Veloma Madagascar
Goodbye Madagascar. It has been three incredible months. Unfortunately time went by way too fast and it’s now time to go back home. I really enjoyed working in the field to help the research and Read More …
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Reconnecting Fragments: the Reforestation Project
A very important part of saving an endangered species is to protect, and when possible restore, its habitat. Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership is working on a project to reconnect the fragmented forest between Vavotavy and Sangasanga, Read More …
Salut Vazaha!
Our work here takes us daily between Sangasanga forest, accessible through a bridge in Kianjavato, and KAFS, where we live. Usually we have a car to move around, but given we have to share the Read More …
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 …