Madagascar: Large Grant Aims to Preserve Madagascar's Biodiversity

Conservation and sustainable development efforts in the isolated and biodiverse nation of Madagascar received a boost Wednesday in the form of four grants totalling $1.6 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation based in Chicago. The good news comes just as the island nation is cleaning up after tropical cyclone Elita which hit Madagascar on January 28 with winds averaging 200 miles per hour.