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Volunteering for SEED Madagascar

By Lucía Rodríguez on September 1, 2017

SEED Madagascar offers a variety of volunteer opportunities. Short-term opportunities range from 2 – 10 weeks in January, April, July and October of each year. Longer-term opportunities can last a year or more. Whether your passion is sustainable community development or vital conservation work, SEED Madagascar can offer you an unforgettable experience. Our volunteers don’t just come for a holiday – they gain real, practical experience in conservation research and the running of a small NGO in one of the most overlooked […]

LCN Member of the Month: SEED Madagascar

By Lucía Rodríguez on September 1, 2017

Tell us a little bit about the history of SEED Madagascar. SEED Madagascar is an award-winning British charity founded in 2000. For more than 15 years, our Conservation Programme research team, together with volunteers from around the world, have been working in the coastal community of Sainte Luce in southeast Madagascar. Situated in the heart of a newly designated conservation zone, our permanent campsite is closely surrounded by five fragments of littoral forest, offering us the unique opportunity […]

LCN Member of the Month: The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

By Lucía Rodríguez on July 31, 2017

Tell us a little bit about the history of the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (JZG) was founded in 1914 as a small municipal zoo located in the Springfield area of Jacksonville, Florida. In 1925, it moved to the current 117-acre location along the Trout River in north Jacksonville. JZG has been an American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA)/ Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoo since 1987. As of July 1, 2017, the […]

LCN member of the month: Sainte Luce Reserve

By Lucía Rodríguez on July 11, 2017

Tell us a little bit about the history of the Sainte Luce Reserve. I first visited Madagascar in 1987 looking at rare palms of all things… then with a passion for conservation, I founded and ran another NGO for Madagascar, in the UK in 1994, and I opened the first Madagascar office of that NGO in 1997, so I have been here a while. I retired from that NGO in 2009 to concentrate on Sainte Luce Reserve and we founded […]