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...crown jewels of Madagascar's denuded landscape. The park is full of the rare animals that Madagascar is famous for - the panda-like indiri lemur, Parson's chameleons that blend into the trees, the greater bamboo lemurs, perhaps the rarest primate on the planet. One of the local guides, Marie Razafindrasolo, led me on a tour of the forest, spotting animals that I would never have noticed myself...
Razafindrasolo is one guide in the many networks of local guides that are springing up in Andasibe and increasingly throughout Madagascar. The government is dedicated to tripling the size of its national park system, which directly supports the economic livelihood of the people who live near them - in Madagascar, the government shares half the revenue from parks with local communities. That revenue, of course, depends on ecotourism, which in turn depends on the conservation of wildlife - if there are no more lemurs left to see, then no one will come to see them...
...measure your contribution to conservation or to local communities? In Madagascar, for example, the government splits park revenue 50-50 with locals - that's the kind of thing you should be looking...
...many local people do you employ? More importantly, does the company employ local people in management positions...
...employ local guides? Not only does that help provide employment to nearby communities, but local guides are much more likely than non-natives to understand and respect the environment and culture around...