2009
DOI: 10.4314/mcd.v2i1.44123
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Forest Management in Madagascar: An Historical Overview

Abstract: Madagascar is regarded as one of the most important areas for biodiversity on Earth, and this biodiversity is found mainly

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“…As a result, some species are already locally extinct while others are known only from historical data [68,69]. With growing population rates and demand for agricultural land [70], it is likely that the biodiversity of Madagascar will become in double jeopardy because of climate change and habitat loss. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result, some species are already locally extinct while others are known only from historical data [68,69]. With growing population rates and demand for agricultural land [70], it is likely that the biodiversity of Madagascar will become in double jeopardy because of climate change and habitat loss. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La gouvernance des terres et de ressources naturelles à Madagascar est caractérisée historiquement par le contrôle étatique [3][4][5][6] ; tout terrain à part la propriété privée restait le domaine de l'État, qui possédait les droits de jure sur l'utilisation des ressources naturelles (et promulguait des lois réglementant leur utilisation), bien que les communautés locales retenaient des droits de facto à la base des droits coutumiers et ancestraux [5]. Ceci créait une situation anarchique caractérisée par le libre accès aux ressources naturelles [7] : L'État se trouvait incapable de maitriser effectivement l'utilisation des terrains dans les zones rurales [8], et les communautés qui y vivaient manquaient de motivation et de sécurité foncière pour se soumettre à la loi, qui n'était pas perçue comme légitime [6].…”
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“…Conscient de ces défauts, les gouvernements successifs ont adopté progressivement une politique de décentralisation de la gouvernance des ressources naturelles renouvelables en essayant d'intégrer les communautés locales et de transférer la responsabilité de gestion de l'État au niveau local [4]. Cette décentralisation s'est manifestée en deux initiatives majeures -la mise au point de législation permettant le transfert de gestion des ressources naturelles (TGRN) aux communautés locales, et l'élargissement rapide du système d'aires protégées.…”
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“…The vast majority of the endemic biota is forest dependent (Goodman & Benstead, 2005), and is thus threatened by deforestation, which remains a major problem in all remaining forest areas -for example, 8.6 per cent of forest cover was lost in the decade from 1990-2000 (Harper et al, 2007), and deforestation continues to occur even within national parks (Allnutt et al, 2013). Most of this deforestation is associated with shifting cultivation (Casse et al, 2004;Gorenflo et al, 2011), which has been illegal throughout the country since pre-Colonial times (Raik, 2007) and takes two main forms -tavy, the cultivation of hill rice in the humid east, and hatsake, the cultivation of corn (and occasionally other crops such as tobacco, cassava and sorghum) in the dry west and south (Scales, 2014). In both regions the process involves farmers cutting the shrubs and smaller trees within a defined area of forest during the dry season (which lasts from about May to November), leaving the vegetation to dry for several months, and then burning it.…”
Section:  Study Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%