A July 2012 assessment found that the exploitation of natural resources since 2009 has had dire consequences for the island's wildlife: 90 percent of lemur species were found to be threatened with extinction, the highest proportion of any mammalian group.
2012年7月进行的一次评估发现，2009年政变后对自然资源的采伐已经给岛上的野生动物造成严重后果：90%的狐猴物种受到灭绝的威胁，这在所有哺乳动物群中所占比例最高。