Environmental conservation work in Madagascar




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Rice cultivation (forefront) and deforestation on the hillsides of a moist forest near Fort Dauphin, in South-east Madagascar

06 Oct 2008
New Madagascar project to measure carbon savings from forest conservation
Up to 500,000 hectares of moist and spiny forests in Madagascar are to be protected or restored in a pioneering project which will include testing ways to measure climate impacts.
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Rhino translocation is a highly skilled procedure.

14 Mar 2008
More of Africa urged to boost rhino numbers

After bringing Africa’s black rhinos spectacularly back from the brink of extinction one of the world’s most successful conservation programmes is to celebrate its first decade by seeking to extend its operations to more of Africa.

“What we know from looking back at the last ten years is that sustained conservation can and does work,” says George Kampamba, WWF International’s African Rhino Programme Coordinator.

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Planting rice, Sri Lanka.

03 Oct 2007
Study: Growing more rice with less water
A new method to grow rice could save hundreds of billions of cubic metres of water while increasing food security, according to a new WWF study. The system of rice intensification method, or SRI, has helped increase yields in some countries by as much as 30%. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Nov 2008 - Started: Nov 2008

Plants and people

This project aims to develop educational and interpretive tools on the peripheral areas of the regional capital of the Toliara region in the south wes... » Read more
 
Modified: Nov 2008 - Started: Jul 2004

Communal Natural Resource Management in the Forest Corridor between Andringitra and Ranomafana National Parks

The "Andringitra-Ranomafana" forest corridor project is based on the principle of promoting rational natural resource management to achieve conservati... » Read more
 
Modified: Nov 2008 - Started: Jun 2004

Conservation and Management of Protected Areas in the Dry Forest Ecoregion: Tsimanampetsotsa and Kir

This project seeks to improve the management of the National Parks of Tsiminampetsotsa (PNT) and Kirindy-Mitea (PNKM) and surrounding forest and coast... » Read more

Contact

WWF Madagascar and West Indian Ocean Programme Office,
Antananarivo

B.P. 738 Antananarivo 101
Madagascar

T: +261 20 22 34885
F: +261 20 22 34888

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