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ICTE Support for
Malagasy Students
Graduate Training
in Madagascar
Nearly 80 Malagasy
graduate students have completed their DEA (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies)
or CAPEN (Certificate d'Aptitude Pedagogique de L'Ecole Normale)
degrees with support from ICTE (see Publication List). The CAPEN
and DEA degrees are roughly equivalent to a Master's degree in
the US. In many cases, Malagasy and international professors jointly
supervised these research projects.
ICTE has supported
training in the USA for Malagasy students:
Jonah RATSIMBAZAFY
began a Ph.D. program in the Anthropology Department of Stony
Brook University under the supervision of Professor Patricia Wright.
Jonah successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation
on the responses of the endangered Black and White Ruffed Lemur
to habitat disturbance in Manombo Special Reserve in Madagascar.
Jonah was the recipient of two prestigious awards: the Wenner-Gren
Developing Countries Training Fellowship and the Rockefeller Foundation
Africa Dissertation Internship Award. In addition, Jonah has received
grants to support his research from Wildlife Trust, Primate Conservation
Inc., Margot Marsh, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Jonah
worked in collaboration with other Malagasy graduate students
and is actively involved in development activities in the Manombo
area, including conservation education, the construction of a
health clinic, teaching English, and local radio broadcasts about
the flora and fauna. Jonah is currently working as the Scientific
Coordinator of the Durrell
Wildlife Conservation Trust, based in Madagascar.
Jonah also won the Martha J Galante Award of the International Primatological
Society and has met with President Ravelomanana of Madagascar
(see photo).
Serge RATSIRAHOANANA
entered the Ph.D. program in Anthropology at Stony Brook University.
He is funded by a Wenner-Gren Developing Countries
Training Fellowship. Serge's interests are in cultural anthropology.
Misalalatiana ANDRIAMIHAJA
began her studies for a Master of Environmental Sciences at the
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. She
received full funding for her studies.
Tendro RAMAHARITRA
received funding to attend the MESc program at the Yale School
of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Pascal RABESON
attended the Organization for Tropical Studies Field Course with
support from ICTE. Mr. Rabeson completed
a Master's Thesis University of Georgia on aquatic insects in
Ranomafana National Park. He has also worked for the
California Academy of Sciences.
Jean-Claude ANDRIANANTENAINA
RAZAFIMAHAIMODISON completed his Master's Degree in the Program for Biodiversity at the City University of
New York. Mr. Razafimahaimodison completed his Ph.D.
dissertation at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on
Atelornis pittoides, the endangered ground roller in Ranomafana
National Park. He is now the Research Coordinator at the Centre
ValBio.
Lalaina RAVELOMANANTSOA
successfully completed a one-year Master's in Environmental Law
at the Vermont Law School after three intensive semesters
of coursework. The Vermont Law School is the top ranked school
for Environmental Law in the US. Lalaina works on a variety of
environmental law projects in Madagascar, and returns each summer
to the Vermont Law School to teach a course in International Environmental
Law.
Vololontiana RAZAFINDRATSITA
successfully completed the Intensive English Program at SUNY-Stony
Brook. During this time she attended lectures and
seminars related to conservation. She studied ornithology
with USIHE/Professor Steve Zack in California. In addition, she attended the Organization for Tropical Studies Field
Course in Costa Rica. After completing her US studies, Tiana has
conducted field research in ornithology at Ranomafana National
Park in Madagascar. ICTE (with funding from the Packard
Foundation and the National Science Foundation) sponsored Tiana
to attend the Association for Tropical Biology meeting, held in
Panama. She presented a paper at a symposium entitled "Floristics,
Phenology, and Frugivore Communities: A Pantropical Comparison.
Lalaina RAKOTOSON
successfully completed a one-year Master's in Environmental Law
at the Vermont Law School after three intensive semesters
of coursework. The Vermont Law School is the top ranked school
for Environmental Law in the US.
Ernestine RAHOLIMAVO
(Ph.D) attended a one-month training course on Biodiversity Measuring,
Monitoring, and Research sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute/Man
and the Biosphere (SIMAB) program. This training aided
her in her job as the Ecological Monitoring Director of Ranomafana
National Park.
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