New mapping technique offers hope for Madagascan wildlife


	New mapping technique offers hope for Madagascan wildlife

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<H1 class="article-no-standfirst" id="heading-alone">New mapping technique offers hope for Madagascan wildlife</H1></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Scientists have used pioneering technology to examine in minute detail one of the world's richest biodiversity "hot spots" and identify habitats that, if conserved, will protect the greatest number of species</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">High-resolution satellite images have been taken of the entire 226,657 square mile island of Madagascar, off the east coast of Africa, a renowned biodiversity "hot spot" where 80% of its 30,000 known species are endemic – that is, they are found nowhere else on the planet</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">An international team</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews"> used specially developed software to create detailed maps of how species are distributed on the island down to a per kilometre level</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Data was collected on the exact locations of more than 2,300 Madagascan species from six major groups: lemurs, butterflies, frogs, geckos, ants and plants</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/11/conservation.wildlife?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews">Habitats were then rated by the number of species they supported, prioritising the species most vulnerable to habit</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6441AE2B-B079-453C-8FED-7625E286BCF2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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