Madagascar Lemurs Portal is the most comprehensive information portal on lemurs and has taken many years of hard work to become a scientific reference tool for lemur data. With over 50,000 visitors each year and 490 contributors worldwide, the site is looking to move up a gear and seeks to be more accessible to the layman. Aligned with this vision, the Re:wild Foundation is providing a USD 25,000 financing for the year 2022, with the financial management being entrusted to the Foundation.
From the beginning in 2016, FAPBM has been present as a coordinator of the project implementation consortium and financial manager, with the conviction that the availability of biodiversity data is an asset for conservation actions. This financing breathes new life into the project, with the focus now on expanding the community so that the portal can reach its full potential. The aim is to link the portal to ecotourism in order to contribute directly to improving conservation by involving the general public. The action plan will no longer be limited to lemur data collection, but extends to its dissemination as a tool for environmental education, tourism and also the communication of news about lemurs.
Madagascar Lemurs Portal aims to be a link between the general public and biodiversity, which will promote the country’s protected areas, and educate a wide audience on the value of biodiversity through the country’s flagship species. As stated in the Re:Wild baseline: “We don’t need to reinvent the planet. We need to rewild it-for all wildkind”. If you would like to support the project, please get in touch with Truong Lova Rakotoarimanana – truonglovarak@gmail.com.
