The student presentation series at MBP was officially kicked off by Micou and Lucia.  Lucia spent a year at Montage de Francais establishing a reforestation program.  She and her colleagues from the village of Andavakoera in the far north of Madagascar worked in MBP’s nursery to raise seedlings from seeds extracted from the poo of the crowned lemurs (Eulemur coronatus).  It takes a lot of work to start a program like this including following the … Read More

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!                

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