More information on Madagascar
Site author, sources for more information, and some links.
Site author
Bruce Harris
Sydney, Australia
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More information
Hilary Bradt's Madagascar: The Bradt Travel Guide is not only the best guide book of its type but also contains an extensive bibliography. It's a very worthwhile investment.
The Lonely Planet guide to Madagascar is also useful but not as comprehensive.
Some links
Background
- Madagascar background page at the US Department of State.
- Madagascar: Up Close and Personal
- MSN Encarta - Madagascar
- United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - National Information - Madagascar
- US Library of Congress Madagascar Country Study
Nature
- African Bird Club features page - Links to articles on ground-rollers, sunbird asities, and identifying bird tracks in the spiny forest.
- Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar Project - An international, multi-institutional effort to make information on all vascular plants occurring in Madagascar widely accessible.
- The Environmental Literacy Council - Madagascar
- Lemurs at 'The Wild Ones Animal Index'
- Lemurs.us
- The Living Edens: Madagascar, A World Apart - Website of 'The Living Edens' TV series.
- MBG: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation - Why is Madagascar so special?
- Madagascar Fauna Group - An international consortium of zoos and related institutions working together to conserve Madagascar's wildlife and wild places.
- NOVA Online | The Wilds of Madagascar - NOVA/PBS Online Adventure.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Science and Horticulture: Madagascar: Home Page
- Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: The End of Eden? - Madagascar's forests - home to thousands of species found nowhere else - are disappearing at an alarming rate.
News
Resources
- Africa South of the Sahara Electronic Guide - Madagascar at Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources.
- African Studies Centre Madagascar page at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Open Directory - Regional: Africa: Madagascar
Surfing
- Isle of Bones - Online article from December 2004 issue of 'Surfer' magazine.
- Madagascar Surf Travel Photos - From December 2004 issue of 'Surfer' magazine.
- Mada Surfari Travel & Tours - For surfing and adventure tours and road trips.
- True Blue Surf & Adventure Travel.
Travel
- The Madagascar Trip 2000 - Website documenting a trip the author made to Madagascar in October 2000.
- VirtualTourist.com - Madagascar Travel Guide
Aid programs
- The Andrew Lees Trust - Supports the Centre Ecologique Libanona in Fort Dauphin.
- Azafady - UK charity working in southeast Madagascar to alleviate poverty, improve well-being and protect beautiful unique environments.
- CARE - Virtual Field Trip - Madagascar - Learn about CARE's rural and urban projects in Madagascar through journal entries, a photo album, recommended books and related links.
- Feedback Trust Madagascar - Scottish charity which has worked in Madagascar since 1993, in the field of development, healthcare, environment and conservation.
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