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More information on Madagascar

Site author, sources for more information, and some links.

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Site author

Bruce Harris
Sydney, Australia
Email:

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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.

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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

• afrol News - Madagascar
• allAfrica.com: Madagascar
• Madagascar News
• Madagascar News - Topix.net

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.
• 3D Madagascar - The Business Portal of Madagascar Island
• 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.
• The Tandroy Conservation Trust - Works with the Tandroy of southern Madagascar to promote conservation, environmental education and sustainable development in a priority area of unprotected spiny forest.

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