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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

December 16, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

Cultural shifts in Madagascar drive lemur-killing

Conservationists have often found that some cultural norms, religious beliefs, and taboos play a role in holding back traditional peoples from overusing their environment. Examples of such beliefs include days wherein one cannot hunt or fish, or certai...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animals, endangered species, environment, food, forests, green, health, hunting, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mammals, poaching, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest people, wildlife, wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking

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...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Syndicated | Tags: africa, animal behavior, Animal behvaior, animals, community-based conservation, conservation, deforestation, ecology, endangered species, environment, forests, Fragmentation, green, in-situ conservation, interviews, islands, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mammals, poaching, poverty, poverty alleviation, predators, primates, protected areas, saving species from extinction, strange, tropical forests, wildlife

July 27, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments

If Madagascar’s biodiversity is to be saved, international community must step up

The international community's boycott of environmental aid to Madagascar is imperiling the island's unique and endangered wildlife, according to a new report commissioned by the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) Bureau of Africa. Intern...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, biodiversity, conservation, conservation finance, deforestation, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, forests, green, illegal logging, islands, jeremy hance, logging, madagascar, mongabay, parks, politics, population, poverty, poverty alleviation, protected areas, rainforest, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, Rainforest deforestation, rainforest destruction, rainforest logging, rainforests, saving rainforests, saving species from extinction, threats to rainforests, threats to the rainforest, tropical forests, wildlife, wildlife trade, wildlife trafficking

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

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...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibians, animals, atbc, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon credits, carbon offsets, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, corruption, ecological services, economics, ecosystem finance, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, forests, governance, green, in-situ conservation, interviews, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mongabay, politics, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, reforestation, saving species from extinction, sustainability, tropical forests, wildlife

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...

Posted in: Conservation corner, Interview, Local corner, Syndicated | Tags: africa, amphibians, animals, atbc, bold and dangerous ideas that may save the world, carbon credits, carbon offsets, community-based conservation, conservation, conservation finance, corruption, ecological services, economics, ecosystem finance, ecosystem services, endangered species, environment, environmental economics, environmental politics, environmental services, forests, governance, green, in-situ conservation, interviews, jeremy hance, Lemurs, madagascar, mongabay, politics, poverty, poverty alleviation, primates, rainforest animals, rainforest conservation, reforestation, saving species from extinction, sustainability, tropical forests, wildlife

Tag Archives: poverty alleviation

How lemurs fight climate change

Cultural shifts in Madagascar drive lemur-killing

Saving Madagascar’s largest carnivorous mammal: the fossa

If Madagascar’s biodiversity is to be saved, international community must step up

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

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

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

Innovative reforestation project threatened by ‘regime change’ in Madagascar, an interview with Rainer Dolch

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