New Directions in Lemur Studies by Berthe Rakotosamimanana,Hanta Rasamimanana,J.

By Berthe Rakotosamimanana,Hanta Rasamimanana,J. Ganzhorn,Steven M. Goodman

Over the process the previous decade, there was an important augmentation within the volume of knowledge on hand at the lemurs of Madagascar. those advances are heavily coupled with a rise within the variety of nationwide and foreign researchers engaged on those animals. consequently, Madagascar has emerged as one of many vital websites of primatological reports on the earth. moreover, the conserva­ tion neighborhood has a huge curiosity within the renovation of the common habitats of the island, and lemurs function one of many symbols of this reason. among 10 and 14 August 1998, the XVIIth foreign Primatology Society (IPS) Congress used to be held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. For a rustic that a couple of decade in the past was once principally closed to overseas viewers, this Congress constituted a tremendous occasion for the Malagasy clinical group and used to be assisted through approximately 550 primatolo­ gists from 35 diverse international locations. obviously, given the venue and context of the Con­ gress, the various displays handled lemurs and coated a truly broad breadth of subjects.

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