| Marojejy National Park https://marojejy.com The Friends of Marojejy and Anjanaharibe-Sud Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:20:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://marojejy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Simpona-48x48.jpg | Marojejy National Park https://marojejy.com 32 32 New DLC video: Lemurs of the SAVA Region https://marojejy.com/video-lemurs-of-the-sava-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-lemurs-of-the-sava-region Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:25:15 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=1451 Read More]]>

Duke Lemur Center-SAVA Conservation has just released this excellent video produced by Malagasy filmmaker Riccardo Morrelas, showcasing the lemurs of the SAVA region of northeastern Madagascar.  Stunning footage of many species of lemurs, as well as aerial views of the rainforest and mountainous terrain the lemurs call home.  Thank you, DLC-SAVA!

Lemurs of the SAVA video

Simpona - Lemurs of the SAVA video
Silky Sifakas in DLC Lemurs of the SAVA Region video
]]> Mr. Mosesy, guide extraordinaire! https://marojejy.com/mr-mosesy-guide-extraordinaire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mr-mosesy-guide-extraordinaire Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:04:30 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=1422 Read More]]>

Fantastic picture of our good friend, Mosesy (Tabatera!), training new guides in Bobangira (a beautiful private reserve north of Sambava). Mosesy is a wonderful person and we are happy to see him doing so well after recent ill health.

Five men are standing together in a clearing in the forest, all smiling broadly and looking very happy
Mosesy at Bobingira (photo courtesy of Melyscot Jean)
A turquoise-blue sea, waves breaking along a crescent of white sand beach, rimmed by deep green forest
The Indian Ocean at Bobangira Nature Reserve
]]> A new genera of stick insects described from Marojejy https://marojejy.com/a-new-genera-of-stick-insects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-genera-of-stick-insects Sat, 30 Sep 2023 01:05:34 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=878 Read More]]>

A new genera in the Antongiliidae family of stick insects has just been described and comprises two new species (Anatispinosa elongata and A. tumidicollis), both of which were collected in Marojejy National Park.

This photo, taken by Éric Mathieu, shows a pair of A. elongata.  Link to the paper and more photos:  Description d’Anatispinosa (researchgate.net).

]]> Survey finds Silky Sifakas in forest outside Marojejy National Park https://marojejy.com/survey-finds-silky-sifakas-in-forest-outside-marojejy-national-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-finds-silky-sifakas-in-forest-outside-marojejy-national-park Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:40:37 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=950

Kudos to the hardworking field researchers conducting these important surveys in and around Marojejy!

]]> New ablution block at Camp Marojejia https://marojejy.com/new-ablution-block-at-camp-marojejia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-ablution-block-at-camp-marojejia Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:12:33 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=1099

More upgrades to Camp Marojejia.

 

]]> The rosewood disappears with the chainsaw https://marojejy.com/the-rosewood-disappears-with-the-chainsaw/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rosewood-disappears-with-the-chainsaw Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:13:02 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=993 Read More]]>

Illegal logging of rosewood from the rainforests of northeastern Madagascar continues…

https://www.malina.mg/fr/maroantsetra-ou-le-palissandre-disparait-a-la-tronconneuse/

Maroantsetra: Where the Rosewood Disappears with the Chainsaw

Rosewood is the target of massive and illicit exploitation which has continued for several decades, financed by a network of local and regional traffickers. The law seems to have no effect on this rosewood mafia: the network is sprawling and aggressive.

The illegal harvesting of rosewood has continued and become even worse in 2022 with the use of sophisticated machines. Chainsaws now abound throughout the Maroantsetra district [just south of Marojejy, near Masoala National Park]: they have become the tools of choice for traffickers. Clovis Razafimalala, who chairs the Lampogno coalition of approximately ten environmental associations, is concerned that illegal logging is increasing through the use of these powerful tools: “In just one week, a logger can cut down up to 10 hectares of land.”

A person is holding a large piece of machinery, grinding a piece of wood

]]> New frog species described from Northeastern Madagascar https://marojejy.com/new-frog-species-described-from-northeastern-madagascar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-frog-species-described-from-northeastern-madagascar Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:02:21 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=867 Read More]]>

This little tree frog, which is found in northeastern Madagascar (likely including Marojejy), has been shown to be genetically distinct from populations found further south.  It now is separated into a new species named Guibemantis pulcerrimus (“most beautiful Guibemantis”).

More information can be found in the journal Zootaxa abstract and in this Yahoo article.

]]> Mini mum: smallest frog species discovered in Madagascar https://marojejy.com/mini-mum-smallest-frog-species-discovered-in-madagascar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mini-mum-smallest-frog-species-discovered-in-madagascar Mon, 15 May 2023 00:10:19 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=999

Mini stars!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/smallest-frog-species-discovered-mini-mum

https://www.nationalgeographic.fr/animaux/cette-nouvelle-espece-de-grenouille-est-la-plus-petite-au-monde

A tiny frog sits on person's fingernail. The frog is half the size of the fingernail!
This newly discovered species of frog has been named Mini mum
]]> Reforestation projects underway in the Marojejy area https://marojejy.com/reforestation-projects-underway-in-the-marojejy-area/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reforestation-projects-underway-in-the-marojejy-area Mon, 08 May 2023 00:10:58 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=1012

Misaotra betsaka! Many thanks to the Lemur Conservation Foundation and all the people who are working so hard to make this happen!

]]> 64% of protected species seized came from Madagascar https://marojejy.com/64-of-protected-species-seized-came-from-madagascar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=64-of-protected-species-seized-came-from-madagascar Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:12:34 +0000 https://staging.marojejy.org/?p=1007 Read More]]>

A new report by the NGO, TRAFFIC, reveals that 64% of all protected species seized globally between 2000 and 2021 came from Madagascar. Species seized included rosewood, reptiles and amphibians that are critically endangered and prohibited from international trade.

According to Cynthia Ratsimbazafy, co-author of the study, “The figures reveal the long-term and sustained exploitation of Madagascar’s unique wildlife despite enforcement efforts and trade restrictions that have been in place for years. Madagascar’s biodiversity cannot survive this if the countries involved stop at just confiscating illegal shipments.”

TRAFFIC: An Assessment of Wildlife Trade Between Madagascar and Southeast Asia

a dozen or so tortoises with radiating patterns on their shells are piled on top of one another
Illegally exported radiated tortoises
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