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  • 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
    • Fondation 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

  • Opening of 3 new school canteens

    In November, we opened 3 new school canteens in Ambohipo, Ambodimanga and Vohitrarivo schools. Every canteen has an equipped kitchen (with improved furnaces, cooking pots, cooking utensils, plates, cutlery, cups, etc.) and an attic for storing foodstuffs. The kitchen at the right of the 2 school buildings – Ambohipo school © D. Roullet The kitchen […]

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  • Update of the development plan of VOI Miaradia

    The site of the Bamboo Lemur program is divided into 3 sectors now managed by 3 VOI or village associations that we have helped to set up: the VOI Miaradia, Samivar and Manirisoa. The VOI Miaradia was created in 2018. Its area of ​​intervention covers the territory of several groups of greater bamboo lemurs: Groups […]

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    With the support of:
    • Fondation Tierpark Hagenback
    • Univet

  • Rice paddy guarding 2020-2021: assessment of the main season campaign

    The crop guarding resumed in March 2021 in Vohitrarivo (VOI Miaradia) and extended in May 2021 to Volotara (VOI Manirisoa) and Sahofika (VOI Samivar). It stopped at the end of June after the end of the « main season campaign » harvest. From March to June 2021, none of the paddy fields watched by the guards was […]

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