Country

 

Madagascar

Name of scheme

 

Wetland monitoring programme at Alaotra

Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)

 

Freshwater

What is monitored

 

Human resource use and wildlife

 

Who compiles data

 

Community members

Number of community members involved

 

155 (2002)

Spatial scale. Size of area monitored

 

42,810 ha in one area

Methods used

 

Methods include, e.g., transects and village group discussions

Year of initiation

 

2001

Funded by

 

Funded by Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation, the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation and Landscape Development Interventions (USAID)

 

Documents or publications available

 

Andrianandrasana et al. 2005

Organizers and contact details

 

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Madagascar

Herizo T. Andrianandrasana, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Madagascar Programme, BP 8511, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar. E-mail: dw.madagascar@durrell.org;  Fax: +261-20-22-357-48

 

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