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The Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE) was
established at Stony
Brook University by Dr. Patricia Wright to encourage and promote scientific
research, training, and conservation in the tropics, with a particular focus on Madagascar. The ICTE
coordinates and catalogs the work of over 300 natural and social
scientists at Ranomafana National Park and other parts of Madagascar,
organizes and conducts biodiversity surveys and ecological assessments
of tropical ecosystems, and trains scientists at all levels through
field-based courses, collaborations, and academic exchanges. The
ICTE maintains offices and staff at Stony Brook University and in Antananarivo,
Madagascar. These offices provide logistical support both in the
US and in Madagascar to scientists from universities and institutions from
around the world who are planning and carrying out research at
the Ranomafana National Park and in other parts of Madagascar. ICTE
constructed the new Centre ValBio (research and training center
adjacent to Ranomafana National Park) with funding from the National
Science Foundation, the University of Helsinki, Stony Brook University
and the Nando Peretti Foundation
From 1991-1998, ICTE was the major operator of the Ranomafana National Park Project (RNPP), a USAID-funded Integrated Conservation and Development Project that managed Ranomafana National Park and the Ranomafana National Park Research Station. The RNPP was developed in response to Madagascar's 15-year National Environmental Action Plan. The goals of the RNPP were to (1) establish Ranomafana National Park, (2) promote sustainable development for villagers affected by the park, and (3) conserve the biodiversity of the park.
The RNPP was successfully completed in June 1998, with the transfer
of management of the park and development activities to ANGAP,
Madagascar's national park service. ICTE maintains close ties
with the Malagasy NGO organizations that provide local villagers with
development assistance.
ICTE was the impetus behind the development and construction
of the Centre ValBio, the new
research and training center located adjacent to Ranomafana National
Park, Madagascar.
We are currently undertaking the construction of a residence hall/laboratory for students and researchers at the Centre ValBio. We welcome your support of this initiative which will vastly expand our ability to teach the scholars of the next generation in one of the world's last remaining living tropical rainforest laboratories.
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