New Video- Diademed Sifaka Family at play!
on April 7, 2012
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Check out one of our newest videos! It’s super cute!!!
Reforestation Efforts in Kianjavato, Madagascar
on March 6, 2012
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Over the last 50 years, the rainforests of Kianjavato in southeastern Madagascar have been carved away to expand agricultural land and provide firewood and lumber to communitymembers, leaving behind pockets of fragmented forests. These unprotected forests are inhabited by amphibians, lemurs, chameleons, insects, carnivores and flora unlike anywhere else. Two critically endangered lemurs, the greater bamboo lemur and the black and white ruffed lemur, also reside in these forests of Kianjavato. To protect this amazing … Read More
KAFS Alphabet
on February 28, 2012
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By Liz – a 2011-12 MBP Varecia monitoring team volunteer I just completed nine months of volunteer work on the Varecia project and I really like to make lists, so here is a list of what I like about KAFS (in alphabetical order): Aye-aye! Just a couple of weeks after arriving in Madagascar, the dart team captured the second aye-aye in the area. I was really hoping I would get to see an aye-aye … Read More
A Few Amazing Creatures
on February 21, 2012
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By Sophie and Megan, 2010-11 MBP Varecia monitoring team A few amazing creatures snapped at Vatovavy by Sophie & Megan Beetle found whilst exploring the other side of Vatovavy Cute baby Highland Streaked Tenrec Cricket as big as my fist, monstrous! Caterpillar with the night’s sky on its back The star of the show, it is of course Varecia varigata
Camp Life at KAFS
on February 21, 2012
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Blog from 2011-2012 MBP Varecia Volunteer, Ryan Hello all! I’m Ryan, one of the newest volunteers to take over for Mary and Sophie on the Varecia project. As I was packing and preparing for my time in Madagascar, I made sure I checked out the website to try and figure out what I had gotten myself into. While I enjoyed reading the blogs about frogs and chasing lemurs written by the previous set of volunteers, … Read More
The Do’s and Don’ts of being an MBP Volunteer
on February 9, 2012
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Blog from 2011-12 MBP Prolemur simus monitoring team volunteer, Elle Working in the field following lemurs day in and day out, I have definitely learnt the hard way on some of the things you should and should not do! This has allowed me to devise a helpful Do’s and Don’ts guide, which is as follows: Do’s and Don’ts Always trust your guide. If he warns you to go slow, take his word or … Read More