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Deforestation In Madagascar
Map of Madagascar
Source: http://www.ganeandmarshall.com/images/map/Madagascar.jpg
What led to Deforestation ?
Colonial ruling
Traditional practices
Weak Government
Thesis
The ongoing environmental issue of deforestation could be prevented by educating sustainable use of resources through better agricultural practices, stronger government policies and efforts to reduce the country’s poverty
Slash and Burn
Why do farmers practice slash and burn ?
How dose this unsustainable practice play’s a role in
deforestation ?
Slash and burn agriculture is also affecting ecosystems
Source: http://www.prixpictet.com/assets/madagascar-ed-kashi-19-690x460.jpg
How has the government played a role ?
Unconstitutional change of government in 2009 led to huge economical loss in conversational founding and tourism from international countries.
Political conflicts increases illegal logging
Did the government itself encourage illegal logging? How so?
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One of the world’s poorest countries !
How do most of the people survive on a daily basis?
92% of its entire population living in poverty (The World Bank, 2013).
How is the population’s dependence on the land causing an issues ?
Source: http
://www.tradingeconomics.com/madagascar/poverty-headcount-ratio-at-dolla
r2-a-day-ppp-percent-of-population-wb-data.html
Possible Solutions
Changing the way the government approaches the deforestation issue
Enforced conservation programs by the government that educates farmers on sustainable agriculture
Promote stronger property rights
References
Clark, M. (2012).Deforestation in Madagascar: Consequences of Population Growth and Unsustainable Agricultural Processes. Global Majority E-Journal,3(1), 1-71. Retrieved from http://www.cas.american.edu/cas/economics/ejournal/upload/Global_Majority_e_Journal_3_1.pdf#page=61
Jarosz, L. (1993). Defining and explaining tropical deforestation: shifting cultivation and population growth in colonial Madagascar (1896-1940). Economic Geography, 69, 4, 366-79. DOI: 10.2307/143595
Kull, C. A. (2002). Madagascar aflame: Landscape burning as peasant protest, resistance, or a resource management tool? Political Geography, 21(7), 927-953. DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(02)00054-9
Klein, J. (2002). Deforestation in the Madagascar Highlands – Established “truth” and scientific uncertainty. GeoJournal, 56(3), 191-199. DOI: 10.1023/a:1025187422687
Randriamalala, H., & Zhou, L. (2010). Rosewood of Madagascar: Between democracy and conservation. Madagascar Conservation & Development, 5(1), 11-22.
Rahman, S. A., Rahman, M. F., & Sunderland, T. (2012). Causes and consequences of shifting cultivation and its alternative in the hill tracts of eastern Bangladesh. Agroforestry Systems. DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9422-3
The World Bank, (2013). Madagascar: Measuring the Impact of the Political Crisis. Rtrieved from: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/06/05/madagascar-measuring-the-impact-of-the-political-crisis
Questions for discussion
Do you know of any other country or countries experiencing deforestation in extreme levels a Madagascar?
What might be a suggestion to the government or people of Madagascar?
Of the two, which do you believe had a grater effect on the continent’s deforestation problems? And why?
A. Government policies
B. Traditional practices
Which of the two problems above do you think is more difficult to address and why?