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(December 17, 2015) With the climate talks in Paris wrapping up, attention will soon move to how we convert the commitments into practical solutions to meeting the challenges posed by climate change to social and ecological systems.

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(December 17, 2015) My favorite is, in fact, the Indri indri – the largest of Madagascar’s living lemur species, and one that will always hold a special significance for me.

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(December 08, 2015) Deforestation contributes more carbon to the atmosphere than the world's cars and trucks combined—and the biodiversity-rich forests of the planet's fourth-largest island are under attack.The land of the lemur has a few lessons for us all – especially as international climate change talks in Paris unfold. While most of the headlines will focus on the global growth of carbon-based industries, there’s good reason to likewise pay close attention to deforestation, another significant source of carbon...

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(October 08, 2015) Dans les sites d’Ankarea et d’Ankivonjy, l’effort développé par la pêche artisanale et la pêche sportive est gelé. De nouvelles mesures de gestion de pêche ont été adoptées par le ministère des Ressources Halieutiques et de la Pêche en collaboration avec Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) au niveau des Aires Marines Protégées (AMP). Il s’agit de l’octroi d’un droit d&r...

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(October 08, 2015) La biodiversité des ressources maritimes menacées par les pratiques de pêche non durables. L’exploitation intensive dans les aires protégées diminue les ressources halieutiques. Ces exploitations se font de manière industrielle, artisanale ou sportive. « Les prises des pêcheurs sont à l’origine de la diminution des ressources dans les aires protégées marines », a déploré hier, à Ampan...

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(June 08, 2015) ssautner posted on May 29, 2015 08:55 Government of Madagascar Inaugurates Makira Natural Park Malagasy government, WCS, and other partners hold ceremony for official inauguration of Makira Natural Park, the first of 95 new protected areas in MadagascarMakira Natural Park becomes key for regional wildlife conservation, sustainable development, and carbon sequestration NEW YORK (May 29, 2015)—The Government of Madagascar has officially inaugurated Makira Natural Park, home to 20 species of...

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(May 18, 2015) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWCS Madagascar brings raffia, cocoa beans, vanilla, cloves and community managed tourism to the Certified Wildlife Friendly® suite of conservation enterprises, products and services while protecting some of the most endangered primates in the worldANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR: – 14 May 2015 – The Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN), a global community dedicated to supporting products that conserve threatened wildlife and contribut...

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(May 18, 2015)  Lafaza and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today announced the launch of a new partnership to work with communities to expand environmentally sustainable vanilla and clove production around the Makira Natural Park in Madagascar’s northeast. The partnership will support more than 1,900 households to produce high-quality vanilla and cloves that will be destined for international buyers in the United States and abroad.The innovative partnership between Lafaza - a United States a...

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(April 23, 2015) NEW YORK (April 22, 2015)—The Government of Madagascar commemorates Earth Day with the formal creation of three community-led marine protected areas that will double the surface of the country’s marine protected area network, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society).On April 21, the Malagasy Government granted permanent protection to 27 protected areas, including the country’s first three community-led marine protected areas: Soariake Marine Park in the island nation&rs...

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(April 07, 2015) Silky sifaka lemurs (Propithecus candidus)–or Simpona in Malgasy–are critically endangered and found in low numbers in Makira National Park in northeast Madagascar. Like most species on this island off the east coast of Africa, they are found nowhere else on Earth. In fact, their presence in Makira was only detected in 2008 during a Wildlife Conservation Society ecological survey.In honor of this primate, the first annual Silky Sifaka Festival was recently held in the village of Anda...

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