It was a hot December day during a trip to Diego Suarez (North of Madagascar), hoping to catch a breath of fresh air and reconnect with the islands exceptional nature that we were headed to visit Montagne d’Ambre Natural Reserve. Situated at the peak of the island, this green patch is lost amongst bare rolling hills, it is famous for its montane rainforests, waterfalls and extraordinary numbers of endemic species.

Madagascar’s largest lake is located in the Northern Central Plateau in the province of Toamasina. Yet another fragile habitat for one of a kind biodiversity, one can only imagine a vast landscape of openwater, reedbeds, marshes and the picturesque Malagasy rice paddies.

Following a legal vacuum subsisting after March 2009, days turned into weeks and now months of political crisis. Lacking support and structure from within the country, as well as loosing international community’s financial assistance, ecological slaughter started and persits in the North East of Madagascar.