How To Help
We can all help save lemurs from extinction.
People and organizations are working across Madagascar with local communities on reforestation, habitat protection, education, building local capacity, and more.
They need our help. If we all work together, we can help Madagascar’s lemurs and other unique wildlife thrive for generations to come.
Below, find ways you can help, including donating, volunteering, traveling to Madagascar, switching your search engine, and making sustainable choices at home!
BECOME A SUPPORTING MEMBER OF LCN
You can join our network as an individuals, conservation organization, zoo, or business. Our supporting members contribute financially to our work. They allow us to donate even more to small Malagasy-led conservation through our small grants program and end-of-year donations to LCN member organizations. See the impact of our Supporting Membership program.
SUPPORT CONSERVATION MEMBERS
Funds are desperately needed for conservation in Madagascar. Find a conservation member and donate to them directly, explore volunteer opportunities, or shop to support conservation!
Small Grants for Malagasy Members
Through small grants, the Lemur Conservation Network maximizes our impact in community education and lemur conservation in Madagascar. These grants are funded by our Supporting Membership program. Malagasy Student and Professional Members and Malagasy Conservation Organization Members are eligible to apply.
Shop
Shop at our store on RedBubble, or find stores supporting our members’ work. Find ethical companies that work in Madagascar and support Malagasy people, or at for profit organizations that donate a portion of sales to lemur conservation.
LEARN AND SHARE
Celebrate World Lemur Day and the World Lemur Festival
Help us celebrate lemurs and spread the word about their conservation on World Lemur Day and during the World Lemur Festival! World Lemur Day is the last Friday of October, and the World Lemur Festival is celebrated around the world in the weeks surrounding it.
Watch and Share the Lemur Dance Video from Deejay and Rorra
The Lemur Conservation Network receives a 20% share of streaming profits from the fun kids dance song, Lemur Dance. An animated brother and sister lemur duo, Deejay and Rorra love music, life and adventure … But most of all they LOVE their family and friends!
Share about Lemurs on Social Media, but Avoid Lemur Selfies!
Visit the Lemur Conservation Network on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Share our posts to help your friends and family learn about, and love, lemurs.
But, please don’t share any photos with lemurs that are pets, might be pets, or might look like pets to someone else! Research shows that sharing lemur selfies makes people more likely to want one as a pet. This impacts the illegal pet trade of lemurs in Madagascar, because local people see posts online of pet lemurs and then want one of their own. Don’t share any photo that shows lemurs in close contact with a human or in clothing.
TRAVEL TO SEE LEMURS
Travel to Madagascar
Madagascar is amazing to visit to see beautiful landscapes, see lemurs in the wild, and learn about the Malagasy culture. And, tourism helps the economy in Madagascar, and provides good jobs for local people. It also helps people see value in the protection of lemurs and the forests they call home.
MAKE PRO-LEMUR CHOICES AT HOME
Madagascar, its wildlife, and the Malagasy people are directly impacted by climate change and deforestation. In recent decades, extreme weather is increasing, causing severe droughts in the south and worse typhoons in the north.
Search with Ecosia.org and Download the Ecosia App for your Phone
Ecosia is a search engine, just like Google and Bing. But, 80% of their profits are donated to plant trees! Their tree planting partners include LCN members Eden Reforestation Projects in northwest Madagascar and Centre ValBio in the eastern rainforests.
Use the Ecosia browser and search engine so that your online searches plants trees!
