Energizing finance: taking the pulse 2019
Taking the Pulse 2019 details the energy access financing challenge faced in three countries: Madagascar, the Philippines and Uganda. The report provides crucial insights into how national contexts shape
Madagascar
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Madagascar economic update: a new start?
The successful conclusion of the Presidential election in January 2019 represents a historic window of opportunity for Madagascar to break cycles of political instability that abruptly interrupted its
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Madagascar economic update: a new start?
The successful conclusion of the Presidential election in January 2019 represents a historic window of opportunity for Madagascar to break cycles of political instability that abruptly interrupted its
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Biodiversity heroes: The teenagers saving Madagascar's wildlife
The island nation of Madagascar has a dubious accolade: it is the world-leader in deforestation. Now, some of the island's teenagers have started a farming revolution - working to stop food production
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It’s now or never for Madagascar’s biodiversity, experts say
As Madagascar’s recently elected president completed his first 100 days in office, experts identify five priority areas for conservation. In a new comment piece in Nature Sustainability, the experts
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Poachers threaten precious Madagascar forest and lemurs
Under a leaden sky, six rangers walk silently in single file through Vohibola, one of the last primary forests in eastern Madagascar. Alert to the slightest movement and sound, Michael Tovolahy's patrol
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Madagascar: Rio Tinto mine breaches sensitive wetland
A large mineral sands mine in southeastern Madagascar has trespassed into a “sensitive zone,” violating national law and raising the possibility that radionuclide-enriched tailings could enter a lake that
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New staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered
How many ways can you say “tiny?” How about miniature, miniscule, and minimum, for starters? These adjectives not only describe three new species of frog from Madagascar, but also serve as their official
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Madagascar battles killer measles outbreak
Frangeline is aged two but weighs no more than a four-month-old -- the terrible result of her battle with measles, which is cutting a deadly swathe through Madagascar. Widespread malnutrition and low
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Without vaccine, hundreds of children die in Madagascar measles outbreak
Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar’s famed sun soaked beaches. A few weeks