Our Team
Aristide is a Malagasy scientist involved in landscape ecology, conservation technology, ornithology, and zoology.
Aristide is an accomplished diverse professional with more than 20 years of hands-on experience in conservation science with international NGOs as a Senior staff. He is regularly involved in environmental assessments using international standards such as IFC and World Bank requirements on large-size project development in developing countries. He works to improve protected areas and conservation practices in developing countries’ hotspots like Madagascar by implementing technology-based conservation tools for evidence-based conservation practice to improve protected area managers' decision-making efficiency.
Aristide has worked with WCS for 15 years, currently in the role of Science Director. He founded Asity Madagascar, a Malagasy chapter of Bird Life International and began his career with the Peregrine Fund.
He is also a Professor in the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Antananarivo where he is involved in various subjects related to conservation biology, climate change, functional ecology, ecological modeling, marine science, etc.