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Scientist at Work: Chameleon Fever

I feel like this expedition has been flying along at manic speed – two days of intense solid driving to reach Marojejy, followed by a 10-hour mad climb up the mountain to 1,530 meters, followed by two days of hard surveying and hiking around the summit and forests close to our camp.A So today would be a great day to take things a little slower- …

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Madagascar forests decimated for $460,000 a day

Madagascar , U.S.A. Topics: Development , Environment , Governance , International Relations , Politics Languages: French , Malagasy , English Full Category List Excerpt As the world’s nations gather today in Copenhagen for the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Madagascar, having already lost 90% of its original forest, faces continued …

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Criminal gangs plunder Madagascar forests

ANTANANARIVO: Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar’s poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, two environmental campaign groups have said.

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Madagascar’s political turmoil takes toll on forests

Reporting from Berenty, Madagascar – She was the spy who was undone by a furry little creature with huge, hypnotic eyes.

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Madagascar’s lemurs under threat

Photograph: Duncan Willetts/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar ’s unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a “timber mafia” pillaging the island’s forests for profit.

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