Narrow conservation organizations and research groups by lemur species, what they do, and where they work in Madagascar.
- Lemurs they support
- Conservation work
- Community support
- Location
AEECL conducts community-based conservation in the Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwest Madagascar, including fire prevention, education, reforestation, and capacity building for ecotourism. Ary Saina is a group of Malagasy conservation biologists conducting scientific research and working with communities in the Ihofa Forest and Ranomafana National Park. The Aspinall Foundation partners with local communities to implement effective, targeted conservation actions to protect a small number of high priority lemur species and their habitats, including greater bamboo lemurs, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, and indri. ICTE and Centre ValBio focus the world’s attention on Madagascar’s lemur crisis through targeted research, conservation, and capacity building. Their research station at the edge of Ranomafana National Park enables long term research and collaboration with the local community. Conservation Fusion conducts education programs with communities in northern (Antsiranana), eastern (Alamazaotra and Kianjavato), and southern Madagascar (Lavavolo). Conservation International has been working in Madagascar since 1980. Their work includes biodiversity protection, environmental policy, scientific research, grant-giving, publication and community programs, and has impacted over 30 lemur species. The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) advances science through interdisciplinary research on lemurs at its living laboratory in North Carolina. The DLC SAVA Conservation project conducts conservation through environmental education, community development, and research in northeast Madagascar. The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) has been conducting conservation in Madagascar since 1983. The American Friends of Durrell support the Alison Jolly Madagascar Scholarship and cover the core costs of all of Durrell’s projects in Madagascar, including those in Lake Alaotra. Eden Reforestation Projects has 46 project sites in Madagascar, employing over 3,400 people and planting over 77 million trees. They began with mangrove reforestation in 2007, and grew to include dry deciduous forests in 2012 and highland forests in 2020. With nearly 200 Malagasy members, including scientists and primatologists, GERP works with local communities to conserve lemurs and manages the Maromizaha forest in eastern Madagascar. Halt Poverty Madagascar empowers the people of Madagascar through sustainable development focused on eco-tourism, including locally managed eco-clubs and tour guide training. Hazo Tokana Tsy Mba Ala (HTTMA) conducts reforestation, forest management, and community development in two forests in northeastern Madagascar: Analalava and Ambohitrandrina. Ho Avy is grassroots program in southwestern Madagascar that partners with communities, identifies and protects natural resources, and builds logistical and human capacity to promote alternative livelihoods that are ecologically sustainable. The Institute of Zoology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover protects lemurs through on-the-ground research, capacity building, and captive management, both inside and outside Madagascar, with a focus on nocturnal lemurs. The Laboratory for the Evolutionary Endocrinology of Primates (LEEP) focuses on primate research and conservation, with a focus on lemurs and how lemurs negotiate survival and reproduction in dynamic environments.
AEECL
Ary Saina
Aspinall Foundation
Centre ValBio & the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments
Conservation Fusion
Conservation International
Duke Lemur Center
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (American Friends of Durrell)
Eden Reforestation Projects
GERP: Groupe d’étude et de recherche sur les primates de Madagascar
Halt Poverty Madagascar
Hazo Tokana Tsy Mba Ala
Ho Avy
Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo)
LEEP- University of Arizona