Na ratunek lemurom z Madagaskaru - Redux

Captain Rolin and crew members Toffee and Dised fish for eels, bating the hooks with Indian mackerel, in Helodranon' Antongila (Bay of Antongila), the largest bay in Madagascar, on September 23, 2023. Eel swim bladders are considered a delicacy in China, where they are also thought to have special medicinal properties for boosting immunity. Rolin’s goal is to catch as many of these eels as possible specifically for the swim bladders which are sold on to the international market at 15,000 ariary (in Maroantsetra). The meat is also salted, dried and sold, but the price it fetches is negligible in comparison. Hunting of endangered lemurs is one of the largest threats to the animals’ survival, but recent work from National Geographic Explorer Cortni Borgerson is showing that bug farming canÃłand hasÃłsaved lemur lives. In a pilot project in northeast Madagascar, Borgerson and colleagues supplied 100 households living on the edge of the Masoala National Park with bean plants that could easily be planted in disused areas around the edges of homes and between other cropsÃłspecies that were also known to attract local bugs called sakondry, or the bacon bug. This work has increased urgency as Masoala, a UNESCO world heritage forest, faces growing threats from illegal trafficking of precious woods, land clearing for cash and food crops, and the exploitation of marine resources for international markets.