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Zo Andriamahenina Tsino Heritiana
2019 Status: Blue Ventures Profile: "Tsino Heritiana Zo Andriamahenina studied at the University of Antananarivo and in 2010 graduated with a Bachelor degree on Sociology. During his studies he undertook social vulnerability assessment studies of farmers and agriculture in relation to climate change adaptation in southeast Madagascar."
2015 Conference Presentation: (Session Mapping and Conserving Coastal Habitats)
TITLE: “Using ArcGIS to Empower Locally Led, Sustainable Mangrove Management in NW Madagascar”
* Presenter: Zo Andriamahenina, Madagascar Blue Ventures Conservation
ABSTRACT: Madagascar’s mangroves are vital to poor and increasingly vulnerable coastal communities but are being rapidly degraded and deforested. The Ambaro-Ambanja Bays (AAB) contain Madagascar’s second largest mangrove ecosystem wherein deforestation is amongst the country’s highest. Since 2013, the Blue Forests project has engaged coastal communities in AAB to pursue improved mangrove resource management. A primary challenge has been creating spatially meaningful and recognised resource-use and management zones. Building on previous deforestation analysis involving satellite imagery and socioeconomic analysis, GIS aided directly in engaging community members in workshops and field missions, delineating mangrove resource-use and traditional rights and delineating the
