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Madagascar | Animals, People, and Threats | WWF

The small-scale but widespread clearance of forests, primarily for firewood and charcoal production, is jeopardizing the island's habitats. As a result, several ...

Madagascar - Country Profile - Convention on Biological Diversity

Madagascar is a megadiverse country with a high concentration of endemic species. Its ecosystems include many types of forests, savannah, steppes, rivers, ...

Ecosystems in Madagascar

Ecosystems in Madagascar · Coastal rainforest · Lowland rainforest · Montane rainforest. Elevation: 800-1300 m · Cloud forest / High mountain sclerophyllous ...

Ecoregions of Madagascar - Wikipedia

The ecoregions of Madagascar, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund, include seven terrestrial, five freshwater, and two marine ecoregions.

The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology ...

New studies show that many plants and animals of the grassy systems are unique to Madagascar and restricted to these open habitats.

8-20 Madagascar: A Biodiversity Hotspot - Duke Lemur Center

Because Madagascar has been an island for tens of millions of years, many of the plants and animals that live there are found nowhere else, making it an ...

Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands - Threats | CEPF

Deforestation and forest degradation are among the most significant threats to terrestrial ecosystems in Madagascar. The country's natural forest cover has ...

Madagascar • Re:wild | rewild.org

Madagascar is home to 5% of the planet's global terrestrial biodiversity, but covers only 0.4% of the global landmass. · Around 90% of Madagascar's plants and ...

Biodiversity / Madagascar - Interactive Country Fiches

Madagascar is a megadiverse country containing 5% of the world's biodiversity on just 0.4% of the world's landmass.

Madagascar Island (AT6) - One Earth

The Madagascar bioregion, located in the Afrotropics realm, is separated from the African continent by the Mozambique Channel, dominated by humid tropical ...

Madagascar -- A World Apart: Paradise in Peril - PBS

The loss of habitat due to deforestation is the biggest single threat to Madagascar's wildlife. Although the exact extent of forest loss is not known with ...

Madagascar | WWF - Panda.org

Topping the list of rare and exotic species are the world-famous big-eyed, pointy-nosed primates - lemurs. Lemurs vary greatly in size, appearance and behaviour ...

Habitat Change and Loss in Madagascar

Lemur habitat is changing at an alarming rate. This includes habitats across the island, including the eastern rainforests, the southern spiny forests, and the ...

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE | Madagascar | Archive

Madagascar is regularly subject to powerful cyclones that damage ecosystems and infrastructure, particularly on the coasts, and climate change is predicted to ...

Madagascar Environment - world rainforest

Madagascar has suffered environmental degradation over a significant part of its land mass. Forests that once blanketed the eastern third of the ...

Why Madagascar Matters - Duke Lemur Center

2013), tremendous deforestation and animal extinctions have occurred. Less than 15% of Madagascar is now covered in natural forest, and within the last 60 years ...

Madagascar -- A World Apart: Eden Evolution - PBS

About 300 miles east of southern Africa, across the Mozambique Channel, lies the island of Madagascar. Best known for its lemurs (primitive relatives of monkeys ...

Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands | CEPF

Madagascar is famous for its diversity of chameleons and lemurs. Unfortunately, the island has already lost 80 percent of its original forest cover.

Safeguarding Madagascar's Biodiversity Together - YouTube

Madagascar, a stunning tropical island in the southwestern Indian Ocean, boasts remarkable biodiversity with numerous lemur species ...

Wildlife of Madagascar - Wikipedia

90 percent of all plant and animal species found in Madagascar are endemic, [4] including the lemurs (a type of strepsirrhine primate), the carnivorous fossa ...