Dr Sandra RATIARISON

Forestry officer - Regional Coordinator Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

Dr Sandra RATIARISON is an expert in forest natural resource management with 20 years of experience in designing and implementing research and conservation/development projects, including 12 years of field work experience in Africa and South America. As a veterinary doctor and a PhD in forest ecology, she has been working for 13 years in Africa (Nigeria, Central Africa countries and Madagascar) on various approaches to sustainable forest management, going from coordinating field-based demo projects to contributing to multi-stakeholder evidence-based policy development processes covering multiple technical fields (protected area and wildlife management, community-based ecotourism development, community-based forestry, sustainable management certification schemes in logging and agro-industries). She is currently regional coordinator for the Sustainable Wildlife Management Programme for Central Africa and Madagascar.