News Headline
Gemstone mining puts Madagascar's protected rain forests under siege
Source
Business Standard (India)
Publication Date
2016-11-24
The rainforests of Didy in eastern Madagascar usually ring with the calls of the indri, the island’s largest lemur. There is a different noise now: the chopping of trees, digging of gravel, and cheers of encouragement from the thousands of illegal miners who have flooded to these forests since sapphires were discovered in late September.