“…These forest plant species provide a wide range of critically important ecosystem services such as climate regulation, biomass production, water supply and purification, pollination, and the provision of habitats for other forest species (Brockerhoff et al, 2017). They also constitute an exceptional heritage for local populations because of the goods and services they provide (Abdourhamane et al, 2013) and their usefulness for various products such as fuel wood, construction materials, medicine, fodder for livestock, and human food (Langat et al, 2016). Indeed, about one million Malagasy people, particularly the rural poor, depend heavily for their livelihoods on access to forest resources and ecosystems (Angelsen et al, 2014).…”