Forest and Water

The goal of the project is the maintenance of the main ecological and economic functions of the forest corridor between Andringitra and Ranomafana National Parks through the wise use of the renewable natural resources, in particular water.

The moist forest in eastern Madagascar is characterised by tropical humid and sub-humid forests.

The particular landscape of Fandriana-Marolambo is situated between the Central plateau and eastern escarpment, South of Antananarivo, and is about 150,000 hectares in size.

The moist forests represent an important centre of endemism and contain many species of lemurs as well as over 20 species of small mammals. As their habitat becomes degraded or disappears, all of these species, found nowhere else, are at risk of disappearing forever.

The project goal is to restore the ecological services and socio-economic values of the Fandriana-Marolambo landscape within the Madagascar Moist Forest Ecoregion.

The project undertakes analyses of the main causes of forest degradation and identify and implement appropriate restoration strategies in partnership with local authorities and communities.

This project aims to protect forests and wetlands, to improve living conditions of local people, to protect forest corridors between protected areas and to promote sustainable resource use.

The local community has been charged with managing a large section of high altitude forest and freshwater systems.

WWF is working with local communities to support their traditional management approaches as they apply to the conservation of forests and freshwater areas.

Agriculture is putting stresses on these resources and threatening the sustainability of biodiversity and the communities that depend on it.

The project aims at contributing to poverty alleviation through sustainable development in the Mahafaly Plateau, in the Southwestern region of Madagascar.

The Mahafaly Plateau covers much of the Southwestern region of Atsimo-Andrefana. This semi-arid area is a high priority area for the conservation of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity.  This is evidenced by the various scientific priority activities undertaken by WWF.

Within the Mahafaly Plateau is the Tsimanampesotse lake, the first site declared Wetlands of International Importance as part of the Madagascar's contribution to the Ramsar Convention.