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Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar

Madagascar is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet, the result of 160 million years of isolation from the African mainland. More than 80% of its species are not found anywhere else on Earth. However, this highly diverse flora and fauna is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and the island has been classified one of the world's highest conservation priorities.

Drawing on insights from geography, anthropology, sustainable development, political science and ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management in Madagascar provides a comprehensive assessment of the status of conservation and environmental management in Madagascar. It describes how conservation organisations have been experimenting with new forms of protected areas, community-based resource management, ecotourism, and payments for ecosystem services. But the country must also deal with pressing human needs. The problems of poverty, development, environmental justice, natural resource use and biodiversity conservation are shown to be interlinked in complex ways. Authors address key questions, such as who are the winners and losers in attempts to conserve biodiversity? And what are the implications of new forms of conservation for rural livelihoods and environmental justice?

Contents

Introduction: Conservation at the Crossroads Ivan Scales and Barry Ferguson

Part 1: The Biodiversity and Environmental History of Madagascar
1. Explaining Madagascar's Biodiversity Joerg Ganzhorn, Lucienne Wilme and Jean-Luc Mercier
2. Early Human Settlers and Impacts on Madagascar's Flora and Fauna Robert Dewar

Part 2: The History of Environmental Management in Madagascar: Myths, Narratives and Received Wisdoms
3. Deforestation in Madagascar: Debates over the Island's Forest Cover and Challenges of Measuring Forest Change Bill McConnell and Christian Kull
4. The Drivers of Deforestation and the Complexity of Land Use in Madagascar Ivan Scales
5. A Brief History of State-Led Forest Management Alain Bertrand and Pierre Montagne
6. The Roots, Persistence and Character of Madagascar's Conservation Boom Christian Kull

Part 3: From Parks to People and Back Again
7. The Transfer of Resources Management Rights to Local Communities Jacques Pollini, Neil Hockley, Frank Muttenzer and Bruno Ramamonjisoa
8. Conservation Politics in Madagascar: The Expansion of Protected Areas Catherine Corson
9. The Durban Vision in Practice: Lessons on Creating Protected Areas for Communities and for Biodiversity Malika Virah-Sawmy, Charlie Gardner and Bernardin Rasolonandrasana
10. Contrasting Visions of Nature Jeffrey Kaufmann

Part 4: Making Conservation Pay - Market-based Mechanisms and the Commodification of Madagascar's Nature
11. Ecotourism, Community Based Tourism and Voluntourism in Madagascar: Connections to Conservation and Development Barry Ferguson and Al Harris
12. The Political Economy of Bio-Prospecting in Madagascar Ben Neimark and Laura Tilghman
13. The Commodification of Madagascar's Forests? REDD+ and payments for Environmental Services Laura Brimont and Cecile Bidaud

Conclusion: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead: The Future of Conservation in Madagascar Barry Ferguson and Ivan Scales

About the author

Ivan Scales is Lecturer in Human Geography, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, UK. He has worked in Madagascar for ten years, including for the Tropical Biology Association.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Taylor & Francis Group / Informa UK Ltd 50000614 (SC: 40-64-32)
Pm Publisher	Earthscan
Pm Isbn 10	0415528763
Pm Isbn 13	9780415528764
Pm Publication Date	2016-03-18
Pm Width	156
Pm Height	23
Pm Author	Scales,Ivan R
Pm Longness	234

Key Info: 50 b/w photos, b/w illustrations and b/w maps; tables
Author: Scales,Ivan R
Page Count: 374
Publication Date: 2016-03-18