Madagascar News

Here is an interesting post from Patric Tariq Mellet @" Slavery and Creolisation, Heritage in Cape" on the impact of former slaves from Madagascar on the cultural diversity in Cape .

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“We have the best place for finding the rich people. We usually get money for food.”

Unlike the thousands of other homeless children in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo, Tovo considers himself lucky. via IRIN News

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It has a broad central avenue with some beautiful colonial architecture, such as the train station in the background here. via TrekEarth

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Planting Trees On "slash-and-burn" Fields. The idea was to distribute 10 Ravintsara plants per person for the benefit of farmers who own land in the buffer zone between the ...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :: infoZine Staff This Travel Alert is being issued to advise U.S. citizens traveling to the Union of the Comoros of the potential for unrest following the removal of former president ... via Kansas City InfoZine

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A major study about a new methodology for protecting biodiversity in Madagascar was published in the latest Science issue.

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A vast study of the plants and animals unique to Madagascar was published Thursday in a bid to protect thousands of rare species found only on the large African island.

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Freedom of Speech , Development , Environment , Governance , Science Languages: French , Malagasy , English Full Category List Excerpt Madagascar is arguably most renowned for its unique biodiversity.

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A stump-tailed chameleon from Madagascar. Using data from thousands of species of lemurs, frogs, geckos, butterflies, ants, and plants, scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, ...

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Eight nonprofit organizations were named winners of the "MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions," and each will receive up to $500,000 from the MacArthur Foundation: Centro de Derechos Humanos ...

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