![]() " Knowledgeable Lemurs Become More Central in Social Networks." Current Biology. " Male Hormones Help Lemur Females Rule." Duke University. " Battle of the sexes: cost asymmetry explains female dominance in lemurs." Animal Behaviour. " Lemurs in Madagascar-Then." American Museum of Natural History.ĭunham, Amy E. " Almost a third of lemurs and North Atlantic Right Whale now Critically Endangered. Farther south, Anja Community Reserve is managed by local residents to attract tourists while protecting lemurs, and has reportedly become the most visited community reserve in Madagascar. The Duke Lemur Center has a program in the Sambava-Andapa-Vohemar-Antalaha region, for example, that supports jobs in fields like fish farming and park maintenance, and offers ecological education and family planning to ease pressure on resources. Research suggests lemurs haven't benefited much from tourism so far, but there are hints of hope. That's already being done in other parts of the world with eco-tourism, which has shown many communities that wildlife is more valuable alive than dead. Another is to fight poverty-without razing what's left of Malagasy forests. ![]() One way to help lemurs, therefore, is to do something that's also in our own species' best interest: Use fewer fossil fuels. ![]() Andasibe-Mantadia National Park covers 155 square kilometers (60 square miles) in eastern Madagascar, providing at least some refuge for about a dozen different lemur species. ![]()
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