Our Goal: Completion of the Stony Brook University Residence Hall at Centre ValBio
Centre de Formation International pour
la Valorisation de la Biodiversité
International Training Center for the Study
of Biodiversity
ICTE's major funding initiative at present is to finalize construction of a research laboratory-dormitory extension of the field station in Ranomafana. This extension, which complements the existing field station, will allow the seamless integration of research in the forest and the laboratory. In addition, this residence hall will provide permanent housing for undergraduate study abroad students, graduate students, faculty, and visiting researchers into the future.
Current Centre ValBio Facilities
The Centre ValBio Research Station, completed in 2003 is adjacent to Ranomafana National Park,
just across the Namorona River. The Centre ValBio entrance
is 300m south of the Ranomafana National Park entrance on
National Route 25.
The Dream:
The new Stony Brook/Centre ValBio Residence Hall will be located adjancent to the existing research station. Naming opportunities for sections of this cutting edge tropical research facility are available to donors. Please contact us for more information. The photo
above shows our vision for the completed residence hall. 
Upon completion, the residence hall will have a climate-controlled
research laboratory including a genetics lab, a GIS station,
invertebrate, botany, ornithology, aquatics, and mammalogy
labs, and an audio-visual center.
Mission of the Centre ValBio Research Station
The Centre ValBio is managed and run by the Consortium
for Research and Training in Madagascar. The mission
of the Centre ValBio is to:
- Promote research on the biodiversity and
conservation of Madagascar's raninforests, including populations,
communities, and the ecosystem processes they depend on.
- Promote formal and informal training at
the undergraduate and graduate levels for students and
scientists, Malagasy and international.
- Conduct long-term monitoring research
on the flora and fauna of RNP.
- Share information with Malagasy policy
makers and with scientists globally.
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