Happy International Women’s Day! By James Herrera, Ph.D., DLC-SAVA Conservation Coordinator. Published on March 8, 2025. On this International Women’s Day, we’re pleased to highlight the amazing women in Madagascar who work tirelessly to ensure food security for their families. DLC-SAVA Conservation is honored to work with networks of women farmers who are doing amazing […]
After planting thousands of trees and helping thousands of people while overseeing the Lemur Center’s conservation programs in Madagascar for 35 years, Charlie is retiring in 2025. By Robin Smith, Ph.D., Senior Science Writer, Duke University. Published February 2025 in the LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue. When conservation expert Charlie Welch introduces people to Madagascar, […]
Written and Illustrated by Talia Felgenhauer, 2023-24 Undergraduate Fellow in Communications. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Why” Issue in February 2024. Madagascar is an island like no other. Located hundreds of miles off the southeastern coast of Africa, Madagascar has been isolated for more than 80 million years, changing and evolving independently from the […]
There are at least seven species of bamboo in the SAVA (northeastern) region of Madagascar, some native and some introduced. Some lemurs are bamboo-eating specialists! People in Madagascar use bamboo for diverse purposes, even building their houses from it. Some bamboo are so dense, they make excellent substitutes for wood—and because they can grow […]
Written by Nestorine, Ph.D. student at the University of Mahajanga. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. I was born in the Farahalana countryside in the district of Sambava, in the SAVA region of northeastern Madagascar. I am working on my Ph.D. at the Doctoral School of Life Engineering and Modeling (EDGVM) […]
Every year, we celebrate World Lemur Day in appreciation of the remarkable wildlife of Madagascar. The DLC and our partners in Madagascar collaborate in educational activities to raise awareness about lemurs and interest in environmental conservation. In November 2023, the DLC-SAVA Conservation program partnered with local actors to host a World Lemur Day celebration […]
For some people, the word “rainforest” conjures up vague notions of teeming jungles. But Camille DeSisto sees something more specific: a complex interdependent web. For the past few years, the Duke graduate student has been part of a community-driven study exploring the relationships between people, plants, and lemurs in a rainforest in northern Madagascar, where the health […]
Of all the animals on Earth, why are we so passionate about lemurs? Of all the islands in the ocean, why is Madagascar remarkable—and so worthy of our conservation attention? In the new “Why” issue of the DLC magazine, you’ll find out! Complimentary copies of the magazine have been mailed to donors of $250+ […]