One year with MBP…

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Blog by MBP Volunteer, Sam   It’s crazy to think that I arrived 1 year ago at the beginning of September to start my volunteership with MBP. I was a volunteer for the reforestation project and was just learning the ropes. I originally applied to help on the Simus team (Greater bamboo lemur), but was glad that I changed this decision to gain different skills through reforestation. Before I applied to MBP, I worked in … Read More

Those Aquaponicky Things

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  I’ve got a couple days at the office here in Antananarivo, so thought I’d spend some time acquainting myself with one of our new aquaponics system. This system is the result of an amalgamation of people’s efforts. Dr. Louis hatched this harebrained scheme, entangled an adventurous funder into the effort (thank you Conservation Grant Fund!), and scraped up much of the necessary materials in Omaha and Madagascar with the MBP and OHDZA teams. It’s … Read More

Meet the Fish

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  Besides all the other amazing things the MBP does in Madagascar, we have recently built aquaponic units in the MBP head office (in Tana) as well as in the Lavavolo nursery. I am including some of the recent construction pictures and a very short video of the Paratilapia acquired! Here is an email the accompanied the video from our “very flowerful” Dr. Frasier. If you know her, you know she has an enjoyable way … Read More

MBP Helps Recover Radiated Tortoises

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  On July 3rd 2015, Radiated Tortoises were poached from their natural habitat in Lavavolo. A large group of the community and the Gendarme (Malagasy Police) chased after them. With the help of the Malagasy National Parks (MNP) and the MBP, six people were caught by the Gendarme. About 86 tortoises were seized, a few died and about 80 were released at Itampolo. Another 832 small tortoises were seized July 6th near Lavavolo. Three people … Read More

Torotorofotsy Aye-aye Expedition

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The Aye-aye’s cloistered existence has limited our understanding and knowledge of its ecology, demography, and population genetics in natural populations, and presented the scientific community with almost no sense of how these factors vary across the diverse forest types and regions of Madagascar inhabited by this species. These incredible lemurs with unusual traits including an elongated, thin, highly-flexible middle finger, continuously-growing rodent-like teeth and the largest relative brain size of any lemur, typically leads a … Read More

Environment Day!

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Blog by MBP Volunteer, Rachel Photos courtesy of Rachel We headed down to Ambalahosy, the nearest village to KAFS, to celebrate Environment Day. The local school hosted a dance competition and quiz and the whole village was out watching despite the rain. The message of the day was that the environment is part of our heritage and it is our responsibility to protect it.    

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