considering that Madagascar's population is growing by three percent a year this tension between rich land and poor residents is increasing daily Alarmed ecologists have named Madagascar a biodiversity hot spot,deploring the practice of slash-and-burn agriculture.In 2002 the global
environmental community rejoiced when green-friendly Marc Ravalomanana was elected president, but only seven years later, in the spring of the 2009 , the military replaced Ravalomanana with a former radio disc jockey who seemed to have little interest in protecting the environment.