Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island _____ over 225, 000 square miles.
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In Europe and America it is a valued material _____ the manufacture of musical instruments.
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Will the latest government’s promise to stop the illegal trade come _____ anything?
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Poverty and the high value _____ rosewood - $3000 per cubic metre - have driven them to cut down trees that they traditionally believed to be sacred.
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Olivier Behra first came to Madagascar _____ France in 1987.
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In China it is used to make expensive furniture _____ the new middle class.
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They cut the trees into two-metre logs and drag the several kilometres _____ the nearest river.
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In order to transport the heavy rosewood logs _____ the river, rafts must be built from other wood.
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_____ this bleak landscape what can bring hope?
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The same tourists also pay to visit the wild orchid conservatory that Behra has set _____.
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Since the first humans arrived _____ Madagascar around 2,300 years ago, nearly ninety per cent of the island’s original forest has been lost.
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The main targets _____ this environmental crime are the rosewood and the ebony.
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In the Vohimana forest Olivier Behra has persuaded the locals to stop cutting down trees and instead to collect medicinal plants and sell them _____ foreign companies like Chanel.
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Needing money, the new government made it legal to sell wood _____ hardwood trees.
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Nearly ninety per cent of the island’s original forest has been lost - either cut down _____ use as timber or burned to create room for crops and, more recently, cattle.
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In Europe and America it is a valued material in the manufacture _____ musical instruments.
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Can small-scale actions compete _____ the greed of Madagascar’s rosewood industry?
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Alarmed ecologists identified Madagascar _____ a region in danger and demanded that the cutting and burning stop.
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All this disturbs the natural habitat _____ the islands’ animals and puts their survival at risk.
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In reality they did little to control the loggers who continued to rob the forests of wood _____ living trees.
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In 2009, he was replaced _____ a new leader with little interest in protecting the environment.
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The locals are caught _____ a trap.
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Roughly ninety per cent of its animal and plant life is found nowhere else _____ the planet.
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The village lemur hunter has been trained to act as a guide _____ tourists who wish to photograph them.
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Its carrot-shaped baobab trees and strange-looking lemurs make even the most well-travelled visitors wide-eyed _____ amazement and delight.
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Only seven years later, in 2009, he was replaced by a new leader _____ little interest in the environment.
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Using hand axes, _____ a few hours they bring down a tree that has stood tall for many centuries.
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All this disturbs the natural habitat of the islands’ animals and puts their survival _____ risk.
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_____ reality they did little to control the loggers who continued to rob the forests of wood from living trees.
In
Only seven years later, he was replaced by a new leader with little interest _____ protecting the environment.
in
Alarmed ecologists identified Madagascar as a region _____ danger.
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Since 2,300 years ago, most of the island’s original forest has been burned to create room _____ crops and, more recently, cattle.
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Using hand axes, in a few hours they bring down a tree that has stood tall _____ many centuries.
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The man’s work may offer a possible route out _____ the darkness in Madagascar.
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_____ 2002, they celebrated when a new environmentally friendly president, Marc Ravalonmanana, was elected.
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The wood from these majestic trees is _____ high demand.
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They cut the trees _____ two-metre logs and drag the several kilometres to the nearest river.
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Will the latest government’s promise to stop the illegal trade _____ rosewood come to anything?
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Olivier Behra has trained the village lemur hunter to act _____ a guide for tourists who wish to photograph them.
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The loggers continued to rob the forests _____ wood from living trees.
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The new government made it legal to sell wood from hardwood trees which had already been cut down or had fallen _____ storms.
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Can small-scale actions compete with the greed _____ Madagascar’s rosewood industry?
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Using hand axes, in a few hours they bring _____ a tree that has stood tall for many centuries.
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