(English) Health, wealth and wellbeing: the challenges facing development and environmental action

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A new study in Madagascar reveals that young Malagasy people are suffering not only physical, but also serious mental health challenges as a result of climate catastrophe. And yet, even as these impacts are being uncovered and better understood, and even within a context in which…

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(English) ‘Green Give’ – forests, farms and lemurs

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. ‘As a result of this project, we’ve noticed remarkable changes… We’re planting new trees and we look after the forests, reporting when people come to chop down trees… we’re learning new techniques and raising awareness about the importance of the environment.‘ The Big Give Green Match Fund is coming,…

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(English) A Malagasy update

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Almost 11,000 men, women and children have been displaced by Tropical Storm Jude, which made two landfalls in Madagascar this month – a situation made even worse by extreme food insecurity, and risk of disease associated with lack of food, and storm-related chaos. The World Health…

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(English) Plantlife: protecting forests, improving lives

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Today, 21 March 2025, is the International Day of Forests, a moment where the world can take a moment to appreciate – and hopefully commit to protecting – the environment of which we are all a part and upon which we all rely. The theme of…

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(English) Environment and development – more than carbon capture (but that too!)

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A study suggests that an agro-forestry project in Panama collects less carbon than it had originally hoped to. Though it should not be the responsibility of people – like those of Panama and Madagascar – who live in carbon sinks to collect carbon for the rest…

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(English) MfM and the Wildlife Connection

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Today (3 March 2025) is World Wildlife Day, a moment in which we celebrate the world’s wildlife and conservation work done to protect it and the ecosystems of which animals, plants and we are part, and upon which we all rely. At Money for Madagascar, wildlife…

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(English) On the front-line of disaster, we must do more to help

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. In the wake of floods killing at least 11 people following extreme rains in Madagascar, we call once again for the country and its people to receive proper assistance to deal with and help reduce the impacts of climate catastrophe. Severe flooding, including of the Sisaony…

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(English) Environment and Development Must Complement, Not Harm, One Another

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Money for Madagascar welcomes and joins new calls for reassurances that the Malagasy rainforests will not be damaged by two proposed new roads in Madagascar. Members of the European parliament have called on the IMF to pause the payment of fund for two road-building projects in…

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(English) Climate Catastrophe: those most able, must act now

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar is bracing for the next in a series of intense cyclones, as the UK Met Office warns that such weather events will increase in intensity and frequency due to climate change. Cyclone Faida is scheduled to make landfall in Madagascar today (Tuesday 4 February 2025)….

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(English) Lives, livelihoods and lifestyles: the world’s wealthiest have a responsibility to Malagasy people

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. The World Bank reminds us that Malagasy people are among the world’s poorest, and that development need not threaten the environment on which we all rely. Our work follows this vital and accurate mantra. We join the Bank in calling on the world’s richest nations help…

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