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Published April 22, 2021 at 3:21 PM CDT Listen • 23:18 Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Botanical Garden botanist Jeannie Raharimampionona has been praised for her conservation efforts in her native island of Madagascar. The National Geographic Society recognized Raharimampionona for her conservation work in Madagascar by honoring her with the 2020 Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation. She also received the March Award from the Botanical Gardens Conservation International.
Ecologist Adam Smith has been studying the effects of deforestation in Madagascar to predict its future fate. Using computer models, he took into consideration roads near forests, consumption rates of wood, proximity to villages, wildfires and so on to figure out what the island’s future forest cover would look like.