Innovating and evaluating community co-management of Madagascar’s protected areas
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Innovation
VALUE £199,998
WHERE Madagascar
Summary
Many Protected Areas (PAs) fail to deliver effective biodiversity conservation and sustainable poverty alleviation because they lack truly participatory governance that involves local communities in decision making. This weakens respect for PA rules and undermines their sustainable development objectives. We will scale up an innovative pilot Community Management Agreement (CMA) to two more Malagasy PAs and evaluate the CMA approach through a Before-After-Control-Intervention design. We will also translate this learning into toolkits and training resources for all Malagasy Pas.
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Madagascar, Blue Ventures, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT), Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre, Bangor University
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