Acclaimed festival titles such as Sundance and Cannes winner All That Breathes (pictured), The Territory and Werner Herzog’s The Fire Within were among the nominees for the 2022 Jackson Wild Media Awards, which .
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Pet trade relies on ‘disposable’ wild chameleons from Madagascar
by Chris Scarffe on 20 January 2021
Despite being difficult to keep alive and healthy, chameleons are among the most popular reptiles in the exotic pet trade.
Each year hundreds of thousands of these slow-moving reptiles are taken from the wild, both legally and illegally, many of them from threatened species living in the forests of Madagascar.
Observers say the international trade in chameleons must be changed to avoid harming wild populations and improve the well-being of animals during transit and captivity.
They also point to the need to make the trade fairer and more transparent, so local people can benefit from it.
Top environment stories from Madagascar in 2020
by Mongabay.com on 30 December 2020
Madagascar witnessed a convergence of calamities this year, from the pandemic to surging forest fires to an unprecedented drought.
Despite growing pressures on its forests, new species continue to be uncovered from the island, with the description of a mouse lemur, several chameleons, and even the world’s ugliest orchid.
Protected Area management has emerged as a bone of contention between the government and NGOs that manage them, underscoring the challenges of doing conservation in a poor country.
Here are ten key stories and trends from Madagascar in 2020.
A Jonah’s mouse lemur (M. Jonahi). Image by Dominik Schüßler