{"id":33,"date":"2019-02-14T16:41:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:21:50","slug":"forests-and-livelihoods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/fr\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Resilient Forests and Livelihoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-fr\">D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-en\" title=\"English\">English<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\" class=\"qtranxs-available-language-link qtranxs-available-language-link-cy\" title=\"Cymraeg\">Cymraeg<\/a>.<\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"edbox\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW251334277 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW251334277 BCX4\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86091662 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86091662 BCX4\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Protecting Madagascar\u2019s Natural Heritage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Madagascar&rsquo;s forests are home to thousands of animal and plant species found nowhere else on Earth. They are vital to the future health of humanity, and the planet.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">But Malagasy people, faced with poverty and the impacts of climate change are, through no fault of their own, in danger of being trapped in a spiral of hunger and looming disaster. This poses a serious threat to them, and the environment on which we all rely.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Through education, training and practical support, our RFL programme enables farmers and forest dwellers to provide for their families, while protecting and restoring their fragile environment, for their benefit and the benefit of us all.<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-423\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-423 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Forests\" data-height=\"300\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_423\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_423\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-468 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"IMG-20250402-WA0013-1-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0013-1-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-468 msDefaultImage\" title=\"IMG-20250402-WA0013\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-425 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 10:47:06\" data-filename=\"high-speed-growing-tree-Betampona-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/high-speed-growing-tree-Betampona-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-425 msDefaultImage\" title=\"high speed growing tree Betampona\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-424 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 10:47:06\" data-filename=\"young-girl-with-their-tree-nursery-Betampona-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/young-girl-with-their-tree-nursery-Betampona-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-424 msDefaultImage\" title=\"young girl with their tree nursery Betampona\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-460 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"peasants-tree-planters-in-Torotorofontsy-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/peasants-tree-planters-in-Torotorofontsy-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-460 msDefaultImage\" title=\"peasants tree planters in Torotorofontsy\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-461 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"DJI_20240213104559_0014_D-scaled-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DJI_20240213104559_0014_D-scaled-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-461 msDefaultImage\" title=\"default\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">default<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-462 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"smallest-cameleon-in-Mitsinjo-park-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/smallest-cameleon-in-Mitsinjo-park-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-462 msDefaultImage\" title=\"smallest cameleon in Mitsinjo park\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-463 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"crossing-Betampona-watercourse-700x300.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/crossing-Betampona-watercourse-700x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-463 msDefaultImage\" title=\"crossing Betampona watercourse\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-466 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-03-13 11:20:12\" data-filename=\"mfm-Mitsinjo-tree-nursery-scaled-e1746441071806-700x300.jpeg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mfm-Mitsinjo-tree-nursery-scaled-e1746441071806-700x300.jpeg\" height=\"300\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-423 slide-466 msDefaultImage\" title=\"mfm-Mitsinjo tree nursery\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Eighty percent of plant and animal species native to Madagascar are unique to the island, which hosts five percent of all the world&rsquo;s wildlife. Its plant species are in demand for medicine and cosmetic products, and the rainforest as a whole is vital to the ongoing wellbeing of the planet.<\/h4>\n<h4>But Malagasy people are among the world&rsquo;s poorest: 79.9 per cent live on less than \u00a31.73 per day, the world&rsquo;s poverty baseline. Despite Madagascar being one of only four countries which absorbs more carbon than it emits, its people are also among those suffering the worst impacts of climate catastrophe most regularly, including drought, crop death and the permanent loss of fertile soil for growing food.<\/h4>\n<h4>Malagasy people are by an accident of birth charged with caring for this amazing and vital environmental wonder, but are also being pushed to the verge of desperation by food shortage and poverty. The threat to them, their environment, and as a result to all of us, is clear.<\/h4>\n<h4>Our Resilient Forests and Livelihoods programme works with Malagasy farming and forest communities, providing education, training and practical support to help them provide for their families and protect and restore the rainforest, its animals and plants, to the benefit of us all.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/resilient-forests-and-livelihoods-30-months-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more about our work to date<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22343 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250402-WA0040-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Community-Led Conservation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20240614_RFL_Mitsinjo_Nursery-training-with-GEC-members_Behontsa-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">Madagascar\u2019s forests are home to incredible biodiversity, but they are under threat from deforestation and unsustainable practices. MfM works hand-in-hand with local communities to promote sustainable land management and conservation efforts. We empower communities to take ownership of their natural resources, ensuring that conservation efforts are both effective and sustainable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> In the programme&rsquo;s first 30 months we had:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Reforested 225 hectares, 185 more than our target for the pilot<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Ensured 7,284 people are benefitting from climate smart agriculture (CSA)* \u2013 4,284 more than our target<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Helped 79 hectares and 1,155 households use and benefit from dynamic agro-forestry (DAF) \u2013 14 hectares and 1,080 households more than our target<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Set up 212 Savings and Loans (Community Savings) Groups with 4,412 members, 156 more groups and 3,332 more members than our target<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sustainable Livelihoods<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AA-vegetable-watering-resize-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AA-vegetable-watering-resize-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AA-vegetable-watering-resize-1-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AA-vegetable-watering-resize-1.