By Akuila Cakacaka Four months after the devastating impact of tropical Cyclone Winston, I visited the villages of Nakodu and Tuatua on Koro island and Natokalau village on Ovalau island to understand how the people have coped with the effects and aftermath of the storm. These villages were some of …
Great news for two of the MSc students on our team: Ryan McAndrews and Steven Lee will both receive financial support for their work from the Rufford Foundation. In addition, the project of Ryan McAndrews will be supported with funds from the Kellner & …
We left for Beqa with one day delay, as the weather did not allow for a safe boat passage on Tuesday morning. At this time of the year, the winds blow from the south-east and directly hit the deep passage between Viti Levu and Beqa. Fortunately, …
The social scientists at work – Janne and her research assistant, Kara Early morning in front of Natokalau Sonia going over The Plan with the assembled ecology team After a second evening filled with Kava, the exchange of stories and curious inquiries, and a lot of laughter, …
Arrival at the tiny airstrip of Ovalau after a 12 min flight from Suva Wild West in the South Pacific: the main street of historic Levuka Heading out to Ovalau lagoon with Mesake, our local contact Mangrove and shallow reef seascape around Ovalau We spent the last two days …
The village meeting hall in Kalokolevu 500 kg of research gear arrived today – ready for some serious science! Yesterday morning, we met with our partners at WCS to discuss the planned work for the next weeks and the contacts to the communities we plan to work …
On Saturday, we went out in the rain to snorkel along the reefs directly in front of Suva to check out our “degraded site”. We were pleasantly surprised to see that the outer reefs were predominantly pretty healthy, with very low levels of fleshy algae and relatively …
BULA! After 46 hours of travel, four flights, 150 kg of luggage between us, 2/3 of us missing a connecting flight, and several panic stricken airport staff as they regarded our tank of emergency oxygen, the REPICORE ecologists have arrived in Fiji successfully! Needless to say the trip has really …
Dear Coral Reef Ecology Symposium Speakers and Attendees, On behalf of the Organization Committee, we want to thank you for attending Symposium on Friday at the Max Planck Institute. We greatly appreciate everyone who took the time to come out to support the scientific discussions. The Symposium was an overwhelming …
We are delighted to announce that the 5th Coral Reef Ecology Symposium will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPIMM) on 22 May 2015. This Symposium is jointly organized by Sebastian Ferse (REPICORE Coordinator), Astrid Gärdes (ZMT and MPIMM), Christian Wild (Univ. of Bremen), and Marianna …
