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Although our SAVA Conservation team has many collabora-
tors, we only have two permanent project personnel on the
ground in Madagascar, Erik and Lanto. But that is about to
change! I am pleased to announce that Dr. Marina Blanco will
soon be joining the Madagascar team as research scientist.
Marina has been working in a DLC post-doctoral position under
director Dr. Anne Yoder, studying the fat-tailed dwarf lemurs
(
Cheirogaleus
sp.) at various sites in Madagascar, including Ma-
rojejy (see previous newsletter). With the expansion of SAVA
Conservation collaborative research programs, along with the
expanded activities coincident with the recently received
Helmsley grant, Marina will join the SAVA team to continue her
explorations of primate diversity within the Marojejy Park, as
well as to help coordinate our research objectives. She will
most especially work to promote collaborative research activi-
ties with our colleagues at the Association Vahatra.
A very warm welcome to Dr. Marina Blanco, and we look for-
ward to SAVA Conservation moving to the next level in terms
of research!
SAVA Conservation Team to Expand!
New MNP Director of Marojejy/Anjanaharibe Sud
We are pleased to announce
that Madagascar National Parks
(MNP) has selected a new di-
rector for Marojejy National
Park and Anjanaharibe Sud Spe-
cial Reserve, Mr. Jean André
Mboly. Mr. Mboly replaces the
former director Mr. Hervé
Bakarizafy, who has been trans-
ferred to the MNP main office
in Antananarivo. We miss the
excellent collaboration that we
had with Mr. Hervé, but we are
already working together with
Mr. Mboly on various conserva-
tion and research projects for
the two protected areas of the
SAVA region. We look forward
to a long and productive col-
laboration with Mr. Mboly and
the SAVA MNP office.
New MNP Marojejy/Anjanaharibe Sud direc-
tor, Mr. Jean Andr
é
Mboly, with Charlie
Welch.