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Maddening Madagascar

12°3’S, 49°28’E Dispatch: Antsiranana, Madagascar Why visit Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world? This remnant of the French colonial empire has a population of 22 million, 90% of whom live on less than $2 per day. Madagascar’s riches lie in the biodiversity of endemic species. That means 11,000 plants including seven species of baobab trees live no …