(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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(English) DAF: helping Malagasy people protect rainforest, the planet, and their lives and livelihoods

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. An accident of birth means Malagasy communities, including some living in severe poverty, find themselves charged not only with somehow keeping themselves and their families alive, but also with protecting some of the planet’s fertile and dynamic rainforest. These two imperatives could clash with and contradict…

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(English) Malagasy medicines saving lives at the expense of planet, Malagasy people – report

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Illicit and unfair trade in Madagascar’s unique plants is threatening entire species, as well as exploiting Malagasy working men and women. The international wild species trade expert organisation TRAFFIC reports that trade in Malagasy plants – prized for their unique medicinal properties including for skincare and…

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(English) Cyclone Chido the latest warning of climate catastrophe

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. From 8th to 16th December, Cyclone Chido developed in the Western Indian Ocean and struck several islands in its path. One of those was Madagascar, which was, fortunately, spared the worst of the cyclone’s devastation. But Mauritian island Agalega, and Mayotte, which lie either side of…

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(English) Wealthy nations must act as window for action ‘closing fast’ on Malagasy rainforest, biodiversity

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A report by experts on the Malagasy rainforest warns that the entire ecosystem and everything within it is at serious risk because of ‘alarming’ deforestation. The Madagascar Protected Area Consortium’s Madagascar Protected Area Outlook 2024, the first of its kind, reports that just 10 per cent…

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