(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) Children’s centre reaching even more young people

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A Money for Madagascar partner’s services are so popular it is having to hold activities outdoors because its inside spaces would be overfull. The Akany Hasina centre is a day centre in Ambohitrabiby, a rural area 25km from Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo. Every Saturday, it opens its…

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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) On Love and Amphibians: the Extraordinary Importance of the Malagasy Wilderness

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A new frog discovery in Madagascar’s South-East reminds us how resilient, but also how threatened, the Malagasy wilderness is. A large frog has been discovered in Madagascar’s Domain de la Cascade Plantation Lansargues nature reserve, in the country’s South-East. The three-inch amphibian, named Love’s Giant Stream…

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(English) MfM Joins Malagasy NGO Network

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. We at Money for Madagascar are proud to have become a member of the Population Health Environment Madagascar Network (PHE). The 88-member network unites health and environmental organisations, helping one another work with and for more than 830,000 men, women and children in remote and threatened…

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(English) Development and Environment: cooperation, not competition

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Madagascar has led calls for Southern African nations to increase their manufacturing capacity to 30 per cent of their GDP by 2030. The island republic on Sunday (17th August) hosted the 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government – the…

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(English) The World Must Listen: the mental and physical impacts of climate catastrophe on Madagascar

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. Two reports in recent days have addressed the severity of climate catastrophe’s impact on Malagasy men, women and children. Amnesty International has issued an extremely critical report regarding the treatment of more than 90,000 Antandroy men, women and children who have been forced to flee the…

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(English) Ranoro, the Daughter of the Water

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English. A Malagasy folk tale, like many told around the world, hints at a deal made between people and nature. We share the tale of Ranoro, the Daughter of the Water, here, in part to share a piece of Madagascar’s rich cultural tradition (we will try to…

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