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The partners involved on the projectThe partners involved on the project
Active engagement with local, national and international stakeholders has been fundamental to the success of the project.
An independent biodiversity advisory committee was formed in 2001 to review the biodiversity strategy and conservation measures on the ground. It consists of biodiversity experts in various fields of longstanding experience and globally renowned research credentials in Madagascar. This committee which remains independent of Rio Tinto, comprises: Dr. Porter Lowry (Missouri Botanical Gardens); Prof. Joerg Ganzhorn, (Hamburg University); Prof. Alison Jolly (Sussex University); Dr. Helen Crowley (World Conservation Society); Dr. Rob Brett (Fauna and Flora International); Dr.Kay O’Regan (Earthwatch); Dr.Paul Smith (Royal Botanic Kew Garden); Dr. Monica Harris (Fauna and Flora International); and Dr. Jonathan Ekstrom (The Biodiversity Consultancy).
Other important partnerships included:
- Matching funds from USAID ($ 6 million over / 3 years) for forest conservation, nurseries and reforestation, social issues, etc.);
- Publication of a Littoral Forest Flora Field Guide with (Missouri Botanical Gardens and Kew Gardens);
- Indigenous seeds lots sent to Millennium Seed Bank at Kew Gardens since 2005; and
- Implementation of biodiversity offsets in collaboration with BirdLife, Wildlife Conservation Society, USAID, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund and the Malagasy Government).
In 2007 QMM published a monograph documenting all the pioneering research work it has undertaken with its partners over the last 15 years. Entitled Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation of Littoral Ecosystems in the Region of Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) in south eastern Madagascar, the book is published by the Smithsonian Institution. The book draws upon the work of professionals from universities, biodiversity partner organisations, the Malagasy Government, Rio Tinto and other scientific institutions. More than 70 authors contributed to the book, which provides a comprehensive record of the scientific investigation on biodiversity, social aspects and conservation conducted in this part of Madagascar.
