October 2021
This article from La LIbre is about Stella Diamant, a Belgian biologist working to protect whale sharks in Madagascar. Tourism is an argument for their survival, she thinks. (French)
October 2021
A new study published in the journal Tourism in Marine Environments has valued the whale shark tourism industry in Madagascar’s Nosy Be for the first time, with the three-month season worth $1.5 million USD to the local economy.
October 2021
La Radio France Internationale (RFI) talks about our latest paper on the socio-economic value of whale sharks (French)
October 2021
A new study published in the journal Tourism in Marine Environments has valued the whale shark tourism industry in Madagascar’s Nosy Be for the first time, with the three-month season worth $1.5 million USD to the local economy.
September 2021
2019 volunteer and freediving athlete Simona Auteri speaks about her experience at MWSP
July 2021
RTBF (Belgium's first news channel) features an article about the project with interviews from Stella Diamant, Bruno Benjara and Jeremy Kiszka (French)
December 2020
Stella did a short interview with Ocean Innovators on Zoom
August 2019
Project Coordinator Léa talks about her experience as a volunteer for MWSP (French)
August 2019
Project Founder Stella speaks to sustainable clothing company Finisterre about the project
July 2019
An article about whale sharks identified in Nosy-Be, Madagascar by the MWSP (French)
July 2019
An article written by founder Stella Diamant with pictures by photographer Gaby Barathieu on the French platform for science, Futura Sciences (French)
June 2019
An article about the code of conduct established by the MWSP
May 2019
An article by writer Meera Dattani about her first encounter with a whale shark in Madagascar for the website Light Foot Travel
May 2019
Stella Diamant presented both an oral presentation and a poster at the conference amongst whale shark experts, taking place in Ningaloo in Western Australia.
April 2019
Enzo, one of Nosy Be’s regular whale sharks, graces the cover of Prime Magazine, Air Madagascar’s in-flight magazine, in addition to another 8 pages about the project in the April Issue
March 2019
Journalist Martin Fletcher writes about his visit to Nosy Be and swimming with whale sharks
March 2019
The MWSP is featured on BBC Earth in Blue Planet Live, a programme that explores the health of our oceans
March 2019
Stella Diamant is interviewed by Adrien Joveneau from the Belgian radio station La Première RTBF on the programme “Les Belges du bout du monde”(French)
March 2019
Journalist Martin Fletcher writes about his visit to Nosy Be in The Telegraph Magazine
March 2019
Project Leader Stella is on Belgian radio RTBF on the programme “Vivacité Grandeur Nature”
February 2019
‘Woman in the spotlight’ article on Fedactio about Stella’s work
December 2018
Project Leader Stella Diamant and educator Bruno Elio Benjara are on Belgian television RTBF (French)
October 2018
Our volunteer program is featured in "Plongez! Magazine" (French)
September 2018
Simon Pierce’s gorgeous pictures and Stella Diamant’s words in Air Madagascar’s "Prime Magazine"
July 2018
Melissa Hobson writes about MWSP's code of conduct in Oceanographic Magazine
July 2018
A feature on Stella's work in the famous Diver Magazine as part of "Shark People"
May 2018
This article is about the newly-identified hotspot for whale sharks in Madagascar
May 2018
French National TV channel TF1 features the MWSP on the 8PM News (French)
Madagascar's newspaper La Tribune de Madagascar talks about our latest work
May 2018
Our first publication is released in the journal Endangered Species Research. The study was widely covered by news outlets around the world, including: BBC News, Ecophiles.com, Dive magazine, Oceanographic magazine, Phys.org, Madagascar Tribune, FIU News, Lonely Planet, Mongabay.com
May 2019
Project Founder Stella Diamant wrote a four-page article about sustainable tourism and the code of conduct in the French magazine "Secrets de Plongée" (French)
March 2018
You can read more about our partner Marine Megafauna Foundation‘s work about whale sharks, including our 2017 results, in Dr. Simon Pierce‘s yearly 2018 report.
December 2017
Emirates Diving Association did a feature about Madagascar and our work in their magazine Divers for the Environment following photographer Simone Caprodossi’s visit in October 2017
December 2017
This video is about a family of four travelling across Madagascar, known as Madatrek, and their experience with whale sharks in Nosy Be (French)
November 2017
Antenne Réunion from La Réunion Island came to film the project (French)
November 2017
The code of conduct featured in Air Madagascar’s own in-flight magazine, Prime
September 2017
An article aimed at inspiring conservationists written by founder Stella Diamant, published on the conservation-careers job portal.
