In exciting news, the FMB Marine Team and volunteers have discovered the first confirmed chick of a Cape Verde storm petrel nesting on the islet Laje Branca, around 400m from the coast of Maio. Previously we have only ever caught one adult of this species in our ringing study – in March 2018.
Along with the rest of the world, FMB has had to adjust and adapt to cope with the sudden turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic. Luckily, so far there have been no cases of coronavirus detected on the island of Maio. However, the authorities are taking a proactive approach and have declared a state of emergency which at the time of writing is just being lifted. Read about how FMB has reacted to the coronavirus pandemic on the island of Maio in FFI’s article “Beyond conservation – Crisis response in the age of Covid-19”. Link to the FFI article here.
Billions tons of plastics end up in the ocean… And we managed to remove some of them!
We found a dolphin stranded in one of the beaches of Maio.
Read about how FMB protects the people and nature of Maio, with some beautiful pictures showing the richness of Maio’s wildlife and communities. Click here to go to the article on the FFI website.