Madagascar Hoopoe, Anjajavy

The staff at Anjajavy are dedicated to preserving the biodiversity of the area, and were delighted in having recently just tripled the size of their hotel's nature reserve. Part of the new reserve is to be run and managed by the local people, including grazing their zebu (cattle) there. The people are therefore happy as their traditions are being respected, and they preserve sources of crab to fish due a large area of protected mangrove forest. The hotel is working with the local villages surrounding the area, helping them providing medicine and education, which appears to have built up an invaluable trust between the cultures.