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conservation is vital to the future of the planet, and improved and sustainable livelihoods are vital to men, women and children all over the world. The people of Madagascar cannot be forced to suffer for the environment in which they live. But they do not have to. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">We work to deliver successful environmental protections alongside and as a part of the creation of sustainable livelihoods. Our projects provide alternative income-generating activities &#8211; sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, and eco-tourism &#8211; that reduce the pressure on forests. By supporting these initiatives, we help communities build resilience, reduce their reliance on destructive practices, and actively protect and expand Madagascar&rsquo;s unique forests.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Education and Awareness<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ED4L_2023_06_12_EPP_Fonenana_visite_echange-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">By an accident of birth, Malagasy people are guardians of a key part of the global ecological system on which we all rely. Raising their awareness about the importance of forest conservation is a key part of our strategy, and the world&rsquo;s future. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">We work with schools, community groups, and local leaders to promote environmental education and encourage sustainable practices. By fostering a culture of conservation, we and the people of Madagascar are creating lasting change that will protect Madagascar\u2019s forests for future generations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Climate Change Resilience<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mfm-Mitsinjo-tree-nursery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">Madagascar is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: protecting its forests is crucial for climate resilience, and for every living thing across the world. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-contrast=\"none\">Our Resilient Forests and Livelihoods program<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">me<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> conserves biodiversity and helps communities adapt to the changing climate. We contribute to a more resilient environment, through reforestation projects, sustainable farming techniques, and watershed preservation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:270,&quot;335559739&quot;:270,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/resilient-forests-and-livelihoods-30-months-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #646839;\">Our Achievements So Far (30 months, to April 2025)<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>See what we have achieved in the first 30 months of Resilient Forests and Livelihoods: our work restoring forests, and helping Malagasy people protect them, whilelifting themselves from poverty and hunger.<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #646839;\"><a style=\"color: #646839;\" href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/enabling-youths-to-lead-lemur-conservation-in-eastern-madagascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YOUTH FOR LEMURS PROJECT (YFL)<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Funded by DEFRA&rsquo;s DARWIN Initiative 2022-2025<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Enabling young people to lead lemur conservation in eastern Madagascar.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">This project tackles a key driver of Madagascar\u2019s accelerated biodiversity loss: the growing population\u2019s need to clear forests for agriculture. Around three Reserves in eastern Madagascar, we are equipping young people with the knowledge, skills and experience they need to increase yields through sustainable farming, adopt aromatic and medicinal plants in their farming systems and market their products with ethical enterprises. They are now sharing their knowledge, skills, and experience in their communities and engaging them in lemur conservation stewardship.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Partners Include:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madagasikara-voakajy.org\/\">Madagasikara Voakajy<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/associationmitsinjo.wordpress.com\/\">Association Mitsinjo<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/rb.gy\/c4ng9m\">Label CBD Consulting,\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjs.gov.mg\/?page_id=733\">Delegation de la Jeunesse Moramanga<\/a><\/strong> , <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/tj6Kguv\">Circonscription de l&rsquo;Agriculture, de l&rsquo;Elevage et de la Peche , <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.environnement.mg\/\">Circonscription de l&rsquo;Environnement et du Developpement Durable\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/community-power-proving-sustainable-development-works-in-madagascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION AND LIVELIHOODS IN MADAGASCAR (ECCLiM) 2023-2024<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ECCLiM demonstrates how sustainable development can build a better Malagasy future. Supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), it strengthened local community and civil society capacities to improve farming practices, incomes, and reduce exposure to climate change risks. It also supported forestry and environmental protection, including by promoting agroforestry, reforestation and forest patrols, and trained young leaders to deliver forest and agriculture-related support services, improving incomes and the environment for years to come. ECCLiM saw MfM commiting to investing in Malagasy-led conservation and development, proving that development and the environment can complement, rather than conflict with, one another.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/daf-helping-malagasy-people-protect-rainforest-the-planet-and-their-lives-and-livelihoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">DYNAMIC AGRO-FORESTRY PROJECT (DAF) &#8211; with Sadabe in the Tsinjoarivo Rainforest &#8211; 2022 onwards<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>DAF is at the heart of our Forests and Livelihoods Programme. Building on the DAF model demonstrated by Nature Fund, our programme uses dynamic agro-forestry &#8211;\u00a0 constructing and developing natural forest- and forest-like systems with high biomass production which supply as a side-effect a large variety of products for people, and which cuts plants to keep them in a youthful state to promote increased biomass production &#8211; to combat hunger and food insecurity, build better livelihoods, while restoring land and protecting forests.