Toko telo

Interactive online conversations

Sharing experiences from the front lines of community-led marine conservation

Next event: Storytelling for the sea: How video storytelling can supercharge your conservation impact

Join us for a series of interactive online conversations, called Toko telo: Sharing experiences to foster better community-led conservation.

The events each include a facilitated conversation with an international panel in English, followed by interactive workshops and/or Q&A sessions

We are excited to announce a series of Toko Telo online conversations exploring the successes and challenges of community-led fisheries management and conservation.

We are looking for participants and contributors to the series so please contact us if you have relevant experience to share.

Toko telo

MAHAMASA-NAHANDRO

‘Toko telo mahamasa-nahandro’ is a Malagasy proverb describing how when cooking without a stove you need to bring three rocks together to hold a pot above a fire. The saying is understood to mean that in order to achieve great things you need to work together, taking different ideas from multiple people to make something that works well.

This concept is the inspiration for our new series of online interactive discussions championing diverse voices, perspectives and sparking creative solutions for the future of community-led marine conservation.

next event

Storytelling for the sea: How video storytelling can supercharge your conservation impact

Wednesday 2nd October 2024

11:00 – 12:30 London |12:00 -13:30 Amsterdam
13:00 – 14:30 Nairobi | 18:00 – 19:30 Denpasar

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Meet the panel

Amber Carter – University of Edinburgh
Chiara Pizzi –Waterbear
Debra Aroko – Video Consortium

The event will be chaired by Randall Mabwa, Filmmaker and Communication and Digital Media Officer – Blue Ventures

Format

This event will consist of two parts:

A virtual film festival bringing together the best NGO ocean conservation films. Enter your film! Win an award!
3 igniting talks covering Participatory Video and co-creation; why NGOs should embrace entertainment; and why investing in video production can have surprising impact for your organisation’s mission.

Session objectives

This webinar is hosted by Blue Ventures with special guest appearances.

Event Objectives:

1. Raise Awareness: Highlight the importance and effectiveness of community-led conservation initiatives by showcase new films produced by practising organisations.
2. Inspire Action: Motivate attendees to enrich conservation projects with good storytelling.
3. Foster Collaboration: Strengthen the network of organisations and individuals dedicated to conservation storytelling
4. Educate: Provide valuable insights and knowledge through talks and discussions with experts and community leaders.

Format

This event will consist of two parts:

A virtual tour of community based monitoring projects in South Africa, Comoros, Indonesia and Madagascar, with insights into the use of information and communication technologies for community-based catch monitoring
Panel discussion with live questions to the panel and discussion session with the audience around the use of data collection and ICTs in small-scale fishing communities globally

Session objectives

This webinar is co-hosted by Blue Ventures and ABALOBI as part of IYAFA 2022.

Provide fishers, monitors and community members with the opportunity to reflect on and discuss their user experience, sharing learnings, insights, benefits and challenges within their group and with others using similar data collection approaches
Create an opportunity for stakeholders and ICT practitioners more broadly to share lessons and experiences to improve upon how they utilise ICTs
Create active discussions on the ICT4Fisheries network on the SSF hub