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Gemstone mining puts Madagascar's protected rain forests under siege

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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.

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http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/gemstone-mining-puts-madagascar-s-protected-rain-forests-under-siege-116112400193_1.html