GEOFF CARPENTIER’S PRESENTATION ON MADAGASCAR!

On February 28th, we ushered the leap year forward with a presentation on Madagascar and it’s wildlife, especially lemurs and birds.

Geoff Carpentier is a widely travelled naturalist and biologist who has been to 80 countries around the world on all 7 continents. He often works as a professional guide on tours in many exotic places.  His pictures and reporting gave us a new look at Madagascar and the challenges faced by nature and humans as they toil to survive.

I know I personally thought of Madagascar as a lush , forested paradise with an immense store of wildlife different from most others in the world.  Geoff showed us a poor, arid, agrarian land where over 90% of all forests have been cut down for firewood to heat and cook with.

This presents a problem for the wildlife that are losing their habitats…but how do you ask people to choose wildlife over their own subsistence and that of their families.

Along with this reality Geoff showed glorious pictures of beautiful and exotic birds and some of the animals found in Madagascar.

It was a truly informative presentation.