Tags actualites: Mission océan Indien

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.
Flotteurs BGC Argo à bord du S.A. Agulhas II. Mission océan Indien des Explorations de Monaco©Thomas Jessin. IMEV. CNRS

The Argo float given by the Principality to Mauritius deployed at sea

The BGC Argo float officially handed over by the Principality of Monaco to Mauritius on 22 November 2022 was released into the sea on 25 November at 4.30pm. This float has been adopted by seven Mauritian classes who will follow its journey as part of the Adopt a float educational programme.
The float handed over by the Principality of Monaco to Mauritius reached the Indian Ocean on 25 November 2022©Didier Théron_MonacoExplorationsJPG

The Argo float given by the Principality to the Seychelles has been deployed at sea

The BGC Argo float officially handed over by the Principality of Monaco to the Seychelles was released into the sea on 2 November 2022 at 1am, about sixty miles east of the Saya de Malha Bank. It was deployed with two other multi-instrumented profiling floats by the team of Hervé Claustre, co-leader of the international BGC Argo programme.
The signatures of H.S.H. Albert II of Monaco and the Seychelles ministers Jean-François Ferrari and Flavien Joubert on the float decorated by Rémi Leroy_02_11_2022©Didier Théron_MonacoExplorations

Inauguration of the Curieuse Marine Education Area

  • Curieuse Island. Seychelles
As part of the Pareo project, the educational marine area on Curieuse Island in the Seychelles was inaugurated on 28 October 2022 with the children of the Baie Ste-Anne school in Pralin. This project to raise awareness of coral reef protection, coordinated by the IRD, is supported by Monaco Explorations.
Curiousity Island. Inauguration of the AME. Seychelles.28_10_2022©Nicolas Mathys_Zeppelin_MonacoExplorations

Princely visit

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco was present in Aldabra and on the S.A. Agulhas II from 24 to 26 October 2022. A visit marked by the signing of a letter of intent between the Seychelles Island Foundation, the Scientific Centre of Monaco and the Oceanographic Institute
Prince Albert II of Monaco with Dr Frauke Fleisher-Dogley. Aldabra. 25_10_2022©Nicolas Mathys_Zeppelin_MonacoExplorations

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.

Monaco Explorations is recruiting!

At the start of 2022, the Société des Explorations de Monaco is recruiting a Communications Officer. Download the job description on this page.
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The Future of Plastic Waste in Seychelles

  • Seychelles
Since 2020, the open innovation program “The Future of_ Plastic Waste” has aimed to implement practical solutions for recycling, transformation, and reduction of plastic waste in the Indian Ocean by supporting innovative and multi-stakeholder initiatives in Seychelles.
The Futur of Plastic Waste in Seychelles

Call for an artist’s residence on board. Indian Ocean Expedition 2022

  • Indian Ocean
The Société des Explorations de Monaco is launching this call for expressions of interest for an artist’s residency on board the ship that will be chartered for its next expedition to the Indian Ocean, which is currently being prepared. This new expedition is the first part of the “Monaco Explorations” project approved as a contribution to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development 2021-2030.
Call for an artist's residence on board. Indian Ocean Expedition 2022

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