This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known as ‘Malagasy customs’, within the context of foreign land acquisitions for mineral extraction. Fomba gasy is a concept intimately tied to land – as it provides a social, economic, existential, cultural, and ontological web, which ties past, present and future generations. Global or ‘western’ conceptualizations of heritage generally adopt a more static definition of land as their point of departure, wherein biodiversity or clearly demarcated ‘heritage sites’ become objects of frontier conservation. This vision directly conflicts with Malagasy conceptions and ontologies of fomba gasy – a concept inherently anchored in dynamic, material and inta...
This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different cate...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known ...
Conflict over property and resource rights is a common product of the convergence of biodiversity co...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
Qu’est-ce qui est à protéger et à transmettre de la forêt d’altitude d’Ankaratra, à Madagascar ? On ...
Most conservationists working in Madagascar recognise that if conservation goals are to be achieved,...
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimization strategies culminating in the curren...
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent...
Access to Land and to Natural Resources Management in Madagascar's Highlands. Customary Practices an...
La construction de la nature en patrimoine ne relève pas seulement d’actions de conservation des res...
The Malagasy practice of using trees to make history informs their attitudes toward nature and plays...
Ethnographic accounts of the implementation and impact of safeguarding measures upon the communities...
This paper explores local experiences of private - sector led community - based nature conservation ...
This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different cate...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
This article analyses Malagasy notions of land as heritage through the concept of fomba gasy, known ...
Conflict over property and resource rights is a common product of the convergence of biodiversity co...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
Qu’est-ce qui est à protéger et à transmettre de la forêt d’altitude d’Ankaratra, à Madagascar ? On ...
Most conservationists working in Madagascar recognise that if conservation goals are to be achieved,...
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimization strategies culminating in the curren...
This paper traces a genealogy of land access and legitimisation strategies culminating in the recent...
Access to Land and to Natural Resources Management in Madagascar's Highlands. Customary Practices an...
La construction de la nature en patrimoine ne relève pas seulement d’actions de conservation des res...
The Malagasy practice of using trees to make history informs their attitudes toward nature and plays...
Ethnographic accounts of the implementation and impact of safeguarding measures upon the communities...
This paper explores local experiences of private - sector led community - based nature conservation ...
This article examines discourses of indigeneity and rurality that define and classify different cate...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...