The Tragedy of Madagascar

The Tragedy of Madagascar

Author: Nathaniel Adams

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2022-11-25

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1789048753

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Why has Madagascar has failed to make any meaningful progress since independence? A mix of journalism and scholarship, the book is the result of almost nine months spent on the ground in Madagascar travelling and interviewing a wide range of political leaders at the national and local levels, including an unprecedented interview with the country’s former president, Marc Ravalomanana. The book takes as its point of departure the military coup in 2009 that replaced Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina, and all of the negative aftershocks that followed, as well as including chapters on the bleak economic prospects of young people across the island, the unsustainable population growth that threatens so much of its future and a unique chapter on the effects of climate change on the southern region of Madagascar, where worsening droughts have left millions in humanitarian peril.


Bandits of Madagascar

Bandits of Madagascar

Author: Lawrence Winkler

Publisher: Bellatrix

Published: 2018-05-18

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781988429311

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Madagascar is a drug. Between its dazzling culture and biosphere-ninety percent of its species found nowhere else-everything is beautiful. But nothing is possible. The world's fourth largest island is also its fourth most corrupt nation. The rivers run red. In 2016, I flew thirty hours over three continents, into a singular adventure across 4000 kilometers of isolation. The roads eviscerate; the poverty steals your heart. The terrain follows, a spider web stranded in your peripheral vision. In 'Bandits of Madagascar' are man-eating trees and elephant birds, pirates and slaves, lemurs and chameleons and crocodile caves, cattle rustlers and rosewood thieves, and sapphires and silk and solicitude. What always lurks, just over your shoulder, is a crooked spine. Thar be bandits.


Imperial Bandits

Imperial Bandits

Author: Bradley Camp Davis

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2017-01-02

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0295999691

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The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against other armed migrants and uplands communities for the control of commerce, specifically opium, and natural resources, such as copper. At the edges of three empires (the Qing empire in China, the Vietnamese empire governed by the Nguyen dynasty, and, eventually, French Colonial Vietnam), the Black Flags and their rivals sustained networks of power and dominance through the framework of political regimes. This lively history demonstrates the plasticity of borderlines, the limits of imposed boundaries, and the flexible division between apolitical banditry and political rebellion in the borderlands of China and Vietnam. Imperial Bandits contributes to the ongoing reassessment of borderland areas as frontiers for state expansion, showing that, as a setting for many forms of human activity, borderlands continue to exist well after the establishment of formal boundaries.


Small Arms Survey 2011

Small Arms Survey 2011

Author: Small Arms Survey, Geneva

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1139504029

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In examining various aspects of the provision of security, the Small Arms Survey 2011 considers the growth of the private security industry and its firearms holdings worldwide; the firearms holdings of private security personnel; the use of private security companies by multinational corporations; the use of emerging weapons technology among Western police forces; and legislative controls over the civilian possession of firearms in 42 jurisdictions around the world. Case studies provide original research on ongoing security challenges in Côte d'Ivoire, Haiti and Madagascar. This edition also presents the 2011 Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer, an estimate of the annual authorized trade in light weapons, and a review of developments related to small arms control at the United Nations.


Blood Bonding : Protector and Secrets

Blood Bonding : Protector and Secrets

Author: Pradip Bendkule

Publisher: Pradip Bendkule

Published: 2020-04-03

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1648923658

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It is the Story of Secrets Behind various strange things as well as the Secret Protector who saves Gima. Gima fell in love with him. She wants to find him.Gima's Best friend Nitya,Genius minded Punarvasu and Author try to help her. But Talia is a girl who has Extraordinary Intelligence come into Story. Suddenly two Different Love Triangles are made and they collide Each other. The Secret Protector, Punarvasu and Whole Story Surprises all of them Again and Again with various Beautiful Thought and Adventures Events. Everyone Realises that, There are reasons behind every moment and persons come in life and if there is a war between love, destiny and nature. Nature will need to win. The Question: Have They Found a Secret Protector ?; What happened to those Love Triangles ?;How and Who Bounded Each other As a Story Called Blood Bonding ? That's why, Not Every time the Blood Bonding is Genetical or With Relation. Sometimes it's Love, Sometimes it's more than Emotions. Blood Bonding is not only a love story but it also contradicts the thoughts and prejudiced thoughts of society. Often the term blood Bonding is defined as genetic or Relational, This book is also incapable of considering this because two or more characters in the book are linked in a strange way. The characters who are part of the story continue to express the personality of the beautiful and strange thoughts that help them. it is also about Gima’s close or best friend nitya, who seeks the mysterious Protector ; Genius and clever Punarvasu, who helps them ; Talia, who is an intelligent soldier; Chandrashekhar, a retired father of Talia from the army; Blind but Skillful Shin, who was lived with ship worker; Bhimaji and Bhanuji, who is Social worker as well as Caring for the poor; The seminar of the book has been diverted through, various aspects and ideas of the personality of all of them. Various occasions and thoughts in the book are different ways of opposing wrong or traditional ideas regarding blood bonding,love, prejudice, misunderstanding, society, so on various seminars and pasts show the way to take Gima to her mysterious Protector. But on this journey, two strange triangles of strangely intertwined love form, which continue to impress the characters in the book or story. How these people solve these triangles and the mystery of the Protector , as the different secrets are revealed. In all these instances it has been shown in seminars that the nature of what happens is a long way. The characters , the mysterious Protector and the various secrets that come with the moments, astonished all of them; the strange personality of Punarvasu, the true reason behind it, his skill and the character of the mysterious Protector continue to amaze everyone. Both of them succeed in proving themselves very important in the story. It involves the triangle of love and the emotions of the characters built into this triangle. A lot of secrets eventually come out. All of them take great lessons from this seminar which will last for a lifetime. The Big Question is How do they solve all the stories ? Not every time the " Blood Bonding " is Genetical or in Relations ; Sometimes it's Love ; Sometimes it's more than Emotions. When Two love triangles collide Each other, There is a Great possibility of damaging the innocent Hearts. But Nature is always superior to anything in the Universe. Therefore, " If there is war between Love, Destiny and Nature ; Nature must win ". Some secrets are important and some are meaningful. From time to time we should Realize that, " Every individual and incident comes in life for some kind of Reason ". But In very few cases, that reason should become ' The ultimate goal for Lifetime'.


The New Natural History of Madagascar

The New Natural History of Madagascar

Author: Steven M. Goodman

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 2296

ISBN-13: 0691222622

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A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earth Separated from Africa’s mainland for tens of millions of years, Madagascar has evolved a breathtaking wealth of biodiversity, becoming home to thousands of species found nowhere else on the planet. The New Natural History of Madagascar provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date synthesis available of this island nation’s priceless biological treasures. Now fully revised and expanded, this beautifully illustrated compendium features contributions by more than 600 globally renowned experts who cover the history of scientific exploration in Madagascar, as well as the island’s geology and soils, climate, forest ecology, human ecology, marine and coastal ecosystems, plants, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This invaluable two-volume reference also includes detailed discussions of conservation efforts in Madagascar that showcase several successful protected area programs that can serve as models for threatened ecosystems throughout the world. Provides the most comprehensive overview of Madagascar’s rich natural historyCoedited by 18 different specialistsFeatures hundreds of new contributions by world-class expertsIncludes hundreds of new illustrationsCovers a broad array of topics, from geology and climate to animals, plants, and marine lifeSheds light on newly discovered species and draws on the latest scienceAn essential resource for anyone interested in Madagascar or tropical ecosystems in general, from biologists and conservationists to ecotourists and armchair naturalists