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Fire-proofing in Analalava Forest, Madagascar.

Grantee Name: MAMPITA

Hotspot
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Location
Madagascar
Amount
$49,849
Dates
Mar 2024 – Dec 2026
Keywords
Buffer zones, Fire management, Habitat conservation and management, Protected Areas, Reforestation, Restoration, Ecosystem resilience, Invasive alien species

Protect and restore Analalava forest to its natural integrity and structure to resist wild fire penetration. Launch reconstructive restoration by continuing to propagate native trees reduce the risk of fires penetrating the compromised forest by removing alien invasive Pyrophile species and by maintaining the encircling firebreak.

Strategic Direction :

1 Empower communities and civil society to implement actions to improve the resilience of species, ecosystems, and human populations to climate change in priority KBAs

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