Darwin Initiative

The Darwin Initiative is a grants programme administered by the UK government and is designed to assist countries rich in biodiversity but poor in resources with the conservation of biological diversity and implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It draws on British expertise in the field of biodiversity and promotes collaborative projects.

The creation of Madagasikara Voakajy was funded by a Darwin Initiative grant in 2005 and a series of other projects funded by the initiative since 1996 have assisted in developing the capacity of the Malagasy biologists now employed by the organization:

Chameleons, Conservation and Local Communities in Madagascar

Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, United Kingdom and the Department of Animal Biology, University of Antananarivo

The Role of Fruit Bats in Maintaining Biodiversity in Madagascar

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom and the Department of Animal Biology, University of Antananarivo

Conservation and Management of Malagasy Microchiroptera and their Habitats

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom and the Department of Animal Biology, University of Antananarivo

Bat Conservation Madagascar

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Conservation of Small Vertebrates in Tsingy Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, the Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP) and Programme Bemaraha

Darwin Scholarship for Hanta Julie Razafimanahaka

Hanta Julie is currently following a masters course in Applied Ecology and Conservation at the University of East Anglia

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