Heidelberg Talks Online about biodiversity

Rhine-Neckar, July 13, 2026, 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Monday, July 13, 2026, 8-9.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2).

The topic is:


Conservation of biodiversity and natural habitats in Madagascar –
sustainable strategies through education, science and capacity building


The speaker will be Dr. Hanitra Markolf Rakotonirina, biologist and coordinator of a biodiversity conservation program in Madagascar for the NGO “Chances for Nature”. She holds a Bachelor degree in Natural Sciences and a Master degree in Biology, Ecology and Conservation from the University of Antananarivo/Madagascar and received a PhD in Biology from the University of Göttingen/Germany, where her research focused on the behavioural biology of lemurs (her doctoral fieldwork was conducted in the Kirindy Forest in western Madagascar). Hanitra also serves as a Technical Advisor at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and is a co-founder of the Association Ikala STEM, an initiative dedicated to promoting STEM education in Madagascar

Please register by e-mail at fk-rhein-neckar@daad-alumni.de and find out about previous HTO events on this website.