Blog by MBP Volunteer, Trevor Photos courtesy of Trevor Salama from KAFS! It’s hard to believe that half a year has passed since I first arrived in Madagascar. The rhythm of life and work on the reforestation team can skew your perception of time. Weeks will slip by if you aren’t careful. But that can be good because it may take weeks or even months to see seed become seedling and then seedling … Read More
Blog from MBP Volunteer, Rachel Photos courtesy of Rachel A typical day with the Prolemur simus team is spent in a forest fragment called SangaSanga. The lemurs can usually be found resting and eating bamboo but can surprise you with how quickly they can leap across the forest. Keeping up with them involves ducking and weaving through bamboo, battling with vines, shaking off a face full of spider webs, clambering up steep sided slopes … Read More
FOR CANDIDATES WITH THE ABILITY TO JOIN THE PROGRAM IN JULY – WE ARE OFFERING A LIMITED-TIME DISCOUNT! We will waive the $210 deposit and offer a 50% discount for accommodation fees! – Inquire for more details! Lemur Monitoring Seeking qualified and highly motivated volunteer research assistants to contribute to an on-going lemur monitoring program in southeastern Madagascar in the second half of 2015 and again in 2016. Nine lemur species, several of … Read More
Blog by MBP Reforestation Volunteer, Danielle It has been just short of 3 weeks since I started my position with the reforestation team at the Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station and in this short space of time I feel I have achieved a lot! My first month has involved a lot of learning, not only the names of the team I’m working with, or the villages and tree nurseries I’m visiting, but also the … Read More
The MBP’s Conservation Credit Reward (CCR) Program currently has over 900 participants (and growing) in Kianjavato enrolled! MBP Kianjavato Community Liaison, Fredo, distributed 26 Tough Stuff Solar Kits last month (April) CCR participants of Andalamahitsy, Ambolotara and Ambodifandramanana. Another 23 participants are on track to receive their CCR items in May! The MBP’s ideas about incentivizing participants with conservation credits for event involvement have sparked other organizations to start similar programs. In January, … Read More
