Video: Tusk Trust Conservation Awards: On the trail of a conservation 'hero' in Madagascar This video goes behind the scenes on the backroads of Madagascar tracing the work of Herizo Andrianandrasana, one of the finalists in the Tusk Conservation Awards competition. The Tusk website sums up his work as being a "driving force behind integrating local people into conservation management and monitoring in Madagascar." It says he has establishing new protected areas and plans for important conservation sites, and helped transfer of land-management rights to local communities. This has helped give local people more power to monitor the ecosystems they depend upon. Madagascar's forests and wetlands include some of the world's most unique wildlife. Around 80 per cent of animal species on the island are endemic to the island, which was isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years.