Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership

In 2010, Dr. Edward E. Louis Jr., Director of the Conservation Genetics Department at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, established a few community-based projects that were both driven by science and focusing on the long-term survival of Malagasy wildlife. These conservation efforts became known as the Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership (MBP). Today the partnership has contributed to naming 24 new lemur species and planting over 5 million trees.