Serge C. Rafanoharana, F. Ollier D. Andrianambinina, H. Andry Rasamuel, Patrick O. Waeber, Lucienne Wilmé and Jörg U. Ganzhorn

The analyses are the result of a collaboration between Serge C. Rafanoharana (pictured: right), H. Andry Rasamuel and Lucienne Wilmé from the World Resources Institute (WRI), Madagascar, a team working on improving methods for remote sensing of the development of different types of forest in Madagascar.

F. Ollier D. Andrianambinina (pictured: left) works for Madagascar National Parks (MNP) and WRI, linking WRI’s approach to MNP’s mission to establish, conserve and sustainably manage the network of parks and reserves of Madagascar.

Patrick O. Waeber from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich combines conservation biology and analyses of social-ecological systems with concepts towards sustainable development.

Jörg U. Ganzhorn, retired in 2022 from the University of Hamburg. He has been member of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, working on ecology, conservation and development issues in Madagascar, since 1984.