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Tsinjoarivo forest has been identified by the Rainforest Trust as a priority conservation site, where unique flora and fauna are under pressure of extinction from vulnerable farming communities who rely on the forest for their livelihoods. Highly inaccessible, the Tsinjoarivo forest has been largely overlooked by significant conservation NGOs, meaning local community groups struggled to take on the huge conservation challenge with little help.<\/h4>\n<h4>In 2021, MfM formed a new partnership with a long-established NGO, Sadabe, which has built strong relationships with the farming communities around the Tsinjoarivo forest. Together, we launched a DAF pilot programme in Tsinjoarivo, using seed funding from committed individuals, Trusts and Foundations. We have worked with the University of the West of England to support Sadabe in developing a robust conservation plan. New plans combine practical fieldwork led by Sadabe alongside research led by the University of Antananarivo with support from UWE and MfM.<\/h4>\n<h4>The broader objectives are to develop a robust and practical model that combines conservation with food security to benefit farming communities in environmental hotspots across Madagascar. Funding is currently sought to deliver this ambitious project.<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/saf-melaky\/loud-and-proud-young-women-lead-community-developed-climate-change-responses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>PROUD: PROJET &lsquo;FIERES&rsquo; &#8211; Women&rsquo;s conservation for resilience in Melaky Region &#8211; funded by the Ambassade de France&rsquo;s PISCCA fund &#8211; 2023-2024<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>In Maintirano and the Melaky region, we, SAF Melaky and FIVEMI helped empower young women to inspire and lead their communities&rsquo; projects to improve livelihoods and lives, while sustainably restoring and protecting their local environment. Working through a network of cooperatives, women and girls on Madagascar\u2019s isolated west coast have empowered each other to build more climate-resilient lives through practical workshops, training and community savings schemes. They have inspired and trained other women. They have built sustainable income-generating activities, undertook reforestation, mastered and adapted food-growing techniques, and delivered conservation education to schools and community groups.<\/h4>\n<h4>Melaky Region is cut off for many months of the year, as the road connecting it with the rest of Madagascar is impassable. The region suffers from chronic underfunding and lack of support from conservation and development agencies. MfM has, for more than a decade, been the exception, supporting inspiring women here to lead their own development and conservation.<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/mitsinjo-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MITSINJO REFORESTATION PROJECT<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>In Andasibe \u2013Mantadia we are supporting the local community to restore the decimated forest that used to surround the famous Andasibe National Park and the Torotorofotsy protected wetland. Planting wildlife corridors of indigenous tree species provides local employment and helps preserve biodiversity, enabling endangered wildlife like the Indri lemur to reach fresh pockets of forest to find new breeding partners. Sustainable livelihood development activities provide families with alternatives to destructive slash and burn agriculture.<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/wtdm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS IN ANALAMANGA &#8211; in partnership with WtDM<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>In Analamanga, we are working with our Malagasy NGO partner Working Together for the Development of Madagascar (WtDM) to tackle extreme poverty and build resilience in in villages that face food insecurity, as their crops are ruined by extreme weather and natural disasters resulting from climate change. We work with families, living below the poverty line, to identify and address underlying causes of food insecurity and climate vulnerability, through agro-forestry, climate smart farming, income diversification and community savings schemes.<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/mfm-and-the-wildlife-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>World Wildlife Day. 3 March 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>On World Wildlife Day we highlighted the positive impact of MfM and the communities with which we work on the rainforests and the animals and birds which rely upon them &#8211; many of which are returning to areas from which they had disappeared, in part thanks to our combined efforts. Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/mfm-and-the-wildlife-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/plantlife-protecting-forests-improving-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Day of Forests, 21 March 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>On the International Day of Forests 2025, we shared information highlighting the work of MfM &#8211; and more importantly, of Malagasy communities &#8211; in improving livelihoods and lives, and promoting, protecting and expanding the unique, beautiful and vital forests which they, by an accident of birth, are charged with caring for.<\/h4>\n<h4>To mark the day, we also held a multi-organisation reforestation event in the Fokontany of Ambohimahatsinjo, where we and six Malagasy NGOs, all partner organisations of MfM, planted 600 trees.<\/h4>\n<h4>At the event, MfM CEO Lova Rasoalinoro made a speech calling on all parties to deliver Madagascar, its people and its astonishing ecosystem, a sustainable future.<\/h4>\n<h4>To learn about MfM&rsquo;s work on development and the environment, <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/plantlife-protecting-forests-improving-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4>To learn about our International Day of Forests replanting event, <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/plantlife-protecting-forests-improving-lives\/forests-for-the-future-reforestation-marks-international-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4>To read Ms. Rasoalinoro&rsquo;s speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/moneyformadagascar.org\/our-programmes\/forests-and-livelihoods\/may-this-day-be-another-step-towards-a-sustainable-future-for-our-country-mfm-ceo\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en English et Cymraeg. Protecting Madagascar\u2019s Natural Heritage Madagascar&rsquo;s forests are home to thousands of animal and plant species found nowhere else on Earth. They are vital to the future health of humanity, and the planet. But Malagasy people, faced with poverty and the impacts of climate change are, through no fault of their own, in danger of being trapped in a spiral of hunger and looming disaster. This poses a serious threat to them, and the environment on which we all rely. 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