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Story Summary, Natural childbirth has gone from something practiced by parents regarded as a bunch of hippie radicals to something that is not only accepted, but encouraged in the traditional labor and delivery wards of major hospitals. This story…

This octopus tree forest in the spiny desert is but ont of the unique kinds of flora occurring only in Madagascar.

A tribesman herds cattle past protruding bones of an elephant bird.

Deforestation of hardwood tropical forests continues to occur at an alarming rate.

Malagasy people gather for a funeral.

Eroded limestone pinnacles are unique to this area in Madagascar and one region in China.

Malagasy people are dependent on rice, their primary food source.

Massive deforestation causes soil instability and extensive erosion during rainy season.

With husband and child looking on a Malagasy mother plants rice in charred remains of deforested and burned hillside.

Malagasy amn is pulled by ox cart through lane of majestic Baobobs which are endemic to Madagascar.