AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoWildlife Crime: Bangladesh says two stolen ring-tailed lemurs have been found at a zoo run by India’s richest family, after a March 2025 theft from Gazipur Safari Park and smuggling via Dhaka airport under false customs declarations; authorities are now seeking Interpol help to repatriate the animals, but lack microchips, unique IDs, or stored DNA profiles, so DNA testing is planned to confirm identities and links to a juvenile still in Bangladesh. Conservation Finance: A Florida wildlife centre says visitor encounters and donations help fund Madagascar rainforest restoration with Green Again Madagascar, including thousands of trees planted each year. Biodiversity Science (Madagascar): Researchers have described seven new diamond frog species and argue that 24 of the genus’s 27 species are threatened, warning that naming species is what makes them countable for protection. Digital Governance (Madagascar): Madagascar is strengthening its national digital ID with new cybercrime bills, including a proposed Digital Protection and Investigation Unit and steps to ratify the UN Hanoi Convention. Climate Services: A Nature study finds climate information often fails to reach people in usable forms, based on interviews across South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar. Women’s Inclusion (Madagascar): AfDB and AXIAN launched a digital finance programme reaching 34,000 women-led businesses in Madagascar and beyond, pairing mobile finance with training.
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