Lalao Aigrette

Born and raised in Madagascar, Lalao works at Blue Ventures, a marine conservation NGO, as the National Technical Advisor for Mangroves and Blue Carbon in Madagascar.

Lalao has been working with the local coastal communities for 16 years and promoting nature and human rights-based solutions to preserve and restore mangrove ecosystems, a most productive but threatened ecosystem. She is the Madagascar country representative for the Western Indian Ocean Mangrove Network (WIOMN), whose vision is to secure the mangrove ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean region through creation and application of best practices for sustainable conservation and management.