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CVB Annual Report, 2019 Centre ValBio Annual Report 2019 Contents Page History of CVB History of CVB 3 In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seeming- Letter from the Executive Director 4 ly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn’t been seen in the wild 2019 Highlights 6 for thirty years. Not only did Dr. Wright discover that the primate Map of CVB Program Villages 10 still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species, the golden bamboo lemur. What followed was a love affair with an animal Research 11 and a country that continues to this day. Dr. Wright is best known for Long-term Surveys, Long-term Monitoring, Centre ValBio her study of lemurs in Ranomafana National Park (‘RNP’), which she Biodiversity Surveys and Monitoring helped establish in 1991. Conservation 14 Lemur Translocation Project Ivato Karianga, Reforestation, Centre ValBio (‘CVB’) was created by Dr. Patricia Wright in 2003 under SpicES Project the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments’ agreement Community Outreach 18 with the Government of Madagascar. The richness of the critically en- Environmental Education, Environmental Arts, Conservation dangered plants and animals, contrasted with the poverty of the peo- Clubs, Kianja Maitso, Community Healthcare ple, inspired her to help both survive in harmony. CVB Technology Development Initiative 26 BeLocal Group 28 CVB’s mission is: Restoring the Lost Forest of Ivohiboro 29 • To promote world-class research and biodiversity training oppor- Research Station Use 30 tunities in one of the world’s most biologically diverse and unique Researchers, Workshops & Events 34 ecosystems; Academic Training & Capacity Building 52 • To promote environmental stewardship by providing conservation SOS Biodiversity Research Center 56 education and developing ecologically sustainable economic devel- Honours & Awards 58 opment opportunities within local communities; and Publications 60 • To provide the local villagers with the knowledge and tools to im- Acknowledgments 64 prove their quality of life through projects focused on health and Our Partners 68 well-being. 2 3 CVB National Director, Pascal Rabeson, Environment, Ecology and Forests, we are Our paper describing the rare fungus attack- Letter from the Executive Director represented CVB at the Society of Conserva- continuing our collaboration with MICET ing Chrysophyllum is in revision in Frontiers tion Biology International Congress in Kuch- and Rainforest Trust in making a protected in Forests and Global Change: Pests, Patho- auguration on January 17 began with a rainy session attended by Board members Mark ing, Malaysia. He gave a presentation about area in the unexpected rainforest in south- gens and Invasions. Calophyllum, an endem- blessing from the ancestors and speeches by Krasnow, Steig Johnson, Jim and Robin Her- CVB’s community monitoring of biodiversity central Madagascar. This special relict forest ic tree in the avocado family, is an important the local officials as well as Serge Bednarczyk, rnstein, as well as Benjamin Andriamihaja, in forest fragments. is well on the way to being legally recognized feeding tree for six species of lemurs. The representing the donor of the project. Ed Norton, Sr. (PIVOT board member), Ni- as a protected area, with ten official trained fungus, carried by a bark beetle, has caused cole Sampson, Dean of SBU Arts and Scienc- In late July, CVB accomplished the first step rangers. Phoenix Conservancy, a US NGO, mortality of over 65% in this tree species. In January, Michael Docherty was chosen es, Hodan Hassan, CVB Development Strate- in our translocation of Prolemur simus, the completed over 4 kilometers of firebreaks as our Administrative Director for Centre gist, and Dexter Bailey, VP for Advancement. greater bamboo lemur, from Ivato Commune around the Ivohiboro forests. This year’s special guests included the new ValBio. Michael, who has a background in The Planning Session, led by the organiza- near Vondrozo to Ranomafana National US Ambassador, Michael Pelletier, and his finance, had been an AFID finance volunteer tion JUMP, was very useful and a document Park. The twelve bamboo lemurs were cap- Two biodiversity surveys were conducted wife. Steven Quake, Co-president of the for CVB since April 2018 and we are proud to outlining five main points was developed. tured, collared, and released and will be in 2019 by CVB in the “Lost Rainforest of Chan Zuckerberg BioHub, San Francisco, choose him to lead the CVB and be the link Highlighted were new directions in database translocated to Ranomafana National Park in Crystal Mountain”. In November, the CVB/ Andrea and Lubert Stryer, from the Board to Stony Brook University. We had major technology and molecular genetics. early 2020. AMNH biodiversity inventory teams discov- of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Dr. promotions within our staff: Lovasoa Razaf- ered three possible new species: a giant land Cristina Tato and Rebecca Egger from CZI, indravony to be head of