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Masy’s Internet Dating Challenge

by MBPartnership on September 2, 2014 with No Comments

A Blog by Dr. Fraiser Masy has been concerned by the lack of females around the greater Torotorofotsy area. He has heard about internet dating and would like us to create a profile for him. Here’s his bio. He originally talked about walking hand in spindly hand, but I told him that was just too much. “I live in the highly desirable Torotorofotsy neighborhood abounding with natural resources. I enjoy taking long walks at night and looking … Read More

Welcome Rikarlo!

by MBPartnership on August 31, 2014 with No Comments

The newest addition to the MBP Aye-aye family has a name! It’s Rikarlo! This name comes from a combination of the Aye-aye teams’ names – Richard, Kaway, Richard kely, and Laude. This little guy ws born to Tsinjo in Torotorofotsy. He is about one month old now. Congratulations to Tsinjo on her beautiful baby boy and to the dedication and hard work of the MBP Aye-aye team!

Surveys

by MBPartnership on August 21, 2014 with No Comments

Blog from MBP Volunteer, Annie Along with tracking specific animals in two forest fragments, we are also trying to get a sense of the lemur population density of all the fragments in the area. So, we are now doing transect surveys, where we walk along pre-measured lines and record any lemurs that we see. Starting out the surveys was a bit of a trick, because the lines do not follow set trails. Instead, they … Read More

The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society

by MBPartnership on August 17, 2014 with No Comments

The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society took place in Vietnam on 11-16 August, 2014. The congress was held at the Melia Hotel, Hanoi. The theme of the conference was ‘Meeting the Challenges of Conserving Primate Diversity.’ OHDZA-MBP’s Dr. Louis, Dr. Lei, Dr. Frasier and Conservation Fusion’s Susie McGuire all presented over the course of this week. Congratulations to everyone on a job well done!

Beautiful Pains of Madagascar

by MBPartnership on June 30, 2014 with No Comments

Blog from Volunteer, Max I had to check twice when I saw that my watch said it was June 21st. I’ve been in Madagascar for nearly two entire months, yet it feels like just a few days ago. I was stumbling out of the car into the KAFS kitchen after a 12 hour car ride from Tana. The stampede of people rushing to introduce themselves to me and shake my hand that first night was … Read More

MBP’s First Aquaponics System

by MBPartnership on June 25, 2014 with No Comments

In Andavakoera, Madagascar Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as a variety fish or shrimp in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in… water) in a close and interactive environment. It is the MBP’s quest to introduce additional sustainable food production methods to the community of Andavakoera in Antsiranana. As of September 2013, though a partnership with Whispering Roots, an Omaha-based nonprofit that specializes in Aquaponics, we … Read More