African Bird Club
African Bird Club has been established to provide a worldwide focus for African ornithology and to encourage an interest in the conservation of the birds of the region. Madagascar is one of the regions it covers. It also supports small conservation projects in Africa.
http://www.africanbirdclub.org/


African Conservation Foundation
ACF is a UK-registered educational not for profit foundation which provides in-depth information from their project network as well as conservation databases, interactive knowledge base & discussion forums and many other resources. ACF is supporting NGOs and Conservation Groups by providing information networks, communication channels, internet facilities, as well as training and support on the use of ICT, GIS and Remote Sensing.
http://www.africanconservation.org/


BirdLife International
Birdlife International is a global Parnership of conservation organisations. The aims are to prevent the extinction of any bird species, maintain or improve the conservation status of all bird species, conserve and enlarge sites and habitats, help to conserve biodiversity and to improve the quality of people's lives and to intergrate bird conservation into sustaining people's livelihoods.
BirdLife aims to achieve ist goals through conservation science, action on the ground, advocating change, developing capacity and building awareness.
http://www.birdlife.org.uk/index.htm


Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures is an award winning UK-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating projects that enhance global coral reef conservation and research. Its research programmes are aimed at exploring ways to promote the sustainable use of tropical marine and coastal resources. Blue Ventures' work in the village of Andavadoaka, SW Madagascar, aims to improve the quality of life of the local community by protecting environmental and cultural heritage and increasing local people's income.
http://www.blueventures.org/


Conservation International
Help protect Madagascar against threats of deforestation, poverty, economic underdevelopment, and political instability. Conservation International (CI) is a field-based, non-profit organization that protects the Earth's biologically richest areas and helps the people who live there improve their quality of life.
http://www.conservation.org/


Conservation Medicine
The Consortium for Conservation Medicine is a unique collaborative institution that strives to understand the link between anthropogenic environmental change, the health of all species, and the conservation of biodiversity.
http://www.conservationmedicine.org/


Durrell Wildlife Preservation Trust
Durrell Wildlife’s mission is to save wild animals from extinction. To achieve it trough scientific expertise and dedication in the field and at the Jersey Zoo.
http://www.durrellwildlife.org/


Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute wants to promote sustainable conservation by creating partnerships among scientists, the general public, educators, and businesses. It tries to engage the general pubic through active participation in the scientific process (field work) and combines research, education and conservation. It has two projects in Madagascar: the carnivores project in Ankarafantsiks National Park and the lemurs project in Ranomafana National Park.
http://www.earthwatch.org/


Fanamby
Seeks to maintain biodiversity in unprotected high biodiversity areas by promoting a long-term conservation process that integrates development, research, training, and education-outreach activities.
http://www.fanamby.org.mg/


Frontier
Frontier is a UK-based non-profit NGO operating field-based marine and forest research programmes in northern Madagascar. Frontier's emphasis on biodiversity surveying and monitoring contributes to baseline knowledge of species ecology and natural resource use by local communities.
http://www.frontier.ac.uk


Global Gecko Association (GGA)
The GGA is an organization committed to promote interest in gekkonids in a variety of ways, from responsible captive care, to study in the wild, conservation, academic research and beyond. Furthermore, the GGA will serve people who are interested in gekkonids by providing a voice and means of communicating and sharing of resources and ideas.
http://www.gekkota.com/


IUCN (The World Conservation Union)
This is the principle international conservation organization with headquarters in Switzerland. It has both nations and conservation groups as members. It is particularly relevant to lemur conservation because the IUCN's 1994 Red List of Threatened Animals. The IUCN also has its international Species Survival Commission. This group has SSC Specialist Groups including of particular relevance to the DUPC: the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group and its Primate Specialist Group.
http://www.iucn.org/


Lemur Conservation Foundation
The Lemur Conservation Foundation is a small non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and conservation of the primates of Madagascar through captive breeding, scientific research, education, and reintroduction.
http://www.lemurreserve.org/


Mampam Conservation
Mampam Conservation is a non-profit making venture that develops ingenious and inexpensive techniques to help solve problems with endangered and neglected wildlife and places.
http://mampam.50megs.com/


Madagascar Ankizy Fund
Madagascar Ankizy Fund (MAF) is a small NGO which goals are to build schools and clinics in remote areas of Madagascar. MAF was started by paleontologist Dr. David W. Krause, a professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Krause, as well as various colleagues and students involved in paleontological research in Madagascar, are committed to improving life for Malagasy children by providing tools for learning and basic health care.
http://www.ankizy.org/


Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, MWF
The MWF, formerly known as the Mauritian Wildlife Appeal Fund is the only non-governmental organisation in Mauritius to be exclusively concerned with the conservation of endemic species.
http://www.maurinet.com/wildlife.html


Natur und Artenschutz in den Tropen (NAT) - Foundation for Tropical Nature and Species Conservation
The goals of the foundation are the protection and the conservation of the tropical flora and fauna: the NAT supports projects on habitat and species conservation, programmes incorporating community-based sustainable resource use, rainforest restauration and education programmes.
http://members.aol.com/natropen/


National Association for the Management of Protected Areas
ANGAP strives to establish, conserve, and manage in a sustainable manner a network of National Parks and Reserves representative of the biological diversity and the natural environment of Madagascar.
http://www.parcs-madagascar.com/angap.htm


Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles
The Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles works to preserve the species and environments of the Seychelles islands through practical conservation, research and publication.
http://members.aol.com/jstgerlach/


Peregrine Fund
Madagascar Field Project join scientists as they explore the diversity of species that exist only in Madagascar, and the very high rates of habitat loss due to human disturbance.
http://www.peregrinefund.org/conserv_madagscr.html


Society for Conservation Biology, SCB
The SCB is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity.
http://www.conbio.org/


Tandroy Conservation Trust
The TCT is the new name for Project Ifotaka. The approach is to support the Tandroy in their efforts to conserve their remaining forest. In doing so TCT aims to help preserve and protect both the region’s valuable biodiversity and the rich culture of the Tandroy people.
http://www.tandroyconservation.org.uk/tct.htm


Tropical Biology Association
The TBA is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with tropical countries to build expertise in biodiversity conservation and research. Its unique feature is to bring together biologists and conservation practitioners from Europe and tropical countries for relevant and up to date field training.
http://www.tropical-biology.org/home.html


Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS uniquely combine the resources of wildlife parks in New York with field projects around the globe to inspire care for nature, provide leadership in environmental education, and help sustain our planet's biological diversity.
http://www.wcs.org/wild/programs/africa/eden.html


World Wildlife Fund for Nature
WWF works to conserve nature and ecological processes through a combination of action in situ, national and international advocacy work to establish appropriate policies, and international campaigns to highlight and demonstrate solutions to crucial environmental problems.
http://www.worldwildlife.org
http://www.worldwildlife.org/madagascar/

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