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...
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April 06, 2010 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Once common tortoise from Madagascar will be ‘extinct in 20 years’
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...
