By James Hererra, Ph.D. DLC-SAVA Conservation Coordinator Published March 8, 2024 March 8 is International Women’s Day, referred to as ‘Valo Mars’ in Madagascar. Women’s groups across the SAVA region celebrated Women’s Day with the DLC-SAVA Conservation project, supporting several local organizations that are working towards conserving the environment in Madagascar. Since 2019, the DLC-SAVA […]
Enjoy this video created by the DLC-SAVA Conservation team with Malagasy filmmaker Riccardo Morrelas, showcasing the lemurs of the SAVA region of northeastern Madagascar! The Duke Lemur Center partners with Malagasy scientists and local forest managers to study lemurs in remote rainforests. Researchers from CURSA, the university in the northeast region, are studying the […]
Saving lemurs from extinction is truly a global effort—one that starts right here at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC! Follow NBC’s Dagmar Midcap, host of “Down to Earth,” in the first of this multipart series highlighting lemurs and the team of veterinarians, caretakers, scientists, and researchers fighting to save them.
by James Herrera, DLC–SAVA Conservation Program Coordinator Greg Dye and Dr. Erin Ehmke Visit SAVA While the Lemur Center is perhaps most famous for our world–renowned collection of lemurs at Duke University, we also operate research and conservation projects in Madagascar for over 30 years. In 2011, the previous DLC Director, Dr. Anne Yoder, and […]
By James Herrera, Ph.D. Published February 17, 2023 The Duke Lemur Center (DLC) at Duke University houses the most diverse population of lemurs outside of Madagascar. In Madagascar, the DLC has many conservation and research activities, including the DLC-SAVA Conservation project, a community-based approach to safeguarding biodiversity and human livelihoods in the northeast. In February […]
By James Herrera, Ph.D. Coordinator, DLC-SAVA Conservation The Duke Lemur Center supports conservation in Madagascar. We partner with local stakeholders, like Evrard Benasoavina, to restore landscapes and to safeguard the environment. Evrard founded the New Generation School Garden, an interpretive center and outdoor classroom, complete with diverse forms of sustainable agriculture and reforestation. Last month, […]
By Bethany Old Master’s candidate, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Madagascar has the fourth-highest rate of chronic malnutrition in the world (The World Bank, 2018). The country is rich in fruits, vegetables, and legume diversity but nutrition education remains critically low. I served in the education sector of Peace Corps Madagascar from 2015-2018 […]
Evrard Benasoavina (1, 2) , Anicet Elcar Ranaivoson (3), Ardhilles Andriantinefiarijaona (3) 1 DLC-SAVA Conservation 2 New Generation School Garden 3 Regional University of SAVA / DLC Consortium Earth Day may only come once per year, but at DLC-SAVA Conservation, we have been celebrating Earth Day since March and will continue until May! We are […]