the Education De- In July, the Association of Tropical Biology Nathan Montague, our ICTE Finance Coordi- snail (leopard snail), an aquatic leech, and and Farhad Imam from the Bill and Melin- partment, Dr. Ando Rakotoniaina to be head and Conservation (ATBC) held their inter- nator hired in July, visited CVB in September a Brookesia (tiny chameleon). Genetic work da Gates Foundation. Chien Lee, renowned Dear CVB friends and supporters, of the Health and Hygiene Department, and national meetings in Antananarivo and CVB to brainstorm with the CVB finance staff to is now needed to verify these new species. wildlife photographer, returned to shoot ma- 2019 has been a landmark year and CVB is Nicolas Rasolojatovo, head of reforestation. was a sponsor. This was the second largest make financial transactions more efficient. Beatriz Ortiz Jimenez, my new Stony Brook terial for the “Visions of Ranomafana” book. proud of its accomplishments. international meeting ever held in Madagas- post doctoral fellow, and I trapped small In February, Centre ValBio Research Station car. The first was the International Primato- In October at Stony Brook University I re- mammals. Beatriz is a landscape ecologist, Finally, my best wishes for a productive and In January, we began with the roof raising was a finalist for the St Andrews Prize for logical Society meetings held in 1998. Ten of ceived the Herrnstein Family Endowed Chair who after receiving her Ph.D. from the Uni- successful 2020. ceremony of the Biodiversity Research Cen- the Environment. Michael Docherty and I our CVB staff, 12 of our Malagasy graduate in Conservation Biology, with over 140 at- versity of Michigan, is my NIH IRACDA post ter, financed by the International Union journeyed to St Andrews, Scotland, to give a students, and eight of our research scientists tendees at the investiture ceremony; Michael doctoral fellow at SBU for three years, and for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and presentation and receive the prize of $25,000 attended and gave presentations. Our CVB Bernstein, Provost of SBU; Dr. Zang, the will study the landscape genetics of small Sincerely, their Save our Species (SOS) Fund. The first to be applied to our SPICE for Life project , researcher, Onja Razafindratsima, was Mas- head of the Research Foundation; and Nicole mammals in the Lost Rainforest. The US floor of this building will house collections of which involves reforestation of endemic trees ter of Ceremony. CVB researcher and SBU Sampson, Dean of Arts and Sciences, award- ambassador’s wife, Suja Pelletier, and teen- plants, insects, herps, and lemur fossils. The and high value crops including vanilla, wild Ph.D., Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy, was the main ed me the honor, with Drs. Robin and James aged son, Ketan, assisted us in the biodiver- second floor will be offices for our long-term pepper, and cinnamon. organizer, and I was on the organizing com- Herrnstein, the donors, on the stage with me. sity surveys. The camera traps revealed ring tailed mongoose for the first time, as well as research projects, as well as for the CVB Re- mittee. The meeting ran seamlessly, and was Dr. Patricia C. Wright search Director and staff, and the third floor In February, Stony Brook University spon- a great success. Many biologists visited CVB As part of the CVB expansion that was en- the 2kg common tenrec. Founder and Executive Director houses a research conference room. The in- sored a Centre ValBio strategic planning before and after the conference. couraged by the Madagascar Ministry of the Centre ValBio 4 5 2019 Jan. 10 - Dec. 1 Apr. 30 July. 1 - 15 Aug. 12 - 23 Oct. 25 May 13 - 17 Hunter College CUNY, Mark Krasnow, long National Geo- Stephen Quake of Stanford Centre ValBio lead World Mar. 17 - 20 Oct. Highlights research on Varecia time CVB researcher, Conservation graphic expedition, University and the CZI Lemur Day Festival in SBU Projects reproduction and The Colorado Springs elected to the US Nation- International community service Biohub visits with his Eliette Noromalala Ranomafana, with the US External Visitors physiology School Study Abroad al Academy of Sciences Workshop focus (17 people) daughter Zoe is awarded Fulbright ambassador Michael Pelletier CVB Activities (22 people) (10 people) Scholarships as honoured guest Jun. 15 - 29 Jul. 30 - Aug 3 Jan. 6 - 12 Mar. 15 - 17 Apr. 1 Jun. 3 - 8 Oct. 9 - Nov 7 Buena Vista 56th Annual Association Sep. 18 - Nov 22 Ecological and Patricia Wright visits Man- Mariah Donohue is University of University fac- for Tropical Biology and Dr Mark Krasnow and Epidemiological chester University for the awarded Fulbright Florida Study ulty visit to plan Conservation (ATBC) SBU Study Abroad, his team visit to continue Modelling Mada British Society for Parasi- U.S. student program Abroad future Study meeting in Antananarivo, biodiversity courses their study of mouse (E2M2) workshop tology 2019 Spring Meeting (15 people) Abroad seven CVB staff attending (14 people) lemur genetics Jan.
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