On a birding trip organised by Partnership for International Birding (https://www.pibird.com/). Main birding guide: Solohery Rasamison. Participants: Louis Imbeau, Nancy Lafond, Fabio Olmos, Rita de Souza, Yuval Ofek. Local guide = Emile Rajeriarison.

"More than 90 percent of the 103 species of lemurs in Madagascar are in severe danger of disappearing from this Earth forever. Why the crisis? Since a political coup in 2009, laws are not being enforced and illegal logging, fires to turn forests into charcoal and hunting of lemurs is rampant throughout much of Madagascar."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madagascar-lemurs_b_1684471

My travel from Canada to Madagascar generated an estimated environmental impact of 6,3 tons of CO2. Instead of “compensating” this negative effect by paying 280$ CAN in this case, I prefer to have a direct positive effect on the countries that I visit. For this particular trip, I donated 215$ US to the rainforest conservation fund of Stony Brook University, to support activities of the ValBio center (https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/centre-valbio/index.html).

"Centre ValBio works to protect Madagascar’s unique and biologically diverse ecosystems through conservation science and projects that directly benefit the local people, including rural health care delivery. CVB has a world-class research station sited on the edge of Madagascar's beautiful and abundant Ranomafana National Park. Under the direction of world-renowned primatologist Patricia Wright, Centre ValBio facilitates hands-on science to sustain the resources and people of Madagascar. In collaboration with villagers, we're expanding the frontiers of knowledge while safeguarding biodiversity for future generations."

Consider supporting the ValBio center if you visit this country and more especially, Ranomafana National Park: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/centre-valbio/giving.html