Volunteer research assistants: Community-based forest restoration in Kianjavato, Madagascar

Hiring Organization: Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Project Description: Investigators at the Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium (OHDZA) seek qualified and highly motivated volunteer research assistants to contribute to an on-going reforestation program in southeastern Madagascar in the second half of 2015 and again in 2016. The restoration effort is led by OHDZA and its partner, the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership (MBP; a Malagasy nongovernmental organization), and is designed to reconnect natural habitats over the mountainous terrain in the Kianjavato-Vatovavy landscape. Nine lemur species, several of which are critically endangered, are present in the remaining