May 2016
Stella presented our preliminary results from the 2015 season at the International Whale Shark Conference IV in Doha, Qatar (English)
October 2021
This article from La LIbre is about Stella Diamant, a Belgian biologist working to protect whale sharks in Madagascar. Tourism is an argument for their survival, she thinks. (French)
October 2021
A new study published in the journal Tourism in Marine Environments has valued the whale shark tourism industry in Madagascar’s Nosy Be for the first time, with the three-month season worth $1.5 million USD to the local economy.
October 2021
La Radio France Internationale (RFI) talks about our latest paper on the socio-economic value of whale sharks (French)
October 2021
A new study published in the journal Tourism in Marine Environments has valued the whale shark tourism industry in Madagascar’s Nosy Be for the first time, with the three-month season worth $1.5 million USD to the local economy.
September 2021
2019 volunteer and freediving athlete Simona Auteri speaks about her experience at MWSP
July 2021
RTBF (Belgium's first news channel) features an article about the project with interviews from Stella Diamant, Bruno Benjara and Jeremy Kiszka (French)
August 2019
Project Coordinator Léa talks about her experience as a volunteer for MWSP (French)
August 2019
Project Founder Stella speaks to sustainable clothing company Finisterre about the project
July 2019
An article about whale sharks identified in Nosy-Be, Madagascar by the MWSP (French)
July 2019
An article written by founder Stella Diamant with pictures by photographer Gaby Barathieu on the French platform for science, Futura Sciences (French)
June 2019
An article about the code of conduct established by the MWSP
May 2019
An article by writer Meera Dattani about her first encounter with a whale shark in Madagascar for the website Light Foot Travel
May 2019
Stella Diamant presented both an oral presentation and a poster at the conference amongst whale shark experts, taking place in Ningaloo in Western Australia.
April 2019
Enzo, one of Nosy Be’s regular whale sharks, graces the cover of Prime Magazine, Air Madagascar’s in-flight magazine, in addition to another 8 pages about the project in the April Issue
March 2019
Journalist Martin Fletcher writes about his visit to Nosy Be and swimming with whale sharks
March 2019
Journalist Martin Fletcher writes about his visit to Nosy Be in The Telegraph Magazine
February 2019
‘Woman in the spotlight’ article on Fedactio about Stella’s work
October 2018
Our volunteer program is featured in "Plongez! Magazine" (French)
September 2018
Simon Pierce’s gorgeous pictures and Stella Diamant’s words in Air Madagascar’s "Prime Magazine"
July 2018
Melissa Hobson writes about MWSP's code of conduct in Oceanographic Magazine
July 2018
A feature on Stella's work in the famous Diver Magazine as part of "Shark People"
May 2018
This article is about the newly-identified hotspot for whale sharks in Madagascar
Madagascar's newspaper La Tribune de Madagascar talks about our latest work
May 2018
Our first publication is released in the journal Endangered Species Research. The study was widely covered by news outlets around the world, including: BBC News, Ecophiles.com, Dive magazine, Oceanographic magazine, Phys.org, Madagascar Tribune, FIU News, Lonely Planet, Mongabay.com
May 2019
Project Founder Stella Diamant wrote a four-page article about sustainable tourism and the code of conduct in the French magazine "Secrets de Plongée" (French)
March 2018
You can read more about our partner Marine Megafauna Foundation‘s work about whale sharks, including our 2017 results, in Dr. Simon Pierce‘s yearly 2018 report.
December 2017
Emirates Diving Association did a feature about Madagascar and our work in their magazine Divers for the Environment following photographer Simone Caprodossi’s visit in October 2017
November 2017
The code of conduct featured in Air Madagascar’s own in-flight magazine, Prime
September 2017
An article aimed at inspiring conservationists written by founder Stella Diamant, published on the conservation-careers job portal.
May 2016
Stella presented our preliminary results from the 2015 season at the International Whale Shark Conference IV in Doha, Qatar (English)
March 2019
The MWSP is featured on BBC Earth in Blue Planet Live, a programme that explores the health of our oceans
December 2018
Project Leader Stella Diamant and educator Bruno Elio Benjara are on Belgian television RTBF (French)
May 2018
French National TV channel TF1 features the MWSP on the 8PM News (French)
December 2017
This video is about a family of four travelling across Madagascar, known as Madatrek, and their experience with whale sharks in Nosy Be (French)
November 2017
Antenne Réunion from La Réunion Island came to film the project (French)
March 2019
Project Leader Stella is on Belgian radio RTBF on the programme “Vivacité Grandeur Nature”
