#IMC: September 14 - 18 2025

Malagasy Mountain Programme

Assigned Session: FS 3.158: Navigating Africa’s mountains in new Global Change territory

Abstract ID: 3.8865 | Accepted as Talk | Talk | TBA | TBA

Vincent Ralph Clark (1)
Steve Goodman (2, 3), Jay le Roux (4), Fanomezana Ratsoavina (5), Mijoro Rakotoarinivo (5), Peter Taylor (1), Voahangy Soarimalala (2), Andrinajoro Rakotoarivelo (1)
(1) University of the Free State, UFS Qwaqwa Campus, Kestell Road, 9866 Phuthaditjhaba (QwaQwa), ZA
(2) Association Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo, Madagascar
(3) Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
(4) University of the Free State, Bloemfontein Campus, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
(5) University of Antananarivo, Presidence de l’Universite d’Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar

Categories: Biodiversity, Conservation, Culture, Ecosystems, Socio-Ecology
Keywords: Madagascar, Mountains, Programme, Research, Under-studied

Categories: Biodiversity, Conservation, Culture, Ecosystems, Socio-Ecology
Keywords: Madagascar, Mountains, Programme, Research, Under-studied

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Worldwide, high-elevation and high-latitude systems are experiencing the effects of global change faster than elsewhere, but there are limited data on the rate and impact of this change in Malagasy mountains. Reaching 2876 m, these mountains are some of the least-studied areas on the island of Madagascar. The Malagasy Mountain Programme aims to attract greater national and international interest in Malagasy mountains as social-ecological systems and is designed as a net for cooperative research, practitioner interventions, and policy impacts. As a small start, the Programme is a collaborative partnership between the Afromontane Research Unit (University of the Free State, South Africa), Association Vahatra (Madagascar), and the University of Antananarivo (Departments of Plant Biology & Ecology and Zoology & Animal Biodiversity, Madagascar). Additional partnerships are being developed, and more are welcomed.

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