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Saving the Tsingy Forests in Madagascar
Article from Mongabay.com
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Mongabay (2009).
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An article by Kara Moses about a proposed project of Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar (BCM) to protect the Beanka tsingy, 75km east of Maintirano. Published 17 August 2009.
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After the success of their Sahafina Forest project, Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar is now branching out to the tsingy forest of Beanka, a project set to launch in October this year.
Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar (BCM) has been granted a 25-year lease on a 14,000-hectare area of dry hardwood forest, the Beanka tsingy, situated 75 km east of Maintirano in western Madagascar.
'Tsingy' are spectacular razor-sharp limestone pinnacles found on the west and north of the island, formed by acidic rain erosion. The deciduous forests that inhabit them are characterized by high plant and animal endemism.
The Beanka forest plays a crucial role in water regulation for the region but is under constant threat from fire and illegal hunting; a common story throughout western Madagascar.
The Malagasy organization plans to apply the same principles here – protection of the forest, socio-economic development and forest restoration – that brought them success with their last project, the 2,500-hectare forest block of Sahafina on Madagascar’s east coast.
BCM’s approach to conservation rests on one basic truth: as long as people have nothing to eat they will continue to exploit the forest, thereby causing its doom. The organization aims to help local people improve their standard of living through education; and believes the best way to achieve this is by recruiting them as partners.
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