Djamadar Saindou

environmentalist

Djamadar Saindou is the director of the national nature reserve of Mayotte's forests, overseeing efforts to protect and manage the island's natural resources. He has highlighted the destructive role of slash-and-burn agriculture in exacerbating the damage from recent wildfires and has noted how the dry conditions following Cyclone Chido have made the forests more vulnerable to such practices.