Madagascar News » Antananarivo News Madagascar » Antananarivo » Trade: Hundreds of protected tortoises seized in Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 2015—On 29th September, Malagasy Customs and border police officials scanning luggage discovered a staggering 771 wild native tortoises concealed in two wooden boxes ...
News Madagascar » Antananarivo » Trade: Madagascar demanded to show significant progress to halt illegal trade of precious woods
Madagascar has been told that it needs to do more to stop the illegal harvest and export of rosewood and other precious woods. (Antananarivo, Madagascar) –Madagascar has been told that it needs to do ...
News Madagascar » Antananarivo » Trade: TRAFFIC convenes timber identification workshop in Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar, June 2015—TRAFFIC convened a timber identification training workshop earlier this month, with a specific focus on Madagascar’s Dalbergia and Diospyros species. The 40 ...
News Madagascar » Antananarivo » Trade: Two Cities, $225 Million, One Race to Stop Madagascar’s Urban Crisis Deepening
The World Bank Group has approved US$225 million for Madagascar’s Integrated Urban Development and Resilience Project for Jobs, known as PRODUIRE2, targeting Greater Antananarivo and Greater Toamasina ...
News Madagascar » Antananarivo » Trade: How to save Madagascar’s dwindling forests
In a 4x4 bumping and rattling along a dirt road in Madagascar, Nomentsoa Randriamamonjy explains a local idiom. A few generations ago, the phrase “when the eastern forest disappears” was Madagascar’s ...