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How are vanilla beans produced?
Overview of vanilla production in Madagascar.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Discover Madagascar: The home of vanilla
Learn about the importance of vanilla in Madagascar.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Why is there a shortage of natural vanilla?
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Madagascar
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Madagascar
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Coquerel's sifaka
Coquerel's sifaka, a type of lemur found in Madagascar.
© Christopher Call Productions
Madagascar
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Madagascar
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Nosy Be
Beach on Nosy Be, Madagascar
Gerald Cubitt
flora of Madagascar
Endemic flora of Madagascar.
© Mark Pidgeon/Oxford Scientific Films Ltd.
panther chameleon
Panther chameleon, Madagascar.
© Corbis
streaked tenrec
Streaked tenrec (
Hemicentetes semispinosus
).
H. Uible/Photo Researchers
coelacanth
Coelacanth (
Latimeria chalumnae
)
Peter Green—Ardea Photographics
Austronesian languages
Major divisions of the Austronesian languages.
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Antananarivo
View of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
© Christopher Call Productions
Fianarantsoa
The upper section of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Agence HOA-QUI
terraced terrain in Madagascar
Madagascar's hilly terrain, heavily terraced to grow rice and other crops.
© Christopher Call Productions
Zebu cattle
Zebu cattle (a type of cattle with a prominent hump) are herded near Toliara, Madagascar.
Editions HOA-QUI
deforestation
Area of deforestation, Madagascar.
© Christopher Call Productions
rutilated quartz
Rutilated quartz from Madagascar.
Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, photograph, John H. Gerard/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Toamasina dock
Ships dock at Toamasina, the chief port of Madagascar.
J. Cannon/Ostman Agency
Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (
Mungotictis decemlineata
)
Malagasy narrow-striped mongoose (
Mungotictis decemlineata
), one of the...
© Christopher Call Productions
Mahamasina Stadium
Mahamasina Stadium (foreground) and Lake Anosy (background), Antananarivo, Madagascar.
© Christopher Call Productions
monument to Malagasy soldiers
Monument to Malagasy soldiers who fought for France during World War I, Antananarivo,...
© Christopher Call
Farming community near Antananarivo, Madag.
© Christopher Call Productions
red-bellied lemur (
Eulemur rubriventer
)
Red-bellied lemur (
Eulemur rubriventer
) in the eastern Madagascar rainforest...
© David Curl/Oxford Scientific Films Ltd.
A small stream winding through a forest, eastern Madagascar.
© Christopher Call Productions
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National anthem of Madagascar
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