# @thetorontozoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHdmrApNl0N
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29017114-thetorontozoo-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-21T13:10:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Toronto Zoo (@thetorontozoo) — https://gondola.cc/thetorontozoo

## Caption

On this #InternationalForestDay, we turn the clock back and go to June 2024 when members of your Toronto Zoo travelled to Madagascar. There, they learned about the plight of lemurs as well as the importance of their tree-top habitats in the #Madagascar forests 🌳 

Are you aware? Partners like planetmadagascar work to cultivate and plant new trees in areas like the Ankarafantsika National Park, where one of the last remaining families of Sifaka species of lemur live. There, they focus on two types of restoration - restoring fragmented landscapes to create corridors that connect existing fragments to continuous forest and erosion control through forest restoration where trees are planted to reduce the impact of erosion. 

To support them in their efforts, they hire and train local community members to work with on-the-ground Planet Madagascar staff members. Together, they identify target plant species, collect seeds, build and manage tree nurseries, and plant seedlings. 

With support from partners like your Toronto Zoo, community members in rural Madagascar benefit through a salary-based program, which provides them with much-needed revenue where they receive the direct benefits of erosion control through forest restoration. Thankfully, and to date, more than 60,000 trees have been planted as part of a forest restoration project which is funded by IUCN Save Our Species.

On days like today, we’re reminded that healthy forest ecosystems are critical to maintaining healthy colonies of lemurs and other animal species in our world 🐒 #GuardiansofLemurs #savingspecies

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internationalforestday, madagascar, savingspecies, guardiansoflemurs

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