We are delighted to announce that our LAFMAAL Environmental Leader, Dr Assiala Blandine TANO, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on 24 May 2022 titled « PRESSIONS AGRO-PASTORALES ET MUTATIONS DU COUVERT VEGETAL DU BASSIN VERSANT DU KAN DANS L’ECOTONE CENTRAL DE LA COTE D’IVOIRE ». Dr TANO has joined LAFMAAL in 2019 as a PhD lady in the field of Biogeography and is working at the site of Prof Michel AMANI – a well-known Ivorian botanist – to promote other female researchers and to support the implementation of local environmental pilot projects in the region of Yamoussoukro – Duokro. We are looking forward to cooperating with Dr TANO.