Madgascar is one of the world's most important countries in terms of biodiversity and cultural richness. This site will examine Madagascar's uniqueness and explain why the Malagasy people can look toward a brighter future.
The mission of WildMadagascar.org is to raise awareness on Madagascar and provide an English-based educational resource for Malagasy people. Income from this site feeds back into Madagascar through the hiring of translators and guides, and contributions to conservation activities involving local people in Madagascar.
WildMadagascar.org is the effort of Rhett A. Butler, founder of mongabay.com, a rainforest conservation site. WildMadagascar.org is financially supported by Rhett and context-based advertisements found on some pages.
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Rhett A. Butler (2004-2007). WildMadagascar.org. San Francisco, CA.
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Recent articles
Madagascar fires mapped with Google Earth in real-time Every year as much as one-third of Madagascar, one of the planet's most biodiverse islands, goes up in flames. Now a new tool gives scientists the ability to monitor and track Madagascar's fires in real-time through the Internet.
UNESCO lists rainforest parks of Madagascar as Heritage sites (7/2/2007) UNESCO has listed six rainforest parks in Madagascar as World Heritage sites. The announcement comes as the Indian Ocean island nation has moved aggressively to protect its biologically-rich forests from further degradation.
Conservation is saving lemurs and helping people in Madagascar (5/7/2007) Madagascar, an island nation that lies off the coast of southeastern Africa, has long been famous for its unique and diverse species of wildlife, especially lemurs--primates found nowhere else on the planet. In recent years, the island country has also become world-renowned for conservation efforts that are succeeding in spite of extraordinary pressures from a poor population that relies heavily on forest burning for basic subsistence. A large part of this success is due to the early efforts of Patricia Wright, a primatologist who has been working in the country for more than 20 years. Wright led the effort to launch the country's leading protected area and helped Madagascar become a leading global example of conservation despite its economic adversity.
