The Ramsar Photo Gallery

Former Staff of the Ramsar Convention Bureau

Simon Rafanomezantsoa

Ramsar Intern for Africa (Assistant to the Regional Coordinator for Africa)

Madagascar; Ramsar Intern, 2001-2002

Simon has a "Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.)" in Animal Ecology-Environment from the University of Antananarivo (1998), as well as a "Maîtrise de Recherche en Sciences Biologiques Appliquées", option Animal Biology (1994), and a teaching diploma in Natural Sciences (1993). Since October 1997, Simon has been working as Wetlands Project Manager with the "Peregrine Fund Madagascar", at the Ramsar site "Complexe des lacs de Manambolomaty" in the Antsalova region. He has experience in many aspects of wetlands work, including fishing impact survey, management and restoration of species such as the endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides, and community involvement on conservation and wise use of wetlands and natural resources in general. He has participated in several training programmes, workshops and meetings, such as the Xth Pan-African Ornithological Congress held in Uganda; the Earthwatch Fellowship Programme in Zambia; the Vth Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls in South Africa; a workshop for determining important bird areas in Madagascar, organised by BirdLife International, and various other training courses. He has an excellent level in both English and French, besides his mother tongue Malagasy.

Simon at his desk soon after joining the Bureau, February 2001 (Photos: Inga Racinska, Ramsar)

Near a big plant affectionately labeled "Madagascar"

Identifying with the Ramsar "wise use" principle, February 2001

Ramsar's Swiss evening, June 2002

For further information, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 5 March 2000, updated 23 January 2003, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.