(English) COP30: What we need

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 the…

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 and…

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 95…

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 Frog…

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(English) MfM Joins Malagasy NGO Network

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 areas….

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 Androy…

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(English) Chameleon resilience is a reminder of what we stand to lose

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. An astonishingly rare chameleon species has been discovered in a new location in Madagascar – both a cause for celebration and a reminder of the precarious nature of the world in which we live, and the creatures we share it with. A biological research team working in…

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(English) EU and AU Meetings – ‘a profound shift’ decried

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Two days of meetings involving Foreign Ministers from European and African Union states have done little to reduce fears that Europe may be turning its back on the continent to its South. Since the rise of Donald Trump to the US presidency, many EU and other European…

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(English) Biodiversity and Development, hand in hand

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. This year’s International Day for Biodiversity – which falls today, Thursday 22 May 2025 – is being held under the theme: ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development.’ The phrase could be our slogan, and at Money for Madagascar we work specifically with men, women and children in…

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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 the…

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