Month: June 2022

FAPBM and Madagascar National Parks (MNP), with the support of KfW and USAID Hay Tao, commissioned a study on the economic contribution of protected areas in Madagascar. A conference on the theme “Our protected areas are vital to our development” will present the results of the study on July 7 at the Carlton Hotel in Antananarivo. In Madagascar, the economic and social importance of our national parks and nature reserves (our protected areas) is unknown or largely underestimated. This lack of knowledge often leads to questioning the usefulness of protected areas. Yet, a very high number of the key resources that support the economies and livelihoods of local communities and major economic sectors in Madagascar comes from protected areas. Should we maintain our protected areas? The results of the study on the economic contribution of Madagascar’s protected areas have showed that protected areas benefit the entire Malagasy population. A White …

“Promoting sound management within the Madagascar Protected Areas System” is the fourth axis of FAPBM’s strategic plan, an essential parameter for its funding to be effective. However, the implementation of this axis requires a close collaboration with experts. Within this framework, FAPBM supports emerging initiatives on these priority themes, which are, among others, the fight against fires, the environmental and social safeguarding of protected areas, the development of a multi-sector strategy, local advocacy for the mobilization of private funds. Among those that FAPBM has joined are the following: The World Environment Day: International Days, including that of the Environment, are an opportunity to conduct actions of Information – Education – Communication (IEC) for biodiversity preservation. On the occasion of the World Environment Day on June 05, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) organized firewall maintenance activities on the reforestation site of Ampangabe (Suburb of Antananarivo). Ranto Randriantsoa, Grants …

On June 21, 2022, FAPBM held its 20th annual meeting of the contributors to the capital with the members of its Board. A first in the history of FAPBM, the meeting was distinguished by the presence of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mrs. Marie-Orléa Vina. She intervened to recognize the efforts of the Foundation in favour of the environmental emergence, and the important part that the contributors brought for that. She emphasized the consolidation of inter-ministry cooperation as a factor of efficiency. What are the outcomes for Year 2021? The Executive Management presented in the first part the impacts of the funding to the supported protected areas. The 2021 FAPBM annual report concluded that the protected areas funded have recorded a significant improvement in their health status compared to 2020. Deforestation has reduced due to both a decrease in the level of threats and improved effectiveness of protected …

Every year, between 50,000 and 100,000 ha of forest in Madagascar are lost along with the services they provide: air purification, protection against soil erosion, prevention of silting, etc. Fire is the primary source of deforestation in Madagascar. How do protected areas manage this threat whose causes are numerous? Through a webinar that took place on June 10, 2022, FAPBM gave the floor to 3 of the protected area (PA) managers it supports: Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), MNP and The Peregrine Fund (TPF). Brice Funk Lee Rakotozafy, MBG site manager, shared the experience of Ibity PA (South Axis, 180 km from the capital of Madagascar). With photos to support his claim, Brice explained the system of early fires applied in the savanna and pyrophyte forests. This method is the result of careful monitoring of satellite image history and mapping of the PA: map of the evolution of tapia wood surface …

A first, an IUCN Congress specifically on protected areas in Africa. Hosted by Rwanda, it will be held in Kigali from July 17 to 23. By bringing together more than 2000 delegates from all African countries, the Congress aims to unify an African voice in conservation that will value African people and nature through effective protected areas. FAPBM will be present at this first of its kind Congress. The Congress is expected to review Africa’s overall progress in implementing global conservation commitments, discuss biodiversity challenges and showcase inspiring African examples of sustainable solutions that harmonize conservation and human development goals. The goal of the conference is to position Africa’s protected and conserved areas within the broader goals of economic development and community well-being and to increase understanding of the vital role parks protected areas in conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services that underlie human well-being and livelihoods. …

Antananarivo, May 24, 2022 – On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, May 22, 2022, FAPBM in collaboration with the artists’ association, La Teinturerie, is launching a competition of small cultural projects “Art and Biodiversity” to support cultural initiatives that contribute to the advocacy of protection and preservation of biodiversity in Madagascar. The theme chosen is the one which has been announced by the United Nations for 2022 “Building a shared future for all life” Madagascar enjoys a rich biodiversity unique worldwide. The proportion of endemic species of the Island, both in fauna and flora, reaches 87%. But above all, biodiversity is essential for human well-being. The water that we drink or that feeds in the hydropower stations of the country, the food that we eat, the medicines that treat us, to mention only a few examples, come from nature. Unfortunately, this capital is diminishing day by day in such …