The race to save Madagascar's biodiversity
How local communities are fighting to protect their forests and the marine life that that surrounds this unique place.
Madagascar is the second-largest island nation in the world, similar in size to France or Texas. Lying off the coast of southern Africa, it’s home to nearly 30 million people and is a real biodiversity hotspot. Nearly 90 percent of its plants and animal species are endemic, meaning they can’t be found anywhere else in the world. But much of the habitat they depend on is being destroyed, both on land and at sea. On this programme we look at how local communities are fighting to protect their forests and the marine life that that surrounds this unique place.
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Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Sira Thierij
Sound Mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Jon Bithrey
(Image: Diver off the Barren Isles, Madagascar, credit Sira Thierij)
This programme was partially funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator.
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