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Increasing Community Resilience in Madagascar's Amoron'i Onilahy Protected Area in the Face of Climate Change and Overexploitation of Forest Resources

Grantee Name: L'association MIHAVAO

Hotspot
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
Location
Madagascar
Amount
$13,286
Dates
Jul 2019 – Oct 2021
Keywords
Agriculture, Extractive industries, Forestry

Protect Amoron'Onilahy against the overexploitation of wood energy resources linked to coal mining. No fewer than 300 households engage in coal mining to provide for their needs and to meet the wood energy needs of urban agglomerations. The annual production of coal in the locality is close to 2,500 tons, equivalent to the exploitation of 1,600 hectares of natural forest per year in the south-west.

Strategic Direction :

1 Empower local communities to protect and manage biodiversity in priority key biodiversity areas.

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