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ICTE: Affiliated Institutions
Centre ValBio
ANGAP
Government of Madagascar
MICET
University of Antananarivo
University of Fianarantsoa
University of Helsinki
California Academy of Sciences
Institute for Chemistry and Drug Discovery
(ICB&DD)
Madagascar Fauna Group
Centre ValBio
(Centre International de Formation pour la Valorisacion de
la Biodiversite) The Centre ValBio is the research and training
center located just outside Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar.
Centre ValBio is managed by the Consortium
for Research and Training in Madagascar.
National
Association for the Management of Protected Areas
(Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protegees,
ANGAP) - ANGAP is the parastatal organization in Madagascar
that oversees all protected areas, effectively the National Park
Service of Madagascar. ANGAP issues research permits to scientists
requesting to work in protected areas in Madagascar, including
Ranomafana National Park, and maintains a National Biodiversity
Database. ANGAP co-manages the Ranomafana National Park Research
Station with ICTE. ICTE worked closely with ANGAP to develop the
management plan for Ranomafana National Park.
Government of Madagascar The government
of Madagascar has been extremely supportive of the collaboration
between US scientists, Malagasy institutions, and Malagasy scientists.
Madagascar was the first country in the world to approve a National
Environmental Action Plan. Before ICTE was established at SUNY
Stony Brook, Duke University signed two Accords of Collaboration
with the Malagasy government and two with the University of Antananarivo.
More recently ICTE at SUNY-Stony Brook has signed Accords of Collaboration
with three Malagasy universities: University of Antananarivo,
University of Fianarantsoa, and University of Tulear. Even stronger,
in 1993, ICTE signed an Accord du Siege with the Malagasy Department
of Water and Forests indicating that the work of ICTE/Stony Brook
is formally approved at the highest Government level, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. In 1995, the Government of Madagascar awarded
Dr. Patricia Wright a Medal of the National Order of Chevalier
(Knighthood) in recognition of her contributions towards protecting
the biodiversity of Madagascar.
Madagascar Institute pour la Conservation des
Environnements Tropicaux, MICET – MICET is a Malagasy non-government
organization that works closely with ICTE and shares office space
and staff with ICTE in Antananarivo. MICET works with ICTE to
provide research and training facilitation services to Malagasy
and international scientists. In addition, MICET delivers health
and environmental education programs to villagers in the Ranomafana
area.
University of Antananarivo, Madagascar – The University of Antananarivo has over 35,000
students and is the only university in Madagascar that offers Ph.D. level degrees. Dr. Wright
and her colleagues at Ranomafana National Park Research Station have worked closely with
University of Antananarivo professors and students since starting to work in Madagascar.
University of Antananarivo professors help teach field courses at the research station and
their graduate students serve as teaching assistants for those courses. The University of
Antananarivo has assisted ICTE in managing research at RNP.
University of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar – the University of Fianarantsoa is the Malagasy
University in the provincial capital closest to RNP. Faculty and students from the University
of Fianarantsoa have participated in research and training activities at RNP since 1986.
In 1997, the University of Fianarantsoa, in collaboration with ICTE, established the Institut
des Science et Technique de L'Environment, the first formal higher education center dedicated
to environmental sciences in Madagascar. Students at the Institut receive field training at RNP.
University
of Helsinki – In 1996, researchers from the Department
of Ecology and Systematics at the University of Helsinki, Finland,
began a formal collaboration with the Ranomafana National Park
Research Station (Centre ValBio). In 2000, the Chairman of the
Department and Professor of Zoology, Dr. Jari Niemela initiated
a multidisciplinary long-term investigation of the interaction
between biodiversity protection and socioeconomic conditions in
the Ranomafana area. This project involves faculty and students
from several departments at the University of Helsinki and is
part of a commitment on the part of Finnish scientists to contribute
to biodiversity protection and socioeconomic development in tropical
areas. As part of this commitment, the Rector of the University
of Helsinki has contributed significant funding to the research
station upgrade and equipment.
California
Academy of Sciences – In 1998, the California Academy
of Sciences began sending teams of systematists to Centre ValBio
from their Center for Biosystematic Research and Information (CBRI).
CBRI scientists are studying Madagascar phylogenetic, evolutionary,
and biogeographic relationships as part of an investigation of
worldwide patterns of species distributions. They are particularly
interested in patterns of differentiation, endemism, vicariance,
and long-range dispersal. The results of their
studies will be made available to the broader scientific community
through their web page.
Institute
for Chemistry and Drug Discovery (ICB&DD) - ICB&DD
and ICTE are collaborating on an NIH/FIC-funded project: Drug
Discovery and Biodiversity Conservation in Madagascar.
The
Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG) – is an international consortium
of zoological institutions concerned with conservation of all
classes of Malagasy fauna, particularly those whose populations
are falling below viable minimums.
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