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COP26: Madagascar’s thriving forests are threatened by ‘slash and burn’

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Madagascar’s unique wildlife is threatened as the forest they live in is ‘slashed and burned’ as desperate locals look at them for food and money.

The Madagascar lemur can only be found in the fragile forests and though a team of forest guards are trying to replant the tress they live and eat from, they are still in imminent risk of being endangered.

Sky’s Alex Crawford visited the the canopy home to so many vulnerable animals.

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