{"id":2785,"date":"2020-11-13T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T10:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madagascarwhalesharks.org\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T10:44:29","slug":"an-update-on-our-2020-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madawhalesharks.org\/fr\/an-update-on-our-2020-season\/","title":{"rendered":"An update on our 2020 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadly, due to the pandemic we couldn’t return to Madagascar to run our field season like every year from September to December.<\/p>\n

While we had big plans for this year (acoustic tagging, community projects…), the situation escalated quickly and we had to cancel our field season. Indeed, tourism has come to a halt in Nosy Be and we rely in tourism to go at sea and collect data on the whale sharks. After closing its borders for 6 months, Madagascar opened its borders again in October, to then close again due to the second wave of COVID-19 in Europe. As a result, few tourists could make it and while our local partners occasionally go out at sea, we need regular access to the sharks during the whole season to collect usable population data.<\/p>\n

However, thanks to local operators, we know that some regular sharks made it back, like Ernest and Rom\u00e9o. One of the good things about the pandemic is that whale sharks can feed undisturbed!<\/p>\n

No sight of Michel however, and the situation in Madagascar is dire<\/a>. The pandemic is causing significant damage to developing countries relying on global tourism.<\/p>\n

We are continuing our educational activities locally. Thanks to a social media fundraiser and your contributions, we have secured extra funds to organise trips at sea for Malagasy children. We are using this unique opportunity to show them marine wildlife! These activities will start very soon so stay posted!<\/p>\n

As always, we are busy processing data and writing publications, and applying for grants as all our usual funds from tourism are compromised for now. The current situation is particularly challenging for all field-led conservation organisations, and many grants have stopped giving out funds. We are hopeful tourism will resume next year and that we can continue our important work.<\/p>\n

Stay safe everyone, and stay posted for updates on our social media!<\/p>\n

Ps. Some new whale shark-themed collaborations in the shop<\/a><\/p>\n

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(c) Forever Dive<\/p><\/div>\n

Du fait de la pand\u00e9mie qui s\u00e9vit \u00e0 travers le monde, nous n’avons pas pu retourner \u00e0 Madagascar pour mener notre saison sur le terrain comme chaque ann\u00e9e de septembre \u00e0 d\u00e9cembre.<\/p>\n

Alors que nous envisagions une saison pleine de projets (balisage de requins, projets communautaires…), nos ambitions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rapidement refroidies par la situation actuelle. Apr\u00e8s avoir ferm\u00e9 ses fronti\u00e8res pendant 6 mois, Madagascar a consenti une r\u00e9ouverture en octobre puis une nouvelle fermeture \u00e0 cause de la seconde vague de COVID-19 en Europe, par cons\u00e9quence tr\u00e8s peu de touristes ont pu se rendre \u00e0 Nosy Be.<\/p>\n

Nos partenaires locaux effectuent occasionnellement des sorties en mer et nous transmettent quelques donn\u00e9es des requins aper\u00e7us mais cela reste insuffisant pour constituer une base fiable pour 2020.<\/p>\n

Cependant nous avons pu constater que certains requins r\u00e9guliers comme Ernest et Rom\u00e9o sont toujours l\u00e0 ! Comme \u00e0 leur habitude ils viennent se nourrir des eaux riches en plantons de Nosy Be. Notre requin baleine favori Michel n’a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 observ\u00e9 cependant.<\/p>\n

Aussi, nous poursuivons nos activit\u00e9s \u00e9ducatives dans les \u00e9coles avec Bruno notre animateur local toujours actif. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une collecte de fonds sur Facebook, nous pouvons organiser des activit\u00e9s en mer pour les enfants et leur offrir l’occasion unique de d\u00e9couvrir la faune marine d’ici la fin du mois de novembre !<\/p>\n

D’autres sujets sont \u00e9galement en cours, comme la r\u00e9daction de nouvelles publications, l’optimisation de notre base de donn\u00e9es et les demandes de financement. La situation actuelle est particuli\u00e8rement difficile pour toutes les organisations de conservation, nous esp\u00e9rons que notre activit\u00e9 de recherche sur le terrain reprendront l’ann\u00e9e prochaine pour poursuivre les objectifs que nous nous \u00e9tions fix\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

D’ici l\u00e0, restez inform\u00e9 sur les medias sociaux et restez \u00e0 la maison !<\/p>\n

Ps. Quelques nouvelles collaborations dans notre boutique<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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