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Hope! A reforestation corridor in Madagascar offers a future for lemurs and locals
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Madagascan Reforestation Corridor This shows just what can be done. What a great story. View of the landscape where the reforestation corridor project is located in eastern Madagascar. Image courtesy of TDARFAC. Excerpt A reforestation corridor project aims to reconnect 150 hectares of fragmented forest between Andasibe-Mantadia National Park and the Analamazoatra Special Reserve, home to a dozen lemur species and many other animals and plants that are found nowhere else on Earth. Led by the Mad Dog Initiative in partnership with The Dr. Abigail Ross Foundation for Applied Conservation, Association Mitsinjo and Ecovision Village, the project represents a unique convergence of science, private…