2012 Call of the Wild Speaker Series – Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy

Title: 2012 Call of the Wild Speaker Series – Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy
Location: Houston Zoo Brown Education Center
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Description: Saving lemurs and the other species on the verge of extinction in Madagascar

Featuring Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy

Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy is a Malagasy primatologist and conservationist Born and raised in Madagascar. He earned his PhD from Stony Brook University in 2002 for his study of Black and White Ruffed Lemurs at Manombo. An Associate Professor at the University of Antananarivo, Jonah supervises student research projects and trains students to tackle current issues in conservation. Jonah has been Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Training & Conservation Coordinator for Madagascar since 2002, responsible for building the conservation capacity of the staff and partners at Durrell-Madagascar sites. Jonah is also a co-author of Conservation International’s Lemurs of Madagascar Field Guides.

Madagascar is truly an island of wonder. It is home to some of the most unique wildlife on the planet, every lemur species and over half the world’s chameleons are found on this magnificent island.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2012-02-15