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Madagascar Drone Missions

by MBPartnership on February 18, 2013 with No Comments

The MBP have plans to use drone technologies to make observations of the Malagasy landscape. Attached above is a link for the video and article that shows a test flight that was conducted by the team from Conservation Drones.org. Check it out! http://motherboard.vice.com/read/drones-are-sniffing-out-illegal-logging-in-madagascar#sthash.ssCEnpWV.dpuf Madagascar Team Leader and Drone operator: Zuzana Burivalova (PhD candidate) Applied Ecology & Conservation Lab, ETH Zurich With support from: Dr Martin Bauert, ZOO Zurich Wildlife Conservation Society Madagascar Madagascar National Parks … Read More

The Ultimate Rain Experience

by MBPartnership on June 6, 2012 with No Comments

Blog by MBP Reforestation Volunteer, Jarro Should you ever be tired of the usual dull drizzles we call rain back home – that is to say on European soil for my part – do consider taking a look at the singular pretty large landmass off the south-east coast of Africa. Separated from the mainland through the Mozambique Channel, Madagascar’s central highlands take their job as a cloud-barrier seriously leaving the western parts of the … Read More

A Few Amazing Creatures

by MBPartnership on February 21, 2012 with No Comments

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

The Do’s and Don’ts of being an MBP Volunteer

by MBPartnership on February 9, 2012 with No Comments

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

On a Malagasy road, heading towards Kianjavato

by MBPartnership on February 9, 2012 with No Comments

From Cynthia, OHDZ-MBP Post-Doctoral researcher studying the Greater bamboo lemur The bus that was supposed to depart the taxi brousse station at 7am is finally lurching out amid diesel-choked fumes and roving vendors selling last minute desperately needed road trip provisions such as lace-fringed overstuffed cushions and cheap, naked, plastic dolls. What was I thinking to have left home without those? As we pull onto the road just over two hours late I settle … Read More

The search for Manga Be

by MBPartnership on February 3, 2012 with No Comments

Blog by Sophie and Megan, 2010-11 MBP Varecia monitoring team Big V (Vatovavy) on the morning walk in. All was going well for team Varecia at Vatovavy. Lemurs were being followed and data meticulously collected. Until one day in late November when an old faithful Lemur, Manga Be (blue collar), appeared to have gone off radar. After many searches of his usual terrain around the lower foothills of Vatovavy, morale was beginning to … Read More