Something Completely Different: Good News for Madagascar

We can breath a little easier in hte next 10 years or so because why? Reforestation has begun in Madagascar. Didn't know they needed it? Well, they are not in the news so much - that's one of the reasons I clipped the story. Many of the worst cases of environmental damage - we never hear of - until it's too late.

Did you know China wanted to lease hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Madagascar to farm and import food for themselves - a revolution ensued and the dust has not yet settled. Well to do countries all over the world are still messing up land elsewhere in ways they could not get away with at home - but it all comes home eventually - vial a flu pandemic, if no other way.

clipped from www.foko-madagascar.org Reforestation Project In Madagascar With Zebu Nation Underway A joint project between Zebu Nation and Foko focusing on reforestation in Madagascar had its first two outings in Antananarivo (Ambohitrarahaba) and Mahajanga (Vohitsoa). Zebu Nation is a group led by NY-based Malagasy singer Razia Said that dedicate a portion of each sale from their album entitled “Zebu Nation” to regrowing the vanishing forest of Madagascar.