Mrs Vatosoa RAKOTONDRAZAFY

President of the board, MIHARI

Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is a passionate advocate for small-scale fishers and has expertise in stakeholders' engagement and mobilization. She served as the National Coordinator of MIHARI - Madagascar’s Locally Managed Marine Areas Network for 6 years and she was elected President of the board of the Network in November 2020. She won the Whitley Award in 2019 for her success in defending the rights of Madagascar’s small-scale fishers and to enable those communities to exchange experiences and strengthen their capacity to manage their resources. After successfully bringing stakeholders together to ensure the sustainable management of Madagascar's marine resources, Vatosoa is now putting her coordination skills at the service of the Malagasy think tank INDRI with the task of building on existing conservation knowledge to safeguard Madagascar's unique marine and terrestrial biodiversity.