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What can we do to help the Madagascar?
Urgent actions
- Tackle corruption and environmental crime.
- Invest in protected areas and support local people to do the same.
- Ensure major infrastructure has limited impact on biodiversity.
- Strengthen local tenure rights.
- Address the fuel wood crisis.
Why is it important to save ring tailed lemurs?
The animals play an important role in keeping the forest healthy. Fruit-eating lemurs spread seeds as they eat. Flower-eating lemurs serve as important pollinators. The beloved animals also play a huge part in the country’s eco-tourism industry.
Why are lemur endangered?
Due to rampant deforestation and hunting in their heartland of Madagascar, lemurs have it particularly bad: 103 of the world’s 107 species of these animals are threatened by extinction. A growing lemur pet trade in the country has also emerged as a new pressure.
How can we save the ring tailed lemur?
Do not litter, remove pieces of nature, shake trees or shout to gain lemurs’ attention. Keep your distance from the lemurs, bring a refillable water bottle and make yourself more knowledgable about lemur conservation issues to be more aware of your impact on them.
How are lemurs being helped?
In response to the decline of lemurs across Madagascar, Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) has worked with the IUCN Save Our Species Lemurs fund, the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, and Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund to protect and secure lemur populations by supporting ecotourism, local …
How are ring-tailed lemurs being protected?
The Reniala NGO protects several species of lemur through their activities, including ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Through their work, the organization facilitates research programs on ring-tailed lemurs including researchers from the United States and from within Madagascar.
How do lemurs help the environment?
Among the world’s most unique primates, lemurs play a vital role in Madagascar as seed dispersers for many plants and are essential for maintaining healthy and diverse forests on the island. Fruits make up a large part of many lemurs’ diets, and the animals will often ingest whole seeds and then poop them out far from …
Why are lemurs endangered kids?
Larger species have all become extinct since human groups moved to Madagascar. Usually, the smaller lemurs are active at night (nocturnal), and the larger ones were active during the day (diurnal). Lemurs are endangered species because people destroy their habitat and used to hunt them, and perhaps still do so.
Which lemur is endangered?
Not extinct
Lemurs/Extinction status