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Hello. >> the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species that dr. wright discovered here in 1986 and the greater bamboo lemur, previously thought extinct. >> theres only 500 of these in the world in the whole wild. >> slash and burn agriculture. look at it. beautiful. its so nice. >> hes taking a leak right now. >> i cant watch. >> hopefully thats not an editorial statement. ♪ >> look. this is the kind of bamboo shoot that the lemurs love. its full of protein, and i...

Little girl? thats on one side of the park. ♪ [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. ♪ dr. wright worked hard to establish ranomafana park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area. ♪

You lived in here when you were a little girl? so thats on one side of the park. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. ♪ dr. wright worked hard to establish ranomafana park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area.

Dr. wright worked hard to establish the park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area. this, however, is the face of human pressure, just so were clear. >> okay. take care, guys. >> were right on the edge of the park. right on the edge, literally, is where they built the power lines

Park, wheres your village that you lived in when you were a little girl? thats on one side of the park. >> the ancestors presumably okay ♪ ♪ >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. ♪ dr. wright worked hard to establish the park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human

Thats on one side of the park. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. dr. wright worked hard to establish ranomafana park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area.

We hire 85 people full-time. the director of the national park, wheres your village that you lived in when you were a little girl? thats on one side of the park. >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. dr. wright worked hard to establish the park with the stated aim of protecting the

Hello. >> the area provides essential habitat for the golden bamboo lemur. a species that dr. wright discovered here and the greater bamboo lemur previously thought extinct. >> theres only 500 of these in the world in the whole wild. >> slash and burn agriculture. look at it. beautiful. its so nice. >> hes taking a leak right now. >> i cant watch. >> hopefully thats not an editorial statement. >> look. this is the kind of bamboo chute that the lemurs loved. its full of protein, and its full of c...

Source, 90% of the forests and jungles that cover madagascar are gone. ♪ >> anything? >> not yet. theyre very elusive. theyre very difficult to see. >> thanks largely to the work of dr. patricia wright, over 4,000 hectares of forest have been set aside and protected for a national park. her recently completed research station is a state-of-the-art complex that reminds one of that -- what was it -- jurassic

Thats on one side of the park. ♪ >> the ancestors presumably okay with the land transfer. its time to party. dr. wright worked hard to establish the park with the stated aim of protecting the absolutely unique flora and fauna here and reducing human pressures on the area.