FAPBM has signed a financing agreement under the Strengthening Support Fund (FAR) with DELC in favour of the Bombetoka protected area (Western Madagascar, Boeny Region). With an amount of MGA 9,412,470, it concerns the organization of the national validation of the PAG (Development and Management Plan) and the ESMP (Environmental and Social Management Plan) of the protected area.
As the Bombetoka PA will be a future beneficiary of the FAPBM’s annual grants from 2023, this national validation is one of the FAPBM’s requirements for the effectiveness of its funding. Since the manager’s resources are insufficient to carry out the activity, the FAPBM’s funds will fill the gap. The activity is crucial and relevant because it will improve the quality of the documents and bring them into line with the requirements of the MEDD and the partners. The completion of this validation will additionally allow the manager to have the reference documents necessary for the good management of the NAP for the next five years, in order to ensure its sustainability.
As a reminder, the PAG defines the land use map of the protected area; the ESMP declares the commitments and principles of environmental and social safeguards of the protected area to ensure negative environmental and social impacts are avoided or, when unavoidable, minimized and properly mitigated. Their validation process may be subject to a FAR application to FAPBM under conditions that can be requested at: mail@fapbm.org
