{"id":1186,"date":"2012-11-26T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:50:16","slug":"conservation-international-forests-and-carbon-in-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Conservation International:  Forests and Carbon in Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is an excellent example of what organizations are doing to protect forests. In Madagascar, forests are especially important, because something close to 80% of Madagascar&#8217;s animal life is unique, and highly adapted to very specific areas and niches in Madagascar that may in some cases be limited to a few thousand hectares of forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/14931313?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/14931313\">Forests and Carbon in Madagascar<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/conservation\">Conservation International<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think deforestation can&#8217;t happen, and isn&#8217;t a big deal for a country&#8217;s economy? Take the case of Haiti. In 1923, Haiti was 60% forested. By 2006, it was down to 2%. You can almost trace its border with the Dominican Republic on aerial and satellite photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/800px-Haiti_deforestation.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/800px-Haiti_deforestation.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1187\" title=\"800px-Haiti_deforestation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/800px-Haiti_deforestation.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/800px-Haiti_deforestation.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/haiti-border.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/haiti-border.gif?resize=799%2C548&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1188\" title=\"haiti-border\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/haiti-border.gif?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/haiti-border.gif?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an excellent example of what organizations are doing to protect forests. In Madagascar, forests are especially important, because something close to 80% of Madagascar&#8217;s animal life is unique, and highly adapted to very specific areas and niches in Madagascar that may in some cases be limited to a few thousand hectares of forest. 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