Back on the summer eco-volunteer missions in Makay
Madagascar – In the summer of 2018, two of Naturevolution’s field missions to protect the Makay massif in Madagascar were accompanied by eco-volunteers. Back on these missions and the actions carried out thanks to the presence of 15 people.
Lire la suiteTHE HEROES OF NATUREVOLUTION
Naturevolution launches the crowdfunding campaign: Naturevolution’s Heroes. A campaign to encourage you to support its teams committed to the planet every day.
Lire la suiteWhy protect the forests of Makay?
Why protect forests? If you have to choose between a destructive tradition that works in the short term, and a conservation strategy that is out of the ordinary and requires a little change in lifestyles, it is good to take stock of the real stakes of forest protection – those of Makay in Madagascar, of course!
Lire la suiteDeforestation: chronology of government (in)action ?
Europe and governments around the world are making many commitments to combat deforestation. Is it just communication, or does it have a real impact on forest protection? Is our planet really turning green again? And if not, what could work? Overview.
Lire la suiteLaunch of the project 1 million trees for Makay
Naturevolution launches an ambitious reforestation project around the villages of Makay. 2019 will have seen the creation of 5 forest nurseries, the sowing of almost 100,000 seeds – without the use of plastic pots! – and the replanting of the first few hundred trees.
Lire la suiteBeekeeping: the project exceeds 50 hives!
After their training, Makay’s pioneering beekeepers began to set up the first hives while gathering around them interested villagers. A year and a half after the project started, more than 50 hives have been installed on 7 different sites, and the project now involves 29 beekeepers. That’s a good start.
Lire la suiteDeforestation: a state of play in 2019
Deforestation: awareness of this scourge was thought to have been around for a long time. . . But the fires that ravaged Brazil and Bolivia in the summer of 2019, as well as their resurgence in Indonesia, prove that we are continuing to reduce the few intact forests that remain on our planet. Let us take stock of the situation today and look at the causes of deforestation, continent by continent.
Lire la suiteRice for Makay: the Intensive Rice Cultivation System (SRI)
The establishment of school rice fields is an important component of the ‘Graines de Changement’ project. To initiate this phase, Naturevolution has partnered with the association Tefy Saina to carry out a feasibility study with the objective of studying the possibility of setting up a System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in the villages around the Makay River.
Lire la suiteScoresby Mission Science Report 2016
After 2 years of studying the data collected in the field during the 2016 Scoresby Mission in Greenland, we are pleased to present the first scientific results.
Lire la suiteMatarombeo, or the jungle in all its glory
This was one of the objectives of the mission: to carry out a first survey in the mangroves of the rivers that flow from the Karst massif of Matarombeo, one of the water castles of the region, in order to identify suitable sites for the realization of the future scientific expedition Konawe 2018.
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