As in other parts of Madagascar, the main direct cause of deforestation was slash-and-burn agriculture: clearing an area of forest to grow crops, then moving on when the ... that were clearing forests ...

Madagascar’s Eastern Moist Forest (Ala Atsinanana) hosts an incredible amount of unique species. Up to 90% of all species exist nowhere else on earth! Take action now to save these incredibly ...

Sadly, much of Madagascar ... is now developing a community-based enterprise to grow rain forest butterflies and sell them to butterfly zoos around the world. These areas could then provide ...

Another friend was lying on a tarp gazing up at the forest canopy ... One African who is now free told us how, when the dhow they were on was becalmed near the Madagascar coast and [a European ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Although Madagascar is very rich in biodiversity, it remains particularly vulnerable to the damage caused by global warming. This damage has a devastating impact on ecosystems and local communities.

Then the stillness ... found only in Madagascar. Free from the competition that likely drove them to extinction elsewhere, they evolved into richly varied forms, including now vanished species ...

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 150mm, 1/1000 sec, F6.3, ISO 800 Kirindy Forest (or Kirindy Private Reserve) is ...