Madagascar. Far-away and exotic. Home of the lemur and the baobab tree. And desperately poor.
“It’s a race against the clock,” Armand Randrianasolo said when describing Missouri Botanical Garden’s research program in Madagascar. Only about 10 percent of Madagascar’s original habitat remains intact with more forests being destroyed all the time. As a result, many of the estimated 13,000-14,000 species of native plants may become extinct before they have even been identified.
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This article was originally published in the St. Louis Beacon.