Scientists Create Plan to Save Madagascar Species
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Isolated for 80 million years, the island of Madagascar is home to thousands of animal and plant species that exist nowhere else on Earth. However, decades of mining and slash-and-burn agriculture threaten to wipe out the island’s unique wildlife.
But now an international team of researchers has collected data with which they can create a blueprint that best apportions land to save most species. You can read about the new plan in a report from the Online NewsHour.
To learn more about Madagascar’s lemurs, one of the species under duress, visit A Lemur’s Tale at Nature.
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