Posts of the day

In this post, Didier Zoccola, Chargé de Recherche at the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and coral specialist, shares his thoughts on his participation in the summer thematic school organized by IRD from June 10 to 14, 2024 at the University of Seychelles.
Auriane Pertuisot, marine projects officer at the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, has been coordinating a coalition of donors dedicated to protecting the Mediterranean monk seal since 2019: the Monk Seal Alliance. Along with The MedFund, MedPAN and SPA/RAC, the Monk Seal Alliance is one of the Monaco Explorations partners who contributed to the design of the exhibition “Time for Action: Mediterranean Marine Areas”, inaugurated in Barcelona on April 9, 2024 for the 2nd meeting of the Decade of the Ocean.
In this post from June 7, 2024, Joana, Manon, Hortense and Gaël, 4th graders at the Lycée français de Barcelone, look back on their day at Barcelona’s Port Vell on April 8, 2024, during which they took part in several educational and awareness-raising workshops offered by Explorations de Monaco to mark the second meeting of the Decade of the Ocean.
In this post, Aude Jacomme, a teacher at the Lycée Français de Barcelone in charge of maritime classes, talks about the fruitful collaboration set up with Explorations de Monaco for the Decade of the Ocean week in Barcelona. We take a look back at the organization and running of a week rich in discoveries, initiating new projects and extensions.
April 9, 2024. On the eve of the announcement of the Mediterranean Missions in Barcelona, as part of the second meeting of the Decade of the Ocean, Xavier Prache sets the scene, looks ahead to the next missions and measures the progress already made since his arrival on September 1, 2023 at the head of Monaco Explorations.
Dass Bissessur expresses in this post the feelings of the Mauritian scientific team at the end of the Monaco Indian Ocean Explorations mission; an exceptional opportunity to build capacity in the various disciplines of oceanography and to further explore the little known area of Saya de Malha.
Coordinator of scientific operations on the Saya de Malha Bank, Francis Marsac, IRD representative in the Seychelles, fisherman and oceanographer, gives an initial assessment of operations carried out in the field. It’s been an intense three weeks, and there’s been a lot of satisfaction on the spot, including on a human level, with a lot more to come.
Young Seychellois entrepreneur Mariette Dine tells us how the Monaco Explorations mission in the Indian Ocean is helping her to develop her professional activities. She is developing a project on the use of algae to manufacture bio-plastics.
Frédéric Ménard, an IRD researcher specializing in marine ecosystems, gives an initial assessment of operations at Saya de Malha. The particular situation of this shoal, which is the size of Switzerland, as well as its specific characteristics, make it an exciting study site for scientists. Saya de Malha raises both interest and questions.
Florence Galletti is a member of the IRD, specializing in the Law of the Sea. She takes stock of current developments in this field. More than ever, the Law of the Sea is essential for organizing the economic development of states and resolving inter-state conflicts over the oceans and seas. But it is also caught up with the need for instruments to preserve biological diversity that is in a sufficiently good state to remain capable of being exploited.

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