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Challenges in the forest
A little while ago I talked about the work we do here with Prolemur simus. But that is how work is when it’s a good day, the sun is out, it’s warm and we can Read More …
Following Greater Bamboo Lemurs
Our work day in the field starts when we reach Kianjavato with all the equipment and meet our guides. We buy snacks for the day and cross the river over a wooden bridge to enter Read More …
Madagascar Independence Day
The 26th of June is a very important date for all the Malagasy people. Madagascar had been a French colony since 1896, after the defeat of the Merina monarchy. After 1947 though, the country was Read More …
Anja and its Ring-tailed Lemurs
Anja Community Reserve was established in 2001 and is entirely led by the local community. It covers 370,000sq-m of forest and rocks across three small mountains. It is famous because it houses around 400 ring-tailed Read More …
Life at KAFS
When MBP started working in the Kianjavato commune in 2008, they founded the Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station, or KAFS as everyone here knows it as, to be the centre of operations and accommodation for project Read More …
World Environment Day
Celebrating World Environment Day here, where we work for the conservation of the forest and lemurs, is very important. Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership together with Conservation Fusion organised two days of events and meetings to promote Read More …
Weekend in Mananjary
For the weekend we decided to go to Mananjary, a nice ocean city on the east coast, just two hours ride from Kianjavato. To move across Madagascar when you don’t have a car you can Read More …
Across Madagascar: from the high plateau to the rain forest
At 5am we were up, all six volunteers ready, and soon we were on the road for the 12 hours journey through Madagascar that would take us to the Kianjavato commune and the field station. We Read More …
Welcome to Tana
After a long queue and a lot of police officers passing around my passport, I finally got the visa and exited the airport to get my first view of Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar. Read More …
Amazing Zakouma
My visit to Zakouma was an incredible experience. The landscapes were beautiful, the amount of wildlife roaming the park was incredible, and the opportunity to see the night fauna was really exciting. If anyone has Read More …