Bonjour! I am Estelle, your host and this is Wildlife Conservation Insights, the podcast dedicated to the connections between wildlife and human being. You want to know
more about wildlife? About whats going on: Why some species are getting endangered? What are the challenges our world is facing? You want to meet people that dedicate their life to save animal species? You want to be proactive and also participate in species conservation? This podcast is for you!!! 

Welcome to Wildlife Conservation Insights! This is episode 10. 

This episode is very special as it was recorded live. My guest Dr. Cecile Gaspar invited me to French Polynesia to help her out with diagnostic and medical treatments of sick
sea turtles. It is one of this time when you connect deeply with someone and that gives you new hope for our planet, faith in what you are doing and energy.
We discussed about her NGO te mana o te moana, her work with sea turtles, ocean conservation and the fact that nothing is given: you have to go get what you want and believe in your projects. 

Te mana o te moana, a NGO meaning “spirit of the ocean” has three objectives: education, conservation and research on the Polynesian marine environment. Jean-Michel Cousteau and the French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy are its ambassadors.  
Cecile is an official sea turtle expert for IUCN. She developed a dedicated sea turtle clinic in Moorea, which has welcomed more than 600 sick and injured turtles to this day. She has set up a long-term green turtle nesting monitoring program on Marlon Brando’s Tetiaroa atoll since 2007.
Her foundation has developed educational programs and received over 100,000
children up to date. The foundation is one of the leaders of the AME (aires marines éducatives) Educative Marine Area concept in French Polynesia. Cécile has and still continues to inspire new generations.  

Cécile Gaspar has been honored as a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 2012.  
  

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You can find more about Cécile on my website estellevet.com under episode 10.  
https://www.temanaotemoana.org/ 
https://www.instagram.com/temanaotemoana/