Ranomafana National Park | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:02 1 Geography
00:01:33 2 Flora and fauna
00:02:40 3 Tourism
00:03:37 4 Scientific research
00:04:27 5 Lodging
00:04:57 6 See also
00:05:11 7 External links
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Ranomafana National Park is in the southeastern part of Madagascar in Haute Matsiatra and Vatovavy-Fitovinany. With more than 41,600 hectares (161 square miles) of tropical rainforest, it is home to several rare species of flora and fauna including the golden bamboo lemur, the greater bamboo lemur, black and white ruffed lemur and Milne-Edwards sifaka, and over 130 species of frogs. Pitta like ground rollers, blue vangas, short-legged ground rollers and brown mesites can be seen. The park was established in 1991 with the purpose of conserving the unique biodiversity of the local ecosystem and reducing the human pressures on the protected area. It is part of the World Heritage Site Rainforests of the Atsinanana. Adjacent to the park is the Centre ValBio research station,[1] established in 2003 and managed by Stony Brook University with a focus on biodiversity research, community health and education, environmental arts and reforestation.
IMAX Tribute to Patricia Wright
Morgan Freeman introduces a video tribute to Stony Brook's Dr. Patricia Wright. A winner of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, Professor Wright is the founder of Centre ValBio, a modern research campus in the rainforest of Madagascar. For almost three decades, Wright has combined her research on lemurs with efforts to preserve the country's endangered rainforests.
Protection of the Environment - Ranomafana - Part02
Sensitization campaign on the protection of the environment, organized by the Fulbright Alumni and the US Embassy of Madagascar, for the 22 best students in Fianarantsoa.
The campaign was held at the Valbio Center in Ranomafana.
Patricia Wright, Lemur Conservation in Madagascar-the next ten years
Dr. Wright is Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Wright has served as the Executive Director for the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments (ICTE) since 1992. She spearheaded an integrated conservation and development project in Madagascar resulted in the founding of Ranamafano National Park in 1991. Dr. Wright is a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, and in 1995 she was awarded the “Chevalier d’Ordre National” (National Medal of Honor of Madagascar) from the President of Madagascar. She has co-authored three books (Tarsiers: Past, Present and Future; Madagascar and the Comoros; and “Madagascar: Forest of our Ancestors” and her autobiography is published in two volumes, “High Moon over the Amazon: my quest to understand the monkeys of the night” (2013) and “For the Love of Lemurs: my life in the wilds of Madagascar” (2014). She has received numerous honorary degrees and awards including “The Hauptman-Woodward Pioneer in Science Award” (2007), the Distinguished Primatologists award (2008), membership in the American Philosophical Society, and the Indianapolis Prize, considered the “Nobel Prize” for Conservation (2014). She has spearheaded the Centre ValBio, an award-winning “green, sustainable” research station in Madagascar with molecular and infectious disease laboratories, high speed internet and modern facilities.
Dr. Wright's talk was delivered on 23 September 2016 during the Duke Lemur Center's 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium. The Duke Lemur Center houses the world's largest and most diverse population of lemurs - earth's most threatened group of mammals - outside of Madagascar. The future of lemurs is #InOurHands. To learn how you can make a difference, please visit
2018 Ambassador Yamate's speech in Ranomafana
On March 16, 2018, Ambassador Yamate attended the inauguration of the rehabilitated market of Ranomafana. He praised the collaboration between the local officials, the research center Valbio, and PIVOT for the benefit of the community. Watch this video if you want to listen to his entire speech.
CVB Winter Internship 2016: Carla Rodriguez
Stony Brook grad student Carla Rodriguez is collecting her own data for her internship at Centre Valbio for reforestation research.
For the full report, visit
Observatoire de la Jeunesse Lanto RATSIDA Youth Summit Catholic Relief Services CRS
Youth Observatory is a civic association for research and development of knowledge and information on youth. OJ actively involved since 2018 Youth Summit / Youth Summit in cadre FARARANO program of Catholic Relief Services Madagascar.The event took place in the center Valbio Ranomafana.
Lanto ratsida
Cyclone Ivan Madagascar 2008 1
This one was a quite bad one, it flooded half of Madagascar and destroyed much of the crop.
The clip shows the Naorona river near Valbio research station in Ranomafana, Madagascar. I try to find and upload a video that shows how this river normally looks like, which is not half as threatening as it looked in February after this cyclone.
A Hungry Belly Has No Ear
Cinematic exploration of Ranomafana, National Park and World Hertitage site, where biodiversity conservation and economic development of local communities go hand in hand.
By Nikki Dodd and Hasinala Ramangason
THIS FILM IS AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. ALL FOOTAGE S ARE THE PROPERTY OF NICOLAS DODD AND HASINALA RAMANGASON AND MAY NOT BE ALTERED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF NICOLAS DODD AND HASINALA RAMANGASON. PHOTOGRAPHS USED IN THIS FILM REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS. DISCLAIMER : WE DO NOT OWN ANY MUSIC RIGHT IN THIS FILM. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. THIS FILM MAY BE USED ONLY BY CENTER VALBIO, MADAGASCAR NATIONAL PARKS AND MICET. EXHIBITION OF THIS FILM PROJECT BY ANY OTHER PARTY IS PROHIBITED UNLESS GIVEN WRITTEN CONSENT BY NICOLAS DODD AND HASINALA RAMANGASON. REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION OR ALTERATION OF THIS FILM OR ANY PART OF IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. A HUNGRY BELLY HAS NO EAR IS AN INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED FILM PROJECT INTENDED FOR THE PROMOTION OF RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK ONLY.
Medicine not Bombs on Coffee With Hx2
A special episode on the breaking story of the first use of medical drones in Madagascar, the third poorest country in the world. The story involves the work of Dr. Peter Small, head of the Global Health Institute at Stony Brook University; Dr. Patricia Wright, Stony Brook Anthropology Professor, and founder of Centre Val Bio in Madasgar; and four Stony Brook University medical students who headed up the research project that lead to the use of drones for medical and humanitarian purposes. For more on Stony Brook University's Global Health Institute and Dr. Peter Small: For more on Dr. Patricia Wright and Centre Val Bio: To see more exciting episodes of Coffee With Hx2, go to Heidi Hutner's website: