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Wildlife research in Madagascar: how foreigners are helping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Lee Durrell
Lee Durrell
Affiliation:
Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands
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Much of Madagascar's wildlife is threatened and remains poorly known despite a long history of research and conservation, both by the country's governments and by foreign scientists and conservationists. The fast growing human population and fragmentation of the country's forests mean that there is an urgent need for research. Lee Durrell is Chairman of the International Advisory Group of Scientists set up in February 1983 to vet research projects in Madagascar proposed by foreign workers. In December 1984, at a London meeting held jointly by the FFPS and the British Ornithological Union, she presented a paper on recent research by foreigners; the following is an updated extract.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 10 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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