Madagascar

Building a more abundant future for Madagascar

Since 1990, Conservation International-Madagascar has supported local communities in their efforts to responsibly and sustainably care for nature.

The team is working to conserve nearly 700,000 hectares of the last remaining tropical forests in the Ankeniheny-Zahamena and Ambositra-Vondrozo forest corridors. This includes working to prevent further deforestation in both corridors, implementing sustainable agricultural practices to reduce soil erosion and establishing protections for the forests' unique biodiversity — including Madagascar's endangered lemurs.

We are also helping launch community-led ocean conservation by establishing locally managed fisheries in Ambodivahibe Bay in northeast Madagascar.

When nature thrives, people thrive. That's why Conservation International-Madagascar is committed to the preservation and sustainable management of Madagascar's vital lands and seas.

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Strengthening local communities to protect lemurs

Madagascar's Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor, one of the largest tracts of rainforest left in the country, is home to a wide range of plant and animal species, including three species of lemurs — Indri indri, Propithecus diadema and Varecia variegata — that are under threat from severe habitat loss and poaching in the area.

Conservation International-Madagascar's CAZ4Lemur project seeks to protect lemurs by building local capacity to better care for the forest and its wildlife. Project objectives include improving monitoring of lemurs and their habitats, establishing legal frameworks to combat poaching and habitat destruction due to slash-and-burn agriculture, and uplifting the livelihoods of local communities to reduce pressures on forest ecosystems. Conservation International-Madagascar works closely with the Vahitriniala Federation, a coalition of environment-focused community organizations in the rural Fierenana municipality, as well as the federal Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Agriculture and Breeding.

Where we work in Madagascar

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