First results of our bushmeat surveys
Although lemurs, tenrecs, bats, wild birds and bush pigs are eaten by people in urban areas in western Madagascar, bushmeat contributed no more than 10% of the household meals reported during the study.
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Although lemurs, tenrecs, bats, wild birds and bush pigs are eaten by people in urban areas in western Madagascar, bushmeat contributed no more than 10% of the household meals reported during the study.
Two of our Malagasy students from the University of Antananarivo recently obtained degrees following the successful public defence of their research projects on the use of wild animals as food.
The fungus called Bd is a major threat to the world's amphibians and information placed in national parks in Madagascar about this disease would not deter ecotourists a new study has found.
43 prize-winning secondary school pupils were taken on a 2-day visit to Analamazaotra Special Reserve to learn about biodiversity and the environment.
Radosoa Andrianaivoarivelo, a Madagasikara Voakajy member of staff who is doing his PhD at the University of Antananarivo, was awarded a prize for his report about his internship at Bangor University.