Dannick Randriamanantena is an oceanographer by training (MSc) specialized in the sustainable management of marine biodiversity and the creation of a marine protected area at the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines of the University of Tuléar (Madagascar), and is also graduated in Land Use Planning (MSc) at the Polytechnic School of the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar). He started working for WWF Madagascar in 2008 as Toliary Reef Complex and Marine Protected Area Project Officer and then in 2011 as West Coast Mangroves Project Manager. From 2014, he held the position of Landscape Manager for the Manambolo Tsiribihina landscape. He is one of the recognized specialists in the field of sustainable management of mangroves in Madagascar and he is sought after for his expertise in this field at national, regional and global levels. He currently chairs the Western Indian Ocean Mangroves Network (WIOMN).