Madagascar

Madagascar is a country located on the east side of the African continent with approximately 22.92 million people inhibiting the island. It is a relatively new country, as they gained their independence from France on 26 June 1960. They have a republic government, with a prime minister ruling their six provinces. It is a fairly poor nation and is still behind the technology curve. Out of their entire population only 9 million people have cell phones and only 75% of the population has the ability…

the plight of the world’s poor, showing how effective they are as a treatment. Madagascar is one of the many victims of colonialism, which played a huge role in making Madagascar…

The Fossa is the largest predator in Madagascar and rules the thick forests as a top predator. Fossa’s are described as “cat like in appearance with blunt noses and large forward facing eyes”(AnimalDiversity). Known, to Scientists as the Cryptoprocta Ferox, this animal can grow up to 21 pounds. It has a thin, reddish-brown color fur in order to help camouflage itself into the dirt and can grow up to 29 in. The animal has a very long reddish tail. In this paper we will explore the reasons and…

Madagascar has an economy that focuses strongly on their exports. The agriculture is the mainstay of the country, and includes fishing and forestry accounting for more than one-fourth of the GDP and employs roughly 80 percent of the population. The main agricultural products produced in Madagascar include: coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava, beans, bananas, peanuts, and livestock products. The primary source of fuel for Madagascar is the use of firewood which is responsible…

southwestern Madagascar, where they move about mostly on the ground but are also partly arboreal (Wilson & Hanlon, 2010). Despite their seeming “abundance” because of their frequent presence in zoos, ring-tailed lemur populations are decreasing in the wild (Wilson & Hanlon, 2010). In 1990, ring-tailed lemurs were listed as “Vulnerable,” but in 2014 their conservation status changed to “Endangered” (IUCN, 2014). Over the last 36 years, the total wild population of ring-tailed lemurs in…

prosperous countries do to their desired crops and lumber. Trading first began among the islanders of the East Indies as they made their way around Island hopping. It is believed that is how People from the East Indies wind up living on the island of Madagascar. Local fisheries were also a major source of income for people. While kings and queens ruled over places in India and Africa the East Indies were more in the control of wealthy merchants, as they were the ones bringing in all the money…

Lemurs Like to "Move it, Move it" Ring-Tailed Lemurs are cat-sized primates that live on the islands of Madagascar. Compared to the more energetic Old/New World Monkeys which aren't that active, Ring-Tailed Lemurs are very lively and fun.. They are a very social and use several forms of communication to communicate with one another. Similar to humans, they use many non-verbal forms of communication, such as facial expressions; they will also bare their teeth. (insert citation) The…

overrun the area, other animals will move to the area and adapts to that area. The red ruffed lemur lives in the forests of Masoala. “The Red Ruffed Lemur’s habitat is located in the forests of the Masoala Peninsula near Maroantsetra in northeastern Madagascar.” They live in the highest trees in the forests and in the low grass lands. This is for protection because of danger from carnivores and predators. The trees are very helpful for moving to areas with plants and fruits. Acting like a wall,…

A vector was loose in Madagascar, Africa with a pathogen and a zoonotic disease. Later people found out that the zoonotic disease was known as malaria. The vector that carried the pathogen was a fly. People began to use DDT to help stop this epidemic and the results were startling. Five years after Africa stopped using DDT, the number of cases had risen to 500,000. In the late 1980s Madagascar stopped using DDT and the resulting death drop to fell too 100,000. I strongly believe DDT…

called the ‘Final Solution’. Franz Rademacher, head of German foreign offices, had a plan to expel millions of Jews to Madagascar and create a super-ghetto. This is what Rademacher called the ‘Madagascar Project’. Since World War I was going on, Hitler could not send the Jews to Madagascar without getting attacked by foreign countries (Andrews). Since he could not carry out his ‘Madagascar Project’, his ‘Final Solution’ was to exterminate them. The Nazis set up death camps all over Poland, the…