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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Madagascar’s Pierced Heart

Roughly 90% of the flora & fauna of Madagascar is found nowhere else on Earth. The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood, minerals, and gems.
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