Madagascar: Going the Way of the Dodo?

Johannesburg — Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the continued suspension of environmental funding in response to an ongoing political crisis, says a new report by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the main environmental donor.

"In spite of numerous project successes, Madagascar's environment is in significantly worse shape now than it was 25 years ago," warned Paradise Lost?, an International Resources Group (IRG) report commissioned by the USAID.

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