Over 10,000 marine turtles are being killed in one region of Madagascar for food every year, according to a new study in Animal Conservation. Although fishing for marine turtles is illegal, it has not stopped local artisanal fishermen from pursuing
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November 15, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Thousands of marine turtles slaughtered in Madagascar for food
October 01, 2010 by Mongabay.com | No comments
1000 rare tortoises poached each week in Madagascar
One thousand endangered tortoises are being illegally collected each week in southern Madagascar, reports WWF.
May 31, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
‘No hope now remains’ for the Alaotra grebe
World governments have missed their goal of stemming biodiversity loss by this year, instead biodiversity loss has worsened according to scientists and policy-makers, and a little rusty-colored bird, the Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is perha...
April 06, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Once common tortoise from Madagascar will be ‘extinct in 20 years’
The radiated tortoise, once common throughout Madagascar, faces extinction within the next 20 years due to poaching for its meat and the illegal pet trade, according to biologists with the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Wildlife Conservation So...
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...
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
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...
February 18, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Humans push half of the world’s primates toward extinction, lemurs in particular trouble
Of the known 634 primate species in the world 48 percent are currently threatened with extinction, making mankind's closes relatives one of the most endangered animal groups in the world. In order to bring awareness to the desperate state of
October 07, 2009 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Government decree sanctions trafficking of rainforest timber in Madagascar
A new decree by Madagascar's transitional government may fuel continued destruction of the country's tropical forests and biodiversity, warns a statement issued jointly by a dozen leading scientific and conservation groups.
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...