The fate of Madagascar's rainforest habitat

TL Morelli, AB Smith, AN Mancini, EA Balko… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Madagascar has experienced extensive deforestation and overharvesting, and
anthropogenic climate change will compound these pressures. Anticipating these threats to …

A national-level assessment of lemur hunting pressure in Madagascar

C Borgerson, SE Johnson, E Hall, KA Brown… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Hunting is one of the greatest threats to nonhuman primates worldwide. Despite
Madagascar's status as a primate mega-diversity country, a critical lack of information on the …

Who hunts lemurs and why they hunt them

C Borgerson, MA McKean, MR Sutherland… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main threats to lemurs are habitat loss and hunting. Conservation policies often assume
that people will decrease lemur hunting if they understand government prohibitions on …

[HTML][HTML] Social-ecological interactions influencing primate harvest: Insights from Madagascar

CJ Rivera, D Mayo, V Hull - Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Globally, non-human primates face mounting threats due to unsustainable harvest by
humans. There is a need to better understand the diverse drivers of primate harvest and the …

[HTML][HTML] Food insecurity and the unsustainable hunting of wildlife in a UNESCO world heritage site

C Borgerson, BN Razafindrapaoly… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Madagascar faces dual challenges in biodiversity conservation and public health. In order to
identify strategies to reduce the unsustainable hunting of threatened species while …

Parks and reserves in Madagascar: managing biodiversity for a sustainable future

PO Waeber, S Rafanoharana… - … Areas, National Parks …, 2020 - books.google.com
Madagascar has an extended network of over 100 protected areas with various IUCN status
covering more than 10% of terrestrial landscapes and seascapes. The location of these …

Population viability and harvest sustainability for Madagascar lemurs

CE Brook, JP Herrera, C Borgerson… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Subsistence hunting presents a conservation challenge by which biodiversity preservation
must be balanced with safeguarding of human livelihoods. Globally, subsistence hunting …

Lemurs in a dying forest: factors influencing lemur diversity and distribution in forest remnants of north-eastern Madagascar

D Schüßler, U Radespiel, JH Ratsimbazafy… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
A majority of Madagascar's iconic lemurs (Primates, Strepsirrhini) is threatened with
extinction due to anthropogenic activities like land use change (deforestation) and bushmeat …

A coupled humanitarian and biodiversity crisis in western Madagascar

KET Thompson, C Borgerson, PC Wright… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The unsustainable hunting and consumption of primates destabilizes both wildlife
populations and the humans who depend upon them. This is especially pertinent in …

The use of natural resources to improve household income, health, and nutrition within the forests of Kianjavato, Madagascar

C Borgerson, SE Johnson, EE Louis… - Madagascar …, 2018 - ajol.info
Understanding natural resource extraction in Madagascar is key to developing wider
conservation and management strategies that ensure the continued delivery of essential …