Antananarivo, July 7, 2022 – Madagascar Biodiversity and Protected Areas Fund (FAPBM) and Madagascar National Parks (MNP) presented on July 7 the results of a study on the economic contribution of Madagascar’s protected areas, carried out with the support from f KfW and the USAID Hay Tao project. In Madagascar, the economic and social importance of our protected areas is unknown or largely underestimated. This lack of knowledge often leads to the questioning of the usefulness of protected areas. Should we maintain our protected areas? If so, for what reasons? The white paper, a synthesis of the study, provides some answers. The study quantified each of the services and products of nature provided by Madagascar’s protected areas on a local, national and global scale: water, wildlife protection, climate regulation, etc. Entitled “Our protected areas are vital for our development“, this document is aimed at the major stakeholders of the nation …
“Our protected areas are vital to our development”, Results of the study on the economic contribution of Madagascar’s Protected Areas
