After more than three decades of describing, explaining, and tackling deforestation in Madagascar, the problem persists. Why do researchers, practitioners, politicians, and farmers remain perplexed about this problem? This essay offers that our collective thinking of the past three decades has inadvertently perpetuated three myths. The first is that farmers are central agents of deforestation. The second is that the Malagasy state has the capacity and willingness to address the problem. And the third is that Madagascar is unique, especially relative to the rest of Africa. This essay examines each of these established ‘truths’ in an effort to overcome deforestation and all the degradation – environmental, social, and economic – that accompan...
Bending the curve on biodiversity loss will require increased conservation funding and a wiser resou...
The Forest and the Sakalava Animal Raisers of Menabe, Madagascar. The problem of landclearing in Me...
It is a pleasure to introduce the second in what promises, and deserves, to be a long series of this...
After more than three decades of describing, explaining, and tackling deforestation in Madagascar, t...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
The history of conservation policy and practice in Madagascar over the last 30 years shows that the ...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
Worldwide, forests provide a wide variety of resources to rural inhabitants, and especially to the p...
Les efforts de conservation nationale et internationale à Madagascar se sont graduellement intensifi...
This research is based on the observation of a dysfunction in aid for development and conservation. ...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
This research is based on the observation of a dysfunction in aid for development and conservation. ...
Natural resource management problems typically involve a multitude of stakeholders with diverse sets...
Conservation in Madagascar has seen some notable advances over the last two decades; massive policy ...
As the Copenhagen negotiations on the form of post Kyoto mechanisms to tackle climate change approac...
Bending the curve on biodiversity loss will require increased conservation funding and a wiser resou...
The Forest and the Sakalava Animal Raisers of Menabe, Madagascar. The problem of landclearing in Me...
It is a pleasure to introduce the second in what promises, and deserves, to be a long series of this...
After more than three decades of describing, explaining, and tackling deforestation in Madagascar, t...
In the imagination of people worldwide, the island of Madagascar is synonymous with beautiful rainfo...
The history of conservation policy and practice in Madagascar over the last 30 years shows that the ...
In conservation discourse Madagascar is often portrayed as an environmental battleground; over 80% ...
Worldwide, forests provide a wide variety of resources to rural inhabitants, and especially to the p...
Les efforts de conservation nationale et internationale à Madagascar se sont graduellement intensifi...
This research is based on the observation of a dysfunction in aid for development and conservation. ...
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar\u27s colonial period i...
This research is based on the observation of a dysfunction in aid for development and conservation. ...
Natural resource management problems typically involve a multitude of stakeholders with diverse sets...
Conservation in Madagascar has seen some notable advances over the last two decades; massive policy ...
As the Copenhagen negotiations on the form of post Kyoto mechanisms to tackle climate change approac...
Bending the curve on biodiversity loss will require increased conservation funding and a wiser resou...
The Forest and the Sakalava Animal Raisers of Menabe, Madagascar. The problem of landclearing in Me...
It is a pleasure to introduce the second in what promises, and deserves, to be a long series of this...