University of Manchester5mon
Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming
But in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar, over 10,000 people mining for sapphires didn’t cause more damage to the forest than farmers clearing land for agriculture, which remains the most ...
BBC8mon
Geography KS3: How deforestation in Madagascar is threatening animal habitats
CHILD NARRATOR: But with rainforests in Madagascar being ... The teenagers consider some of the causes of deforestation in Madagascar - in particular the need for wood to build houses and for ...
Madagascar’s lemurs live with the threat of cyclones – has this shaped their behaviour?
Due to ongoing threats of disaster impacts, hunting and deforestation, lemurs are the most endangered group of mammals in the ...
Panda2y
Over 80% of future deforestation confined to just 11 places, says WWF report
The majority of global deforestation will happen in tropical countries like Madagascar. Eleven places in the world – 10 of which are in the tropics – will account for over 80 per cent of forest loss ...
Rochester Institute of Technology5y
Systems for monitoring biodiversity in the Madagascar rainforest
In a joint project between RIT and the Seneca Park Zoo, several remote sensing modalities were exploited to assess the biodiversity of the Madagascar rainforest. With the ultimate goal of creating an ...