Who are we?

Monaco Explorations: reconnecting humanity and the sea

Under the aegis of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Principality is renewing a great tradition:
maritime explorations to learn, understand, raise awareness and act.
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What do we do?

Monaco Explorations: reconciling humanity and the sea

Under the aegis of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Principality is renewing a great tradition:
maritime explorations to learn, understand, raise awareness and act.
Learn more
Our missions

Monaco Explorations: reconciling humanity and the sea

Under the aegis of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Principality is renewing a great tradition:
maritime explorations to learn, understand, raise awareness and act.
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What do we do?

The objective of the Monaco Exploration Society is to conduct international collaborative missions linking scientific research, outreach towards the public and governmental cooperation. The main themes that guide its action concern the protection of the megafauna, the protection of corals, new exploration technologies, and the development of marine protected areas.

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Madeira Mission 2017

Cabo Verde Mission 2017

Sargasso MIssion 2017

Martinique Mission 2017-2018

Malpelo Mission 2018

Norway Mission 2018

Hawai'i MIssion 2018

New Caledonia Mission 1019

Gombessa 5 Mission 2019

Palau Mission 2019

ENCOR Mission 2019

Sphyrna Odyssey Mission 2019

Badu Mission 2018

Providenza Mission

Ile Providencia

Santa Marta

The last missions that we have supported

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Throughout the world

From Macaronesia to Colombia, with a passage in the Pacific, Monaco Explorations have already reached
many regions. The new study areas concern in particular the Mediterranean, Melanesia and the Indian Ocean.

Upcoming projects

Mission

A large campaign in the Indian Ocean in 2021

Documentary

A new documentary on H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince’s meeting with the artist Alick Tipoti and the people of Badu Island in the Torres Strait.

Book

A book on all the explorations in which H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince took part since the beginning of his reign.

News

Participation of Monaco Explorations in the DiDEM project along with IRD

As part of the preparation of the Indian Ocean mission scheduled for spring 2021, Monaco Explorations supports and joins forces with IRD by financing part of the DiDEM project (Dialogue between science and Decision makers for an integrated management of Marine and coastal Environments) in the western Indian Ocean.
Filip Kulisev Amazing planet Aldabra, Seychelles Island

Coral, memory of the climate

Some results of the analyses of coral samples from the Tara Pacific campaign, carried out by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and financed in part by Monaco Explorations, were presented at the Goldschmidt 2020 geochemistry conference.
Tara Expeditions Foundation-2

News Sphyrna Odyssey mission

Scientists from Toulon University deduce from the first analyses of the acoustic data collected during the Sphyrna Odyssey 2019-2020 mission that Mediterranean sperm whales coordinate when they hunt with the clicks of their biosonar.
Physeter catodon
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The governance of Monaco Explorations
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