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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...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Syndicated | Tags: africa, agriculture, animals, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, farming, governance, green, happy-upbeat environmental, health, illegal logging, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mammals, parks, poverty, primates, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, sustainability, sustainable development, tropical forests, wildlife

October 03, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Tea party versus Madagascar’s forests

The Tea Party and the African island-nation of Madagascar are having dueling concerts over the issue of illegal logging, reports the Associated Press. A concert in Madagascar over the weekend was meant to highlight the problem of illegal deforestation ...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, deforestation, economics, endangered species, environment, Environmental Law, environmental politics, green, illegal logging, jeremy hance, logging, madagascar, politics, poverty, rainforest, rainforests, tropical forests, wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking

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

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

April 22, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: agriculture, animals, asia, avoided deforestation, biodiversity, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, china, china's demand for resources, climate change, conservation, deforestation, disasters, ecological beauty, ecological services, ecology, economics, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, ex-situ conservation, extinction, Fishing, food, food crisis, forest carbon, forests, global warming mitigation, governance, green, impact of climate change, India, jeremy hance, madagascar, marine conservation, oceans, parks, payments for ecosystem services, payments for environmental services, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, reforestation, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, sustainability, sustainable development, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, water, wildlife

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

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Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

Tea party versus Madagascar’s forests

‘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"

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day

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

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