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P A G E 2
The Other Half of the DLC SAVA Conservation Team
S A V A C O N S E R V A T I O N
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In the last SAVA Conservation newslet-
ter I introduced project director Dr. Erik
Patel. I would now like to introduce the
other half of our on-the-ground team,
Lanto Andrianandrasana. Lanto has been
with the project for more than a year now,
starting off with oversight of the first
phase of teacher trainings. Lanto now
works hand in glove with Erik, involved in
all of the various project activities. It keeps
him more than busy!
Lanto has extensive experience with
research and conservation. After receiving
his master’s degree from the University of
Antananarivo in 2006, Lanto first worked
as a field research assistant on a variety of
lemur species in Ranomafana National
Park. He then went on to do similar work with silky sifakas in various protected areas in the
SAVA region. Lanto has been a long time assistant and colleague of Erik’s, through years of
research on the silkies.
On the personal side, Lanto was born in Antsirabe, in Madagascar’s high plateau, and
grew up in Antananarivo. He is married to Mireille Razafimandranto, who also has a biology
background and has also done work for Erik in the past. Lanto and Mireille have a 4-year-
old son named Lanto Fanomezantsoa and a new baby daughter named Fifaliana. We are
very proud to have Lanto on the DLC SAVA Conservation team.
Lanto explaining to students the different activities of our SAVA Con-
servation project.
Lanto with his family: wife Mireille and son Lanto Fanomezantsoa.
“Lanto has extensive
experience with
research and
conservation…
receiving his
master’s degree from
the University of
Antananarivo.”