea turtles and sting rays and the importance of the public awareness. In addition, the patron of our foundation, the astronaut Jean François Clervoy, was invited share his experiences in diving and zero […]
December 2009, te mana o te moana at Copenhaguen
Invited by the World Ocean Network, te mana o te moana was present at the world climate conference at Copenhaguen, Denmark, in December 2009. Te mana o te moana non profit foundation was the only polynesian structure attending the COP 15 conference, in spite of a special concern for the polynesian islands, many of which […]
