World Lemur day 2025 !
Today, our teams, from the northern to the southern parts of the Island, proudly joined one of the biggest celebrations of the year! The theme for this year’s World Lemur Day was “Iray ho an’ny Varika ho fitsinjovana ny ho avy”, which means “One for lemurs as a vision for the future.” The Day is a powerful reminder of the common responsability to protect one the most endangerd primates in the world.
At Grewcock Ihofa Vohitsara Bioreserve (GIVB), Andasibe, to mark their engagement, our team planted 300 trees around the field station, species are carefully selected for their importance in lemur diets and their sustainable timber value.
At Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station (KAFS), our team continues to raise awareness among communities around Vatovavy East and Mahazava village. We seize this opportunity to talk with villagers about the protection of Vatovavy forest, the importance of forests and lemurs for the environment and for their community. During the exchanges, our team listened to their concerns and ideas. Our main projects and what we do around Vatovavy forest were clearly explained.
Then, we continued the celebration by planting native forest trees around Vatovavy, and showed the participants how to plant correctly to help the trees grow well.
As part of the celebration, our team headed up to the top of Tsitola with the Aye-Aye Team, Varecia Team, the Single Moms Club, and a part of our devoted reforestation team, where we planted native forest species using biodegradable pots. This area is a key focus of our reforestation works since it is a part of the natural territory of black-and-white ruffed lemurs and Aye-Ayes.
In total, we planted 10,000 trees today! These trees are part of our effort to connect forests from Corridor 1 KAFS to Vatovavy, Vatovavy East, and Tsitola, as a contribution to a safe habitats for lemurs.
At Tangalavaka Field Station (TAFS) – Montagne des Français, around 3,500 trees were planted together with our dedicated local community. Upcoming tree planting activities are already being planned to continue restoring the forest.
World Lemur Day 2025 was not just a celebration, it was an act of hope, learning, and community action. Every tree planted today contributes to restore lemur habitats.
Madagascar is home to over 100 species of lemurs, from the tiny mouse lemur to the large indri indri. In the Kianjavato forest and GIVB, we are lucky to have from nine to thirteen species of lemurs, ranging from mouse lemurs to the black-and-white ruffed lemurs, the second largest lemur species.
We sincerely thank our partners Arbor Day Foundation, Brandywine Zoo, Conservation Fusion, Conservation Allies, Re Wild, and CBCGF Funds for their unwavering support!
