Madagascar
We donated £1000 in November 2006 to the Rainforest Foundation to
reinforce the sustainable management of forests and agricultural land
in a threatened forest corridor in south eastern Madagascar by
supporting two communities to develop community tree nurseries, the
seedlings from which will be used in soil conservation projects that
will reduce pressure on the natural forest.
The Tanala People
The project is aimed at communities who are among the most
disadvantaged in Madagascar, being in areas considered remote and for
the Tanala people in particular, having a history of marginalisation
and discrimination.The project has actively recruited staff from the
beneficiary communities who can speak the local dialects and promotes
the representation of local people in local and regional fora.
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| This project will feed into a larger overall project, the aims and objectives PARTICULARLY;
Communities in four forest edge Communes in Fianarantsoa Province
will have greater security of land tenure and will be managing their
land and forests for their own benefit, resulting in improvements in
family livelihoods and community confidence.Communities will be gaining
direct benefits from the forest areas that will be under their own
direct manageme
This element of the project is concentrating on developing tree
nurseries as part of a larger scheme addressing agricultural
improvement and soil conservation. The nurseries will be developed by
community groups, working with CCD Namana technicians, and will be
based in communities and managed by the members. The CCD Namana
technicians will provide advice and guidance to the community groups,
but it will be the groups who manage the nurseries. CCD Namana will be
building on the experience they have developed working with Betsileo
communities to the west of the forest corridor, and one pilot
experience in a Tanala community.
Thanks to Cath Long of the Rainforest Foundation for the above description of the work that is being funded in Madagasgar. |
