Madagascar
In Madagascar we are working together with other European zoos to protect the last remaining populations of two critically endangered lemur species, the blue-eyed black lemur and the Sahamalaza sportive lemur. Both occur exclusively on and adjacent to the Sahamalaza Peninsula in the northwest of the island and are threatened by habitat destruction and hunting.
We are a member of the Association Européenne pour l’Etude et la Conservation des Lémuriens (AEECL), which maintains a field research station on the Sahamalaza Peninsula in north-western Madagascar. We regularly send PhD and MSc students to Sahamalaza to study the ecology of critically endangered lemur species in the area.
