News

August

A look back at the DIDEM Thematic School in the Seychelles

A look back at the thematic school held from June 10 to 14, 2024 in the Seychelles. The theme of this school was the resilience of coral ecosystems. It took place at the University of Seychelles, Anse Royale campus. Some thirty participants from Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, Seychelles and Tanzania took part. Some of them had already taken part in the Monaco Explorations Indian Ocean mission in 2022.

The April 9, 2024 Workshop is online

The Workshop on Mediterranean MPAs organized by Explorations de Monaco and its partners, MedFund, MedPAN and SPA/RAC took place in Barcelona on April 9, 2024 at the Barcelona World Trade Center. The two round tables were held as part of the Explorations de Monaco’s Decade of the Ocean satellite event. The workshop was also part of the Decade’s Marine Protected Areas Forum, which brought together 27 institutions.

March

Explorations de Monaco to announce their next Mediterranean mission at the Decade of the Ocean Conference in Barcelona

March

Mission océan Indien 2022 des Explorations de Monaco: final report in sight

March

Monaco Explorations is recruiting!

February

Call for applications

Launch of a thematic school on the reef heritage vulnerability, in the Seychelles, in June 2024.

January

SEASON’S GREETINGS!

The entire Explorations de Monaco team wishes you all the best!

September

Xavier Prache succeeds Gilles Bessero

Xavier Prache succeeds Gilles Bessero as head of Société des Explorations de Monaco. A new page has been turned with the retirement of Gilles Bessero. Xavier Prache, commissaire des armées and previously head of the support group at the Toulon defense base, succeeded him as director on Friday September 1, 2023.

June

The “Regards croisés” exhibition moves

Monaco

Following its recent presentation in the Conference Room of Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum, the “Regards croisés” exhibition will continue throughout the summer of 2023 on the gates of St-Martin Gardens, near the Prince’s Palace, with the collaboration of Monaco’s Direction des Affaires Culturelles and Direction de l’Aménagement Urbain.

June

Adopt a float day

The “Adopt a Float” day on June 22, 2023 at the Institut de la mer in Villefranche-sur-Mer (Sorbonne University/CNRS) was attended by a number of VIPs. Six classes, around 150 pupils, from the Joseph Caldéroni elementary school in Villefranche-sur-Mer have adopted “Bob-the-float” over the course of the school year. Supervised by scientific mediators and their teachers, they followed his scientific journey.

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