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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

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Syndicated | Tags: animals, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, climate change, community-based conservation, conservation, corruption, deforestation, ecological services, ecology, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental services, extinction, forest carbon, forests, governance, green, hunting, illegal logging, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mammals, plants, poaching, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforests, saving rainforests, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

January 31, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

A new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has found that recent large-scale land deals in Africa are likely to provide scant benefit to some of the world's poorest and most famine-prone nations and will probably...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, china, china's demand for resources, corruption, democratic republic of congo, dr congo, economics, environment, farming, food, food crisis, governance, green, jeremy hance, Liberia, madagascar, politics, poverty, south korea, water

May 27, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Researchers: Madagascar rosewoods deserve CITES protection

A new policy paper in Science warns that several species of Madagascar's rosewood could be pushed to extinction due to a current illegal logging crisis on the island. These hardwood species should be considered for protection under Convention of Intern...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animals, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, extinction, forests, governance, green, hunting, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, plants, politics, poverty, primates, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife, wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking

April 28, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Video: Madagascar could become "Haiti-like"

Niall O'Connor from the World Wildlife Fund warns in a Carte Blanche production that if the ecological destruction of Madagascar continues, the poor island country could become "Haiti-like", where he says, "most of the biodiversity, most of the forests...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animals, biodiversity, conservation, corruption, economics, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, extinction, governance, green, hunting, illegal logging, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, politics, poverty, primates, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests

March 15, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Environmental groups call on Delmas to cancel shipment of illegally logged wood from Madagascar

Pressure is building on the French shipping company Delmas to cancel large shipments of rosewood, which was illegally logged in Madagascar during the nation's recent coup. Today two environmental groups, Global Witness and the Environmental Investigati...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, forestry, forests, governance, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, parks, poaching, politics, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife trade

March 14, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

As the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, argues in Paris that more funding is needed to stop deforestation and mitigate climate change, a shipment of illegal rosewood is being readied for export in Madagascar by a French company with the

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, biodiversity, china, china's demand for resources, conservation, corruption, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, forestry, forests, governance, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, parks, poaching, politics, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, Rainforest deforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife trade

March 04, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Photos: Madagascar’s wonderful and wild frogs, an interview with Sahonagasy

To save Madagascar's embattled and beautiful amphibians, scientists are turning to the web. A new site built by herpetologists, Sahonagasy, is dedicated to gathering and providing information about Madagascar's unique amphibians in a bid to save them f...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibian crisis, amphibians, animals, biodiversity, climate change, conservation, corruption, deforestation, ecological beauty, ecology, endangered species, environment, environmental politics, Evolution, extinction, forests, Fragmentation, frogs, green, herps, illegal logging, impact of climate change, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, logging, madagascar, mongabay, pet trade, Photos, poaching, poverty, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, technology, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife, wildlife trade

February 10, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments

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...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon conservation, carbon finance, commentary, community-based conservation, conservation, corruption, deforestation, editorials, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, forest carbon, forestry, forests, green, illegal logging, law enforcement, Lemurs, logging, madagascar, mongabay, poaching, protected areas, rainforests, redd, reforestation

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How lemurs fight climate change

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

‘Land grab’ fears in Africa legitimate

Researchers: Madagascar rosewoods deserve CITES protection

Video: Madagascar could become "Haiti-like"

Environmental groups call on Delmas to cancel shipment of illegally logged wood from Madagascar

Thousands of tons of illegal timber in Madagascar readied for export

Photos: Madagascar’s wonderful and wild frogs, an interview with Sahonagasy

How to end Madagascar’s logging crisis

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