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November 15, 2024

Rio Tinto invests $16m in Makira Natural Park REDD+ Project in Madagascar

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Rio Tinto has committed $16 million to the Makira Natural Park REDD+ Project in ...
June 22, 2022

Involvement in conservation can change life

Fabiola Anjarafidy lives in a small village called Ampohagna, one of the...
March 10, 2022

SWM Newsletter - Issue 8 (May to October 2021)

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March 8, 2022

SWM Newsletter - Issue 7 (November 2020 to April 2021)

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March 8, 2022

SWM Programme Newsletter Issue 6 - July to October 2020

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June 22, 2020

Build Trust First, Take Action Later

I work in one of Madagascar’s largest remaining blocks of intact tropical forest. Located in the northeastern part of the island, Makira Natural Park boasts unique and beautiful wildlife like lemurs that are found only on the huge island. Other unusual species include the Fossa, a short-legged puma-like animal but smaller and in fact, related to the mongoose; and spiny little tenrecs that look like a mixture of hedgehog, shrew, and opossum.