First impressions of Muncar fisheries
The Sustainable Fisheries team arrive in Muncar, Banyuwangi and describe their first impressions
Vote for the 2017 MantaWatch Interns
Vote for the four young marine conservation leaders who have what it takes to become 2017 MantaWatch Interns
MIP Alumni Receive Future Conservationist Award
Four MIP Alumni received the Conservation Leadership Programme Future Conservationist Award for working to reduce mobula bycatch in small-scale fisheries
Alumni Updates: Learning and Traveling in America with YSEALI
Niomi Pridina shares her experiences visiting the United States with the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, where she learned about leadership, history and environmental issues in the United States.
Day 27: The End and The Beginning
Day 27 and the interns complete their final evaluations and return home. The end of MIP-2016 but the beginning of the next phase in their careers.
Diary 26: Carbon Markets and Conservation Finance
Day 26 and the interns learn about carbon trading and conservation finance with Cornelia Rindt from NatureBank
Day 25: Learning about the Incentives for Sustainability
Day 25 and the interns learn about fishery economics by becoming fishermen themselves, and learn how carbon markets helped create the incentives for success within the Great Bear Rainforest Project, Canada.
Day 24: Searching for the elusive Oceanic Manta
Day 24 and the interns hear reports that oceanic manta have been spotted in Komodo, and have a close encounter with the Komodo dragon
Day 23: Evaluating Conservation Impact and Career Development
Day 22 of MIP-2016 and the interns learn about wildlife trade, evaluating conservation impact, and career development coaching.
Day 22: Giving our First Manta Briefing
Day 22 and the interns deliver their first manta briefing and learn more about sustainable fisheries management