Boris Tezak, Florida Antlantic Unisersity PhD student, presented a summary of his thesis on the “Sea Turtle Sex Ratios in a Changing Climate”. He is the Three Minute Thesis Championship Winner and People’s Choice Winner. The assessment: it is possible to identify the sex of a turtle by taking a blood drop sample. (A hormone would be present in male specimens […]
Students from the University of French Polynesia certified for the monitoring of coral reefs !
As part of their degree program in ecology (marine ecosystems modules, coordinated by Prof. Nabila Gaertner-Mazouni), students from the University of French Polynesia enrolled in a 3 years biology licence, benefited from a Reefcheck training program. Reef Check Polynésie, coordinated by our non-profit organization Te mana o te moana, aims at involving motivated volunteers in […]
Tetiaroa : nesting season 2016/2017
Here are some photographs sent by our eco-volunteers and interns in live from our nesting monitoring program on Tetiaroa! On this atoll composed of 12 motu (“small islands” in Tahitian), nesting green sea turtles are regularly observed between November and April. Every year since 2007, our organization, with an agreement of the Ministry of the Environment, ensures […]
A review of Reef Check activities in 2015-2016
In 2015, our organisation took over the coordination of Reef Check Polynesia, an international program that monitors coral reefs evolution through a trained volunteer network. After two years of relaunch of the program in French Polynesia, we are happy to present the report of the activities undertaken in 2015-2016. The report can be downloaded online […]
To better understand the risks linked to climate change on sea turtles
Last November, Dr Jacques-Olivier Laloë, a post-doctoral researcher at the Deakin University in Australia, joigned our team to participate to the research and conservation program of nesting green sea turtles. Since 2004, we lead this program on Tetiaroa with an agreement of the Ministry of the Environment. During his stay, he took part in the nesting monitoring program […]
