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23 rd Annual International Seminar on
Administration and Forest Management
University of ArizonaOctober 1-19, 2007

Vololoniaina
RAKOTONDRABENJA
Ministry of
Environment, Water and Forest

MADAGASCAR
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Overview

• Location
• In the African continent, 400 km from the
  eastern coast of Africa
  
• The fourth largest island on Earth
• 2 of the african continent (590 000 km2)
• Capital Antananarivo

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Overview

• Cultural diversity
• Cosmopolite people (african, asian, indian,
  malaisian)
  
• 17 000 000 inhabitants
• Languages
• Malagasy with many dialects
• French, english

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Environmentalcontext

• Natural habitats
• Tropical forest rangin from rain forest (east)
  dry forest (west) desert like formation (far
  south)
  

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Environmentalcontext

• Biodiversity
• Variety of ecosystem and biological diversity
  (85 of the flora and fauna is endemic)
  
• Ranked among the 17 mega-diversity countries in
  the world (hotspot of biodiversity)
  

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EnvironmentalProblematics

• Deforestation (bush fire, over
• exploitation,)
• Soil erosion
• Degradation of sea and coastal environment (
  pollution, )
  
• Urban pollution (expansion of industrial
  activities)

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Management tools Forest policy
Goal Conciliate conservation, economic valoriza
tion of forest
and development people
Orientations
Alleviate the degradation process of forest
Improve management forest resources
Increase forest area and potentiality
Increase economic performance of forest sec
tor

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Management tools Forest policy
Responsabilization stakeholders in management f
orest

Decentralization actions management
Strategy of implementation
Participative management
Development sustainable mechanism of fun
ding

Synergy with other sectors policy
Administrative reform
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Management tools
The Vision Madagascar, naturally
Millennium Development Goals
Madagascar Action Plan Eight Commitments

• Good Governance
• Educational Transformation
• Quality Infrastructure
• Rural Development Green Revolution

• Health Family Planning
• Economy Private Sector
• Environment
• National Solidarity

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Madagascar Action Plan

• Commitment 7/Environment
• Goal ensure environmental sustainaibility
• Strategy for sustainable development, protection
  of natural resources
  
• 4 challenges

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Madagascar Action Plan

• Commitment 7/Environment
• Challenge 1
• increase the protected areas for
• the conservation of land, lake,marine and coastal
  biodiversity
  

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Madagascar Action Plan

• Commitment 7/Environment
• Challenge 2
• reduce the natural resource degradation process

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Madagascar Action Plan

• Commitment 7/Environment
• Challenge 3
• Develop the environmental reflex
  at level
  

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Madagascar Action Plan

• Commitment7 /Environment
• Challenge 4
• Strengthen the effectiveness of forest
  management
  

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Environmental Program EP/History
EP1
EP2
EP3
1997
2008
2003
1991
To set basic tools (policy, capacity building)
Decentralization of resources management
Develop environmental reflex and sustainable f
unding

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In process EnvironmentalProgram 3/EP3

• Finality
• Preserve and develop economicaly the
  importance and the quality of natural resources

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EnvironmentalProgram 3

• Objectives
• Maintain forest surface in levels 2001 (9
  million ha)
  
• Extend conservation sites in 6 million ha
• Increase 30 reforested surface

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EnvironmentalProgram 3

• Objectives
• Management transfer into local communities
  1 million ha
  
• Rational exploitation for 400 000 Ha of natural
  forest
  
• Finalize 24 regional maps zoning (1/50000) and
  1 national zoning map ( 1/200 000 ).
  

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FOREST ZONING APPLICATION IN MADAGASCAR
Forest zoning is a basic activity of EP3 (tool
of
management forest)
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NATIONAL ZONING MAP
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THE FOLLOWING OF FOREST ZONING

• SET UP
• SITES OF FOREST SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
• KOLOALA Production

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KOLOALA Production

• Koloala is a new concept of sustainable forest
  management for production.
  

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KOLOALA Production
DEFINITION AND PRINCIPLE Koloala production co
nsists of setting up sustainable and rational
extraction of forest products
Koloala is in line with management plan for loc
al, regional and international satisfactions for
current and future needs.
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KOLOALA Production

• GENERAL OBJECTIVE
• Contribute in the national conservation of
  forest resources by setting up production areas
  which is used for sustainable economic
  valorization

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THE FOLLOWING OF FOREST ZONING
The Durban Vision Tripling Madagascars Protect
ed Areas
our decision is to increase the protected are
as from 1.7 million hectares to 6 million
hectares over the next five years
President Marc Ravalomanana Durban, 2003
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CONSERVATION SITES
Objective 6 000 000 Ha Current situation
ANGAP 1.700.000 Ha Temporary Protection
2.400.000 Ha Creation started
1.500.000 Ha Other high prio
rity sites 700.000 Ha
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The other activities in process

• Management transfer
• Gouvernance
• Reforestation/Energie
• Management fire
• International convention
• Sustainable financing
• Carbon fund (Makira project)
• .

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The great challenge
  is to find solutions that improve peoples
quality of life and in the meantime maintaining
biodiversity and forest resources on which they
depend daily 
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THANK YOU ! MISAOTRA TOMPOKO!