At Park Ivoloina, we got to learn about agroforestry, which is a process that involves planting trees to give shade to farmers and the plants that grow underneath them. It…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
Today we went to the protected area Tampolo, a littoral forest. Only 10% of the forests left in Madagascar are of this type. What is so unique about it is…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
The food in Madagascar has been much different than what we’ve had back in the ‘States. In Tana there were many French restaurants, which is where we mostly dined. The…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
Elaine Guevara gave a lecture on primate systematic. We learned that the 7 things that define primates are: the presence of opposable thumbs and feet, fully closed boney eye socket,…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
The second lecture we heard today was about the recent extinctions that have occurred within Madagascar. The interesting thing about most of the extinctions that have occurred is that they…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
On Friday, July 22, we went to Parc Mitsinjo in Andasibe. Our guide was Jeanne Claude, and he took us through the rainforest in the morning. Almost immediately, he found…
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Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
HELP Madagascar is an NGO and social work organization located in Tamotave and run by a couple – Kim and Colin Radford. They provide several different services not only in…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
On our drive south towards Tana today, we stopped at an organic palm oil plantation. Our tour guide, Joelle, first led us through the actual plantation and explained the various…