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Corridor Restoration and Carbon Conservation in Madagascar
Léon Rajaobelina
Regional Vice-President, Madagascar Program
• The new System of Protected Areas aims to include 6 million hectares of terrestrial and freshwater habitats by 2012
Carbon projects: • Three large forest corridor protected areas have been designed as “avoided deforestation” carbon projects
• One Clean Development Mechanism eligible afforestation/restoration project
New protected Areas and Forest Carbon Projects
Makira 372,000 ha
(MEF & WCS)
Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor (CAZ)
381,000 ha (MEF & CI)
Ambositra-Vondrozo Corridor (COFAV)
290,000 ha (MEF & CI)
Corridor restoration 1100 ha (TAMS)
(MEF, CI, BioCF)
Ambositra-Vondrozo Forest Corridor (COFAV) : A New Protected Area with multiple benefits
Health security
Food security
Species value
Fresh water
Carbon storage
Hydro-electric energy
Cultural services
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Strategy for reducing deforestation in COFAV
Forest Carbon Project Design
New Protected area in
Ambositra-‐ Vondrozo Corridor
Management structure to coordinate
forest protec>on ac>vi>es
Capacity building, technical
assistance and communica>on
Community small grants
Conserva)on agreements with communi)es in the corridor
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• Community groups living around the corridor participate in the corridor management and benefit through:
• Representation in the governance structure of the protected area
• Direct Conservation agreements that provide payment for participation in conservation activities
• Community Small Grants Program
Community Participation and Benefits
Restoration of the Mantadia-Andasibe Forest Corridor • 1100 hectares planted with 120 native species (>1.1 million trees) • Project designed according to Clean Development Mechanism standards • The corridor will re-establish links between isolated protected areas and other forest fragments
Community benefits: • Direct employment during investment stage (>700 people) • Land tenure for project participants • Sustainable Livelihood Activities for project participants • Future carbon revenues for project participants
Pale green: restoration area Dark green: Existing forest Red line: Protected Area boundaries Yellow line: Project Area boundaries
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• Protected Areas are a tried-and-tested way of reducing deforestation • Protected Areas equivalent to IUCN category VI (Natural Resource Reserves) provide opportunity for strong community participation linked to carbon revenue benefits • New protected areas in Madagascar with community involvement are remaining relatively untouched despite the current political/social issues • Challenges for protected area management and REDD+ implementation at landscape scales are almost identical. Local level capacity building is essential to both. • Forest restoration can be done, but is technically challenging and much more expensive than stopping deforestation in the first place.
Some lessons…