Community Centred Conservation

	Sylviane Volampeno Programme Coordinator, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -PhD Zoology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -PG Dip Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University, UK -DEA, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar Areas of Expertise -Lemur ecology and behaviour -Biodiversity research -Community-based social marketing
	Akosita Rokomate-Nakoro Programme Coordinator, Fiji and South Pacific Islands Programme Qualifications -BA Geography and Marine Studies, University of the South Pacific -Conservation International Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellow -Founder member Econesian Society *Areas of Expertise* -Ethnobiology -Environmental education
	Leo Cayaban Programme Coordinator, Philippines and Micronesia Programme Qualifications -MSc Geography of Third World Development, Royal Holloway University of London -BS Forestry, University of the Philippines at Los Baños *Areas of Expertise* -Project development and implementation -Regional media networks and knowledge management -Forest and coastal management
	Kamal Maoulida (MC) Programme Officer, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -BA Applied Foreign Languages, University of Comoros -DUT Commerce, University of Comoros *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research (trained in SocMon WIO) -Environmental economics -Sea turtle ecology and conservation
	Ismael Leandre Programme Assistant, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -Natural Sciences, University of Antsiranana *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research -Community feedback -Social marketing
	Ben Ahmed Al’yas’aa (Paradise) Programme Assistant, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -Ecotourism, University of Comoros *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research (trained in SocMon WIO) -Social marketing
	Yssouf Bounou Mouzidalifa Programme Assistant, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -Geography, University of Comoros *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research (trained in SocMon WIO) -Sea turtle ecology and conservation
	Antonio Harilala Programme Assistant in training, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -BSc Environmental Sciences, University of Antsiranana -Specialized in Marine and Coastal environmental conservation *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research -Sea turtle conservation -Marine habitat mapping -Aquaculture
	Raymond Raherindray Programme Assistant in training, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -BSc Environmental Sciences, University of Antsiranana -Specialized in Marine and Coastal environmental conservation *Areas of Expertise* -Climate change in coastal environments -Marine ecotourism -Aquatic bird biodiversity assessments
	Jery Raminosoa Programme Assistant in training, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -Biodiversity and Environmental Studies, University of Tulear (IHSM) *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic and ecological resilience research -Tortoise biology and conservation -Social marketing
	Anatoli Velondia Programme Assistant in training, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -BSc Environmental Sciences student, University of Antsiranana *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research -Community feedback -Social marketing
	Andry Randrianantenaina Programme Assistant in training, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme Qualifications -BSc Environmental Sciences student, University of Antsiranana *Areas of Expertise* -Socioeconomic research -Community feedback -Social marketing
	Abou Bacar Liaison Assistant, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands Programme *Areas of Expertise* -Sea turtle ecology and conservation
	Maleli Qera Programme Officer, Fiji and South Pacific Islands Programme Qualifications -BA Literature and English Language, University of the South Pacific -Postgraduate certificate in education, University of the South Pacific *Areas of Expertise* -Ethobiology -Socioeconomic research -Environmental education
	Samuela Cagimaiwasa Liaison Assistant, Fiji and South Pacific Islands Programme *Areas of Expertise* -Local leadership -Community-based fisheries management
	Chris Poonian Research and Development Manager, Facilitation Team Qualifications -MSc Aquatic Resource Management, King's College London -BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Liverpool *Areas of Expertise* -Human dimensions of natural resource management -Capacity-building -Biodiversity assessments -Natural resource management plan development
	Paul Ivory International Programme Manager, Facilitation Team Qualifications -MSc Oceanography *Areas of Expertise* -Fisheries management -Project implementation
	Matthew Smith Programme Officer, Facilitation Team Qualifications -MSc Conservation Science, Imperial College London *Areas of Expertise* -Conservation economics -Effects of climate change on biodiversity -Novel conservation strategies
	Sarah Duddigan Programme Assistant, Facilitation Team Qualifications -MSc Soils and Environmental Pollution -BSc Environmental Science *Areas of Expertise* -Project administration
	Tara Whitty Research Associate, Facilitation Team Qualifications -PhD cand. Scripps Institute of Oceanography *Areas of Expertise* -Behavioral ecology and population dynamics of marine tetrapods -Fishing and other anthropogenic threats to marine megafauna