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Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south

Rivonala Razafison 29 Jan 2021

Invasion of the crayfish clones: Q&A with Ranja Andriantsoa

Rowan Moore Gerety 27 Jan 2021

Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021

Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar

Chris Scarffe 20 Jan 2021

Top environment stories from Madagascar in 2020

Mongabay.com 30 Dec 2020

In Madagascar’s hungry south, drought pushes more than 1 million to brink of famine

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Dec 2020

A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it

Edward Carver 21 Dec 2020

As minister and activists trade barbs, Madagascar’s forests burn

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Dec 2020

Madagascar moves to reopen domestic trade in non-precious timber

Rivonala Razafison 30 Nov 2020
Juvenile sakondry on a branch. Their dusty coating is washed off before they’re cooked. Image by Brian Fisher.

Bug bites: Edible insect production ramps up quickly in Madagascar

Emilie Filou 19 Nov 2020

A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake

Malavika Vyawahare 18 Nov 2020

The riddle of Madagascar’s megafauna extinction just got trickier

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Nov 2020

Podcast: Lemur love and award-winning plant passion in Madagascar

Mike Gaworecki 11 Nov 2020

A chameleon not seen in a century reappears in a Madagascar garden

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2020

Lemurs might never recover from COVID-19 (commentary)

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2020

How do red-fronted lemurs behave? Candid Animal Cam is in Madagascar

Romina Castagnino 27 Oct 2020

Madagascar shuts down ‘illegal’ gold mine but activists remain in legal limbo

Edward Carver 21 Oct 2020

Madagascar experiments with drones for its massive reforestation effort

Rivonala Razafison 19 Oct 2020

Madagascar’s top court criticizes government handling of mining project

Edward Carver 9 Oct 2020

Indian embassy in Madagascar becomes first to go fully solar

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2020

Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID-19

Rivonala Razafison 17 Sep 2020
Cacao pod in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Latin America has twice the plant life of Africa, SE Asia

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2020

Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 2 Sep 2020

Madagascar giant frog is a new species, but also a deep-fried delicacy

Rivonala Razafison 1 Sep 2020

Ex-Wall Street ‘quant’ wields data to replant charred Madagascar rainforests

Erica Tennenhouse 31 Aug 2020

Madagascar minister calls protected areas a ‘failure,’ seeks people-centric approach

Rivonala Razafison and Malavika Vyawahare 20 Aug 2020

Say hello to Madagascar’s newest mouse lemur, a pint-sized primate

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Aug 2020

Endangered and endemic: Madagascar’s lemurs susceptible to coronavirus infection

Rivonala Razafison 31 Jul 2020

World Bank-backed attempt to commercialize Madagascar’s beef industry falters

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Jul 2020

A fire and a firing: Double whammy for Madagascar environmental regulator

Malavika Vyawahare 17 Jul 2020

Risking death and arrest, Madagascar fishers chase dwindling sea cucumbers

Chris Scarffe 15 Jul 2020

An export boom threatens to put Madagascar’s mud crabs in hot water

Malavika Vyawahare 14 Jul 2020

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