Research & Conservation

Greater Bamboo Lemur Conservation Project

You *can* make a difference - help us save the greater bamboo lemur. Donations can be made by credit card or PayPal here (if you wish to pay by check, please see below):

Please click here for more details about how this project plans to move foward given the current political climate in Madagascar.

Due to political turmoil in Madagascar, ICTE is no longer seeking funds to acquire 8,100 hectares (20,015 acres) of degraded agricultural land adjacent to the Ranomafana-Andringitra corridor, a protected area containing greater bamboo lemurs in the southeastern region of Madagascar. However,funds are still needed to assist communities in the region with small projects such as tree nurseries, bee keeping, and sustainable rice production. The villagers have agreed to help work to save these critically endangered primates.

It was the goal of this project to link two vital remaining habitats (Mahasoa and Morafeno) in the southeastern portion of the Ranomafana-Andringitra corridor allowing for protection and regeneration of the habitat and, ultimately, enable these populations of greater bamboo lemurs to grow and expand. Moreover, it was hoped, as we estimated, that this reforestation effort would "soak up" carbon equivalent to that emitted by a minimum of 2,400 average Americans and do so for about 60 years.

Click the image above for a slideshow of Prolemur simus. Photo credits to David Haring, Jukka Jernvall, Eileen Larney, and Peter Schlichting.

ICTE was working in collaboration with savingspecies.org to raise funds for the land acquisition while concurrently hiring and training local residents as rangers to protect the land from fire and poaching, establishing a powerful local public awareness campaign, and recruiting local assistance in restoration of forest/bamboo in the new corridor.

For the full proposal please visit savingspecies.org

Inquiries about donating to ICTE's Greater Bamboo Lemur project in the Mahasoa and Morafeno regions can be directed to:

Lauren Donovan, ICTE Program Assistant
Phone: +1 (631) 632-9440
Fax: +1 (631) 632-7692
E-mail: lauren.donovan(at)stonybrook.edu

Donations by check can be made out to 'Research Foundation - SUNY' and mailed to:

The Greater Bamboo Lemur Conservation Project
Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE)
SBS Building, 5th Floor, N-537
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364

Patricia Wright and Eileen Larney with members of the community who will be involved in supporting this project.