Tags actualites: Explorations de Monaco

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.
Les participants de l'école thématique aux Seychelles. Mahé. Juin 2024©Pascale Chabanet. IRD

Alick and Albert honored in Spain, Australia and Italy

At the beginning of July, the documentary film “Alick and Albert” directed by Douglas Watkins was honored in Spain, Australia and Italy.
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Indian Ocean Expedition: two artists in residence.

  • Monaco
Indian Ocean Mission. The Committee met on Friday, May 6, 2022 at the Oceanographic Museum and auditioned six artists and finally chose two. They are Elsa Rigot and Rémi Leroy. After the call for residencies launched in November 2021, some sixty applications were examined and six artists were pre-selected in February for the final auditions.
Return from fishing © Rémi Leroy. Rémi Leroy shared with the Committee the artistic rendition of his commitment to the environment © Michel Dagnino. Oceanographic Institute.

“Alick and Albert” Special Jury Award at FIFO 2022

  • Papeete
In competition at the 19th International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival (FIFO) held in Papeete, French Polynesia, from February 5 to 13, 2022, the documentary “Alick and Albert” won a Special Jury Award.
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Better protection of marine megafauna through social networks and artificial intelligence

Scientists from three joint research units (MARBEC, ENTROPIE and LIRMM) have just published a study using social networks and artificial intelligence to identify charismatic species of the marine megafauna of New Caledonia: dugongs, turtles and sharks. This work, entitled “Leveraging social media and deep learning to detect rare megafauna in video surveys”, is published in the international journal Conservation Biology.
Dugong_Marsa_Alam©Julien-Willem.-Wikimedia-commons.jpeg

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