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
August 17, 2012 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Madagascar gets biggest protected area
Madagascar officially designated its largest protected area in a region renowned for its tropical rainforests and rich diversity of wildlife, including 20 species of lemurs, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a group that was instrumental...
April 19, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs,...
February 27, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Scientists recommend marine protected areas for Madagascar
With the government of Madagascar planning to increase marine protected areas by one million hectares, a group of researchers have laid out flexible recommendations in a new study in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The researchers employed four diffe...
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...
February 15, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Photo: World’s smallest chameleon discovered in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered four new species of super-tiny chameleons in Madagascar, according to a new paper in PLoS ONE. The smallest of the new species, Brookesia micra, is found only on the small island of Nosy Hara and has been
December 12, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Madagascar tree diversity among the highest worldwide
In terms of biodiversity, the hugely imperiled forests of Madagascar may be among the world's richest. Researchers estimate that the island off the coast of Africa is home to at least 10,000 tree and shrub species with over 90 percent
June 22, 2011 by Mongabay.com | No comments
World Bank loans Madagascar $52m to address environmental crisis
The World Bank has approved a $52 million loan to bolster conservation efforts in Madagascar, which have suffered from a collapse in funding and governance in the aftermath of a 2009 military coup, reports Reuters.
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...
