Madagascar’s diverse marine ecosystems serve as critical biodiversity habitats and are also essential to the livelihoods, food security and culture of coastal people, including semi-nomadic Vezo fishers based along the southwest coast. Commercialisation of their traditional fisheries, rapid coastal population growth related to unmet family planning needs, and lack of alternatives to fishing in this arid region are resulting in the unsustainable exploitation of coastal resources. In response to these challenges, marine conservation organisation Blue Ventures has developed an approach to community-based conservation and development that reflects the inextricable links between humans, their health and the environment. We describe how this mode...
This paper explores local experiences of private-sector led community-based nature conservation near...
Situated on the southeast coast of Madagascar, Sainte Luce is a fishing village bordering some of th...
Traditional taboos and social contracts played an important role in managing the Manambolomaty RAMSA...
Since 2004, the creation of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) in Madagascar has exponentially inc...
The Bay of Ranobe, in southwest Madagascar, once noted for its high biodiversity and fish abundance,...
With over 5,500 km of coastline spanning more than 14 degrees of latitude, Madagascar boasts a diver...
In order to ensure the sustainable management of reef fisheries, it is necessary to obtain data abou...
This article explores the socio-cultural aspects of community-based management of natural resources ...
The study conducted in Madagascar explores on the diversification of livelihoods in Madagascar was c...
Without an adequate understanding of the socio-political context in which a natural environment is e...
ABSTRACTAware that humans and nature are inseparably linked many organisations in Madagascar support...
Better integration of social and natural science activities seems to be the key to improve the effic...
The history of conservation policy and practice in Madagascar over the last 30 years shows that the ...
RésuméDans le sud-ouest de Madagascar, la pêche traditionnelle pratiquée par la communauté vezo est ...
Biodiversity conservation in post-colonial contexts typically takes a form of state-imposed protecte...
This paper explores local experiences of private-sector led community-based nature conservation near...
Situated on the southeast coast of Madagascar, Sainte Luce is a fishing village bordering some of th...
Traditional taboos and social contracts played an important role in managing the Manambolomaty RAMSA...
Since 2004, the creation of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) in Madagascar has exponentially inc...
The Bay of Ranobe, in southwest Madagascar, once noted for its high biodiversity and fish abundance,...
With over 5,500 km of coastline spanning more than 14 degrees of latitude, Madagascar boasts a diver...
In order to ensure the sustainable management of reef fisheries, it is necessary to obtain data abou...
This article explores the socio-cultural aspects of community-based management of natural resources ...
The study conducted in Madagascar explores on the diversification of livelihoods in Madagascar was c...
Without an adequate understanding of the socio-political context in which a natural environment is e...
ABSTRACTAware that humans and nature are inseparably linked many organisations in Madagascar support...
Better integration of social and natural science activities seems to be the key to improve the effic...
The history of conservation policy and practice in Madagascar over the last 30 years shows that the ...
RésuméDans le sud-ouest de Madagascar, la pêche traditionnelle pratiquée par la communauté vezo est ...
Biodiversity conservation in post-colonial contexts typically takes a form of state-imposed protecte...
This paper explores local experiences of private-sector led community-based nature conservation near...
Situated on the southeast coast of Madagascar, Sainte Luce is a fishing village bordering some of th...
Traditional taboos and social contracts played an important role in managing the Manambolomaty RAMSA...