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  • Guarding of rice fields (progress report July 2022)

    In 2022, we extended the guarding of rice fields to our entire intervention area to protect the only crops that resisted the two February cyclones. As a reminder, rice represents less than 0.5% of the greater bamboo lemur diet, however, groups of 60 to 80 individuals can destroy up to 80% of a rice plot […]

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    With the support of:
    • AFdPZ
    • Boissière Mervent Conservation
    • Conservatoire pour la Protection des Primates
    • Cotswold Wildlife Park
    • Foundation Audemars Piguet
    • Palmyre Conservation
    • Pure Trade
    • Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix
    • Thoiry-Peaugres Conservation
    • Univet
    • Zoa Parc

  • Annual report 2021

    Read the Helpsimus annual report for 2021!

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  • Mother-daughter workshop on the menstrual cycle and hygiene

    In Madagascar, almost 40% of the population is under 15 years old, and almost 60% under 25 years old. The fertility index (average number of children per woman) is equal to 5 children per woman. Thus, Madagascar has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Induced abortion (or voluntary termination of pregnancy) […]

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    With the support of:
    • Rotary Paris-Est

  • SAMIVAR VOI evaluation

    The first three years of managing the Miradia VOI were assessed in 2021 and its management plan has been updated (without major changes): – the number of members is increasing, to 186 today (vs. 138, 3 years ago). – 78 patrols were organized by the 19 patrollers of the VOI responsible for checking the clearing. […]

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  • Impact of cyclone Batsirai on the Bamboo Lemur program

    On the night of February 5 to 6, 2022, Cyclone Batsirai hit severely the southeast of Madagascar, crossing the Vatovavy region where Helpsimus is located. © Cycloneoi.com & Windy.com This high-intensity tropical cyclone caused extensive damage, forcing nearly 2,700 people to flee their homes in the rural commune of Tsaratanana. The wooden houses whose roof […]

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    With the support of:
    • Boissière Mervent Conservation
    • Foundation Audemars Piguet
    • Fondation Le Pal Nature
    • Palmyre Conservation
    • SECAS
    • Zoo de Jurques

  • Ecotourism and handicrafts to protect the greater bamboo lemur

    The population of Greater Bamboo lemurs that we protect lives in a very degraded and highly anthropized environment made up of agricultural land, bamboo forests and small portions of residual forests. When the VOIs (village associations) were created, ecotourism was identified as a means of promoting biodiversity and developing the local economy. Thus, since 2018, […]

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    With the support of:
    • IUCN – Save Our Species