Author: Wendy Bailey – MRCI Author

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Volunteer to Teach English

Volunteering to teach English in Madagascar’s rural communities can be an exceptionally rewarding experience. For anyone looking to volunteer to teach English, the opportunity offers personal growth while making a real difference in the lives of...

Forest Intern Conducts Lemur Project

Holly Spencer Undertakes Lemur Behavioural Study One of our current Forest Interns, Holly Spencer, is a student from Nottingham Trent University She is here to collect data for her master’s thesis in Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation....

Forest Volunteers Investigate Butterfly Species

Our Forest Volunteers go the extra mile Our Forest Conservation volunteers have always been passionate and eager to assist with our long-term monitoring projects. We encourage our volunteers to propose some of their own ideas. Many volunteers are...

Volunteer Funds Ampangorina Basketball Team

Volunteer funds Ampangorina’s Basketball teams to take part in Diego’s 2017 Basketball Regionals At the beginning of April a group of 24 young adults from Ampangorina (Ampang); a small village in Nosy Komba, and their coach ventured to Diego Suarez...
MRCI’s Impact on Conservation and Commitment to the Environment

MRCI’s Impact on Conservation and Commitment to the Environment

One of our previous forest conservation volunteers conducted some research on the impact the Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute (MRCI) has on social behaviour towards conservation for her university degree.  She asked all volunteers...
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Herpetology in Madagascar: MRCI Staff Publish Study on Nosy Komba

Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute’s (MRCI) former forest conservation staff have published a herpetology research article based on their time on Nosy Komba. The study explores the herpetological diversity across the island and how...
Community Volunteers Build A School

Community Volunteers Build A School for Andrekareka Be

At Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute, we are always striving to improve the lives of the people we come into contact with on the island.  Our latest project is to build a school.  Our community development volunteers, along...
Madagascar Volunteer - Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Nested Hawksbill Sea Turtle Returns to the Sea

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle, so you can imagine our excitement when we caught this nesting female on video. Marine Science Officer Emma wrote the following: “During the first of our...