Land of lemurs

Edit Deccan Herald 02 Mar 2015
Although 40 per cent of Madagascar’s natural habitat is destroyed, the situation is gradually improving ,writes Richard Madden. The aye-aye lemur is not a creature for the faint-hearted ... Gradual improvement ... The Ifotaka Community Forest adjacent to the Mandrare river is as remote as it is wild and covers a huge expanse of gallery (deciduous) and spiny (desert) forest protected for generations by the Antandroy tribe ... ....

Madagascar: life after death in the land of the lemur

Edit The Daily Telegraph 23 Jan 2015
Richard Madden reports. By Richard Madden. Video by Richard and Sarah Madden. 8.00AM GMT 23 Jan 2015 ... Alamy) ... The Ifotaka Community Forest adjacent to the Mandrare River is as remote as it is wild and covers a huge expanse of gallery (deciduous) and spiny (desert) forest protected for generations by the Antandroy tribe ... “For the Antandroy people, keeping the ancestors happy is the only way they can find happiness themselves.” ... ....
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