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  • Fishers oppose deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing

    Fishers oppose deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing

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    Two months ago, a Malagasy association signed a 10-year, $2.7 billion fishing deal with a group of Chinese companies to send 330 fishing vessels to Madagascar. The Agence Malagasy de Développement économique et de Promotion d’entreprises (AMDP) made the deal, which it says was designed to promote the country’s “blue economy.” It did so without…

  • Should we rethink our wish to eat turtle meat?

    Should we rethink our wish to eat turtle meat?

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    TODAY Newspaper; 24 January 2017 by Christine Marimba: It was during a symposium held at the Natural History Museum during the Sea Turtle Festival that some people suggested that eating the meat of sea turtles was cultural and the ban on killing the creatures should be lifted. Alarming news from Madagascar recently should perhaps give us pause.