A Biological Assessment of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale of d′Ankarafantsika, Madagascar: RAP 23 (Rapid Assessment Program) - Softcover

Alonso, Leeanne E; Schulenberg, Thomas S; Radilofe, Sahondra; Missa, Olivier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1881173623 ISBN 13: 9781881173625

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2003

Synopsis

Over the past half century, slash-and-burn rice farming on Madagascar has slowly expanded from the coastal lowlands into the dense tropical forests of the island's central plateau - many of which are officially protected reserves. This rapid assessment focuses on the Reserve Naturelle Integrale of d'Ankarafantsika, in the northern portion of the island. The area is filled with diverse endemic species but is increasingly threatened by local agricultural methods, and this assessment is critical to the process of evaluating risks and developing sound conservation policies for the future.

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About the Authors

Leeanne E. Alonso is director of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program. Jessica Deichmann is a research associate with Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program in Arlington, Virginia. Sheila A. McKenna is a marine ecologist and senior research scientistwith SEAlliance. Piotr Naskrecki is an entomologist, invertebrate conservationist, and nature writer and photographer, currently with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Stephen Richards is managerof Conservation International'sRAPbiodiversity assessmentprogram for theAsia-Pacific region, aResearch Associateat the South AustralianMuseum, and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature'sAmphibian Red-list Authority.

Corine Vriesendorp is a conservation ecologist and botanist with Environmental and Conservation Programs at The Field Museum, Chicago.

Thomas S. Schulenberg is a conservation ecologist and ornithologist with Environmental and Conservation Programs at The Field Museum, Chicago.

William S. Alverson is a conservation ecologist and botanist with the Environmental and Conservation Programs at The Field Museum, Chicago.

Debra K. Moskovits is Senior Vice President of Environment, Culture, and Conservation at the Field Museum, Chicago.

José-Ignacio Rojas Moscoso is a freelance biologist in Tambopata, Peru.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1881173623
• ISBN 13: 9781881173625
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 139