Protecting Biodiversity by improving community wellbeing in Southeast Madagascar
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £493,018
WHERE Madagascar
Summary
Until 2018, Madagascar’s Manombo Rainforest was shrinking rapidly, threatening its biodiversity, including several species endemic to Madagascar alone and the people who live around it. Drivers of deforestation include substantial nutritional and economic poverty of local communities and lack of alternatives to swidden agriculture. This project will address community poverty and deforestation through agroforestry, reforestation, and testing acceptability of cricket-based nutrition and agriculture initiatives, increasing community well-being and reducing the need to degrade Madagascar’s biodiversity for resources.
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