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Author:

Jolly, Alison, author.

Title:

Thank you, Madagascar : the conservation diaries of Alison Jolly / Alison Jolly.

Publisher:

Zed Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxxi, 391 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Subject:

Jolly, Alison--Diaries.
Lemurs--Conservation.
Women primatologists--Madagascar--Diaries.
Primatologists--Madagascar--Diaries.
Conservation biology--Madagascar.
Nature conservation--Social aspects--Madagascar.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Hilary Brandt -- Introduction : my adventurous and astonishing mother / Margaretta Jolly -- Chronology of events -- Dramatis personae -- Map of Madagascar -- 1. 'Our country is committing suicide' -- Part I. Villages. 2. Dancing in the rainforest ; 3. Burning baobabs; death of children ; 4. David Attenborough, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur and school among the baobabs ; 5. Eleanor and the aye-ayes -- Part II. Politics. 6. Where indri sing ; 7. Napoleon versus the zoos ; 8. The bank corrals the donors ; 9. Dishing out the dough ; 10. Our cash killed Bedo ; 11. The bank goes to the forest -- Part III. Environment and development. 12. Golden bamboo lemurs of Ranomafana ; 13. Patricia walked the boundaries ; 14. The village of the fig tree ; 15. Development meltdown ; 16. Real life and DreamWorks ; 17. President Ratsiraka ; 18. Madame Berthe was dancing -- Part IV. Weather. 19. Famine in the south ; 20. Lemurs coping ; 21. Scientists, people, lemurs : Berenty, Bez© Mahafaly and Tsimanampetsotsa ; 22. Climate change -- Part V. Money. 23. Durban vision; rosewood massacre ; 24. The new mines ; 25. Where are we now?.

ISBN:

1783603186
9781783603183

OCLC:

(OCoLC)892455087

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)