Madagascar's Political Chaos Threatens Conservation Gains
By Rhett Butler
Updated in 04 Jan 2010
Updated in 04 Jan 2010
The government collapse after a coup in the March of 2009 has caused Madagascar's rain forest to plunder after their precious wood and unique wild life. All the forest destruction in the forest has swept across the country. The civil services and park management system collapsed, and donor funds, which provided half the government's annual budget, dried up. The absence of the government has caused the gangs to ransack the island's protected rain forest for biological treasures including precious hardwood and endangered lemurs which also frightened away tourists, who provided a critical economic incentive for conservation.
I feel that it is very important for such a high level education student to make an awareness that spasms of forest destruction is indeed sweepings away Madagascar's ancient tropical rain forest along with endangering the unique species that also inhabit the island. My observations that this Yale student does indeed care about our enivornment to try and attempt to put out awareness by publishing this article. This article deals with the political life of the country because without the forest and unique animals of the island of Madagascar than the island will become less of a tourist attraction for international travelers, thus damaging the economy and might create the domino effect. Without the forest, Madagascar is a baron waste with fields of deserts. |
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