IMPACT Madagascar

Rija Rasamimanana is a senior geologist, having expertise in gold survey and prospection. He has interest in the general environment as well as sustainable development. He believes that environmental protection could be coupled with large-scale development projects. He serves as Chair of the Board of Directors at IMPACT Madagascar.

Contact: impact.mada@gmail.com

Josia Razafindramanana, PhD., has created several research and conservation programmes in Madagascar, including the Sifaka Conservation programme (back in 2011) aiming to protect fragmented crowned sifaka populations and the remaining dry forests in Madagascar.  Her interest is broadly based in applied ecology for conservation management and decision-making processes, as well as corporate engagement on environmental programmes. She co-founded the NGO IMPACT Madagascar, in 2013, to champion biodiversity conservation in surrounding communities. She now serves as a member of the Board of Directors.

Chuck Farrell is an ER nurse and combat flight medic with nearly two decades of experience in emergent and field medicine. Accompanying his wife Anne to Madagascar as part of a lemur census in 2014, he fell in love with the people and wildlife of southern Madagascar, and was proud to lead a series of healthcare classes for the local people of Berenty. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for IMPACT Madagascar.

Anne Walker Farrell is a Los-Angeles-based artist and animator, whose passion for adventure and nature (specifically, lemurs) led her to volunteer with her husband on a lemur census at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar in 2014. She is proud to support IMPACT Madagascar as a web designer, illustrator, and member of the Board of Directors.

Kathryn Scobie joined Impact Madagascar in 2015, first as a Project Coordinator and then Project Manager, after spending 12 months in southeast Madagascar studying the behaviour and ecology of woolly lemurs. She is now studying for a PhD in biological sciences at the University of Aberdeen, researching the problem of rodent pests in Madagascar and their impact on agriculture and public health. She is passionate about promoting conservation in partnership with local communities, and so she is very excited to be able to continue working with IMPACT Madagascar on their community-led conservation, development, and research projects.

Nancy Gladstone has been fascinated by Madagascar’s unique biogeography since taking a course on the Human Impact on the Natural Environment at the University of Cambridge as part of her Natural Sciences degree. She was lucky enough to have the chance to undertake fieldwork there during her MSc and has traveled there many times since. She has experience in developing, editing and publishing environmental education resources, as well as the coordination and financial management of research projects. She is excited to support Impact Madagascar with its practical conservation and community development initiatives.