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Madagascar is home to many kinds of lemurs, chameleons, and baobab trees that exist nowhere else on Earth. The Wildlife Conservation Society has a field program on this island off the east coast of Africa that works to protect wildlife and lands, and I have photographed our conservation efforts there.

Poverty, population growth, and unsustainable resource use pose continuing threats to the people and the wildlife. Most of Madagascar’s forests are gone, and preserving those that remain is a global priority.

For further breaking news on Madagascar, go to wildmadagascar.org.

Photo credit: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS

Sources: Lexar, articles by Julie Larsen Maher.


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