Welcome Katherine!

Welcome Katherine!
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Meet our newest MBP Volunteer, Katherine! She will be joining the Reforestation Team.       Intro Bio: “Hello! My name is Katherine Day and I’m a 22 year old outdoor enthusiast. I’m a recent graduate of the “miracle class” from Sweet Briar College and during my four years there I accomplished not only receiving a biology degree but also a psychology degree all amidst the chaos of last year’s attempted closing. I’m from a … Read More

National Endangered Species Day

National Endangered Species Day
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Today is National Endangered Species Day and its important to acknowledge all the critically endangered species out there, including the lemurs. Madagascar is considered a biodiversity hotspot and has only about 10% of its original habitat left. Human activity pressures have been the culprit to the loss of 90% of the forests. With this ever-decreasing habitat, Madagascar’s lemur species have become the world’s most threatened group of mammals. ‪#‎EndangeredSpeciesDay‬ ‪#‎MBP‬ ‪#‎Savethelemurs‬      

Sam’s Last Day

Sam’s Last Day
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This is Sam Ambler’s last day as the Reforestation Supervisor here in Kianjavato. Even on her last day, Sam is busy entering information from the data sheet that she created to make recording the tree species planted be correlated with the GPS data. Sam began working first as a MBP volunteer for 6 months, followed by 15 months pushing the reforestation efforts which is now planting 10,000 trees per week. Good luck Sam, you will … Read More

Welcome Chloe!

Welcome Chloe!
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Meet our newest volunteer, Chloe! She will be joining the Varecia variegata Monitoring Team. Intro Bio: “Hello! My name is Chloe, I am a 23-year-old aspiring wildlife conservationist from Westborough, Massachusetts. I graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology with a focus in Marine Biology. During my time there, I studied abroad in Tanzania and conducted research on Savannah baboons. I also worked in a lab that studied the … Read More

Welcome Amelia!

Welcome Amelia!
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Please Welcome one of our newest Volunteers, Amelia. She will be joining the Reforestation Project in Madagascar.     Amelia spent her youth split between the forests and farms of New Hampshire and the steep-hilled Shenandoah Valley. Always a lover of animals and the outdoors, Amelia has been an avid horseback rider since the age of nine. Her travels have taken her to work on horse farms in Spain, Wales, and France. During her undergraduate … Read More

Meet Fredo!
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Arbor Day 2016 Here is Fredo, a valuable MBP employee, discussing the importance of reforestation, the Conservation Credit Reward (CCR) Program and the impact of the Arbor Day Celebration in Madagascar. Fredo is very dedicated and hard working and we are grateful to have him on our team.    

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