A. Razafimpahanana

Andriamandimbisoa (Dimby) Razafimpahanana is the Conservation Support and REBIOMA (Madagascar Biodiversity Network) Coordinator of WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society - Madagascar) since 2005. Dimby has expertise in Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing, Database, Computing, Spatial Conservation Planning, Integrated Land Use Planning, Modeling and Climate Change. Dimby was the technical lead of the Prioritization Group during the implementation of the process of identifying priority areas for conservation better known as Vision Durban (2003) regarding the tripling of Protected Areas. Dimby implemented the project to identify priority areas for marine conservation relating to the implementation of the Sydney Promise (2014) regarding Madagascar's commitment to Aichi Target 11 by tripling Marine Areas Existing protected. Dimby was a former co-chair of the Thematic Group - Climate Change (GT-CC) in 2012. Currently, he is a member of the Executive Board of the Association of Environmental Information Systems Network (ARSIE) since 2015. Dimby was the responsible for partnerships during the implementation of the first phase of the COMBO Project (The COnservation, Mitigation and Biodiversity Offsets Program).