Congratulations Dr. Missy Hawkins

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CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Missy Hawkins! She has been awarded the first ‘Emerging Scientist Award’ from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. We are extremely proud of you and honored to work along side you in our lab. GO MISSY! ? Check out her blog here  

Our Newest Nursery

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Check out the progress is being made at one of our newest nurseries, Nursery Ambohimanana. And check out that incredible view… just AMAZING! We are looking forward to seeing this site full of trees ?? Thank you Fredo for the photos 🙂  

New Well in Vatovavy

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Look at the progress being made to our new well in Vatovavy! This project has been in the works for a while now and has taken a lot of planning and logistics. Amazingly, the team dug 23 meters in total! Big thanks to all those who are working effortlessly on this project! #TeamworkMakestheDreamWork #Madgascar  

UPDATE >> SO close to a MILESTONE

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  Yesterday’s planting event increased our total by 6,999 trees! With only one more planting event left in the year, we are confident that we will reach our goal of planting ONE MILLION trees in #madagascar in FIVE years! Stay tuned! #reforestation #Conservation #18daysleft SOS – Save Our Species Arbor Day Foundation Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium  

UPDATE > Million Tree Milestone

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Another planting event today, so you guessed it, we have a new total in our quest to plant 1,000,000 within five years. We are now at 986,786 trees with two planting events left in 2016 next week. I would like to thank all of the organizations which were so instrumental in getting our reforestation program where it is today Zoo Boise, Denver Zoo, Disney Conservation Fund, Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conservation Grant Fund, Irwin … Read More

Lost Species Day

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DID YOU KNOW? The presence of the Uncarina fruit in Madagascar is believed to represent the leftovers of a co-evolutionary relationship… The unique morphology of the fruit along with its placement on the ground lead us to believe that they were dispersed in open habitats by the extinct elephant bird. This Uncarina fruit can be found in Lavavolo where MBP works with ring-tailed lemurs and tortoises, a unique ecosystem where the “ghosts” of extinct species … Read More

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