(English) COP30: What we need

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. World leaders have gathered in Belem, Brasil under the ongoing shadow of the climate catastrophe, for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). The summit has begun with the world in an unprecedented level of risk from – and in the case of Madagascar experience of…

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(English) Economy and ecology: Rajoelina sets priorities at UN

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Malagasy President Andriy Rajoelina used his speech to the UN General Assembly to focus on the Malagasy economy, and its environment, noting both require and deserve help from beyond the Malagasy borders. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (24th September) Rajoelina said the African…

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(English) Malagasy fady may have kept new gecko from extinction

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A newly-described species of gecko may have been saved from extinction by local fady – traditional taboos or cultural prohibitions – connected to the few places in which it lives. An international team of biologists has described and named the nocturnal gecko, with mottled brown skin…

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(English) Verraux’s lemur – an addition which could make a difference

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Two lemurs have been added to the list of the 25 most-endangered primates on Earth. But there are hopes that one may spark new interest in and protection for, a vital ecological habitat. Madagascar is the only country on Earth to which lemurs are native, but…

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(English) Malagasy conservationist scoops ‘Nobel Prize for Animal Conservation’

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Malagasy conservationist Lily-Arison René de Roland has won the world’s most prestigious international conservation award: we congratulate him and hope he, and we, can register many more successes in our work to protect and expand the Malagasy rainforests, help the flora and fauna within them to…

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(English) Resilient Forests and Livelihoods: 30 months report

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. With just six months remaining of the Resilient Forests and Livelihoods pilot period, we are delighted to report our programme’s progress to date. Money for Madagascar has helped restore and reforest hundreds of acres of Malagasy rainforest, and empowered thousands of Malagasy people to lift themselves…

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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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