The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change
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 Madag...
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| author | V. Ralph Clark Steven M. Goodman Jay le Roux Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina Mijoro Rakotoarinivo Peter John Taylor Voahangy Soarimalala Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-83b71cb5672e4cd4ad3bc02e3dafe1bf2025-01-23T15:10:04ZengInternational Mountain SocietyMountain Research and Development0276-47411994-71512025-02-01451P6P11https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.2024.00044The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global ChangeV. Ralph Clark0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-0742Steven M. Goodman1Jay le Roux2Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina3Mijoro Rakotoarinivo4Peter John Taylor5Voahangy Soarimalala6Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo7Afromontane Research Unit and Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, Republic of South Africa; clarkvr@ufs.ac.zaAssociation Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USAAfromontane Research Unit and Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Bloemfontein Campus, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, Republic of South AfricaDepartment of Zoology and Animal Biodiversity, University of Antananarivo, Présidence de l'Université d'Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo, 101, MadagascarDepartment of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Antananarivo, Présidence de l'Université d'Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo, 101, MadagascarAfromontane Research Unit and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, Republic of South AfricaAssociation Vahatra, BP 3972, Antananarivo, MadagascarAfromontane Research Unit and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, Republic of South Africa; andrinajoro@gmail.comWorldwide, 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.https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/mrd.2024.00044afromontane research unit (aru) |
| spellingShingle | V. Ralph Clark Steven M. Goodman Jay le Roux Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina Mijoro Rakotoarinivo Peter John Taylor Voahangy Soarimalala Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change Mountain Research and Development afromontane research unit (aru) |
| title | The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change |
| title_full | The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change |
| title_fullStr | The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change |
| title_short | The Malagasy Mountain Programme: Understanding Madagascar's High-Elevation Systems Under Global Change |
| title_sort | malagasy mountain programme understanding madagascar s high elevation systems under global change |
| topic | afromontane research unit (aru) |
| url | https://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/mrd.2024.00044 |
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