A new film Nosy Maitso takes a look at the people, researchers, and wildlife connected to Madagascar's Ranomafauna National Park. Apart of a World Heritage Site, the park was established in 1991 after a new species of lemur, the golden
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April 03, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Featured video: in-depth look at Madagascar’s Ranomafauna National Park
April 03, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Featured video: in-depth look at Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park
A new film Nosy Maitso takes a look at the people, researchers, and wildlife connected to Madagascar's Ranomafauna National Park. Apart of a World Heritage Site, the park was established in 1991 after a new species of lemur, the golden
December 12, 2012 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Replacing lemur meat with insect protein in Madagascar
Poaching is a major threat to endangered lemurs in some parts of Madagascar, but a group has come up with an innovative solution to the problem: replace lemur meat with silkworm pupae, a byproduct of silk production.
February 20, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar
For anyone who works in conservation in Madagascar, confronting the complex difficulties of widespread poverty is a part of the job. But with the wealth of Madagascar's wildlife rapidly diminishing— such as lemurs, miniature chameleons, and hedge...
January 09, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
How lemurs fight climate change
Kara Moses may have never become a biologist if not for a coin toss. The coin, which came up heads and decided Moses' direction in college, has led her on a sinuous path from studying lemurs in captivity to environmental
February 17, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Saving Madagascar’s largest carnivorous mammal: the fossa
Madagascar is a land of wonders: dancing lemurs, thumbnail-sized chameleons, the long-fingered aye-aye, great baobab trees, and the mighty fossa. Wait—what? What's a fossa? It's true that when people think of Madagascar rarely do they think of its to...
December 19, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Local rules trump regulations imposed by outsiders in Madagascar
Unwritten rules and social norms can be an effective means to manage protected areas in rural parts of Madagascar, reports a new study published in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science.
December 19, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Local rules trump regulations imposed by outsiders in Madagascar
Unwritten rules and social norms can be an effective means to manage protected areas in rural parts of Madagascar, reports a new study published in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science.
September 17, 2009 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch
In Madagascar the TAMS Program (Tetik'asa Mampody Savoka, meaning "the project to bring back the forest") is under threat due to the new government's unwillingness to provide funding. The current government, after gaining power in a coup this year, has...
How to end Madagascar’s logging crisis
In the aftermath of a military coup last March, Madagascar's rainforests have been pillaged for precious hardwoods, including rosewood and ebonies. Tens of thousands of hectares have been affected, including some of the island's most biologically-diver...