How efficient is the reforestation? Study on restoring destroyed forest areas in Kirindy
Every year, fires threaten and destroy the remaining natural habitats of Madagascar. Our project area in the Kirindy Forest is also acutely threatened by this. Due to slash-and-burn agriculture, deforestation in the region has steadily increased since 2010 and reached...
Mission on our doorstep: our biotope project in Göttingen
At the beginning of the year, we were very happy about the start of our first nature conservation project in Germany: since then, we have been supporting the renaturation of a biotope for native flora and fauna on the grounds of the German Primate Center in Göttingen....
Little Rangers 5.0: The environmental education camp went into the next round
In April, it was time for the next round of the Little Rangers environmental education camp in Madagascar! More than 100 children from 5 different schools in the Menabe region participated enthusiastically in the workshops, which were also accompagnied by former...
A new sanctuary for gibbons, hornbills and co.
On today’s International Day of Forests, we have good news from Myanmar! An important milestone for our gibbon conservation project in the Arakan Mountains has been reached: the area has officially been designated as the new approx. 40,000 hectare Mann River Wildlife...
Creative eco-education: the mobile library in Kirindy
In Madagascar, education on environmental issues is unfortunately not part of the curriculum, and textbooks that don’t cover the core subjects are relatively rare and expensive. This is especially true for the rural regions in the west of the island and thus also for...
We celebrate 10 years of Chances for Nature
In the middle of the Christmas season, we have another reason to celebrate: 10 years of Chances for Nature! On 15 December 2011, we founded CfN in a PhD student’s office at the German Primate Center and can now already look back on a whole decade of work for...
Uncommon migrations of wild elephants at Lake Indawgyi
The north of the Lake Indawgyi Biosphere Reserve is located in an elephant migration corridor and connects forest areas that are vital for the elephants’ survival. For several months of the year, the animals stay within the reserve. During this time, conflicts...
Lemurs of the Kirindy Forest
The Kirindy Forest in Western Madagascar is home to 8 different lemurs. Here you can get to know those species whose survival depends on our local protection measures, since many of them are listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. This development is due to hunting...