(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) Economy and ecology: Rajoelina sets priorities at UN

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

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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) Warnings for Malagasy Economy and People

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded an in-country review of Madagascar’s economic situation with a warning that ‘outside shocks’ ‘cloud’ the country’s economic outlook. While the international financial body, which last year stepped in to provide Madagascar with and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and a Resilience…

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(English) 90 per cent of Malagasy people living in poverty

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. On Thursday 5th June 2025, the World Bank updated its – and the world’s – poverty metric. Up to that date, the international poverty baseline – the line below which anyone is defined as living in poverty – had been an income of US$2.15 (£1.59 at 8th…

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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) Peak District Challenge Completed

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. A Money for Madagascar supporter has raised hundreds of pounds to hep us work with Malagasy men, women and children, with a 100km (62 mile) hill-trek. Gregg Smith completed the timed hike through the UK’s Peak District on 28-29 June, and thanks in part to your help,…

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(English) MfM Partners in Dynamic, Innovative Nursery Workshop

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Money for Madagascar is delighted to have been invited to participate in an innovative international tree-growth and care initiative. The Darwin Nursery Exchange Project is in its final year and its last ‘nurserymen workshop’ – designed to share best practice, experience and build networks in creating tree…

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(English) Development and Environment: cooperation, not competition

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

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