The Lemur Conservation Foundation

The Lemur Conservation Foundation works to protect Madagascar's primates - the lemurs - through conservation, education, research, and art.

  

World Lemur Festival

Putting the “World” into World Lemur Festival

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Thank you to all of our friends and supporters who participated in our 3rd Annual World Lemur Festival from October 19 to 23.  The Lemur Conservation Foundation’s first 100% digital festival was a great success and proved that compassionate people from around the world were eager to help raise awareness for lemurs and lemur conservation... Continue Reading

2020 World Lemur Festival Juried Art Exhibition

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World Lemur Festival is a series of international events held throughout the world in October, in the weeks surrounding World Lemur Day, to celebrate lemurs and raise awareness for lemur conservation. The Lemur Conservation Foundation put out a call for entries encouraging artists to submit artwork depicting lemurs as a way to build awareness about... Continue Reading

Andapa, Madagascar 2019 World Lemur Festival

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The Lemur Conservation Foundation continued to celebrate lemurs this month by helping to sponsor the World Lemur Festival in Andapa, Madagascar on November 16. Results were tremendous this year with over 1,000 participants. The Andapa festival began with a large parade with many groups (students, environment and women's clubs, and more) dressed in lemur-themed outfits.... Continue Reading

Rainforest class trip films debut at LCF 2019 World Lemur Festival

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Recently, we shared news about a project to evaluate LCF’s three-day student conservation education trips in Madagascar. Our post, "Master’s student presents LCF Madagascar Program at EFP-PSGB," described findings by Oxford Brookes University Master’s student Kylie Sorenson after assessing students’ knowledge of lemurs before and after overnight trips to Marojejy National Park. Observing lemurs in... Continue Reading