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ANNUAL REPORT MADAGASCAR 2016 2016 Annual Report WWF Madagascar © WWF Madagascar 2016 All rights reserved. Any reproduction of this publication in full or in part must mention the title and credit WWF. Published by: WWF Madagascar près lot II M 85 ter Antsakaviro B.P. 738 - Antananarivo 00101 +261 20 22 348 85 +261 34 49 888 05 [email protected] www.wwf.mg Credits : Cover photo: © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto Back cover photo : © WWF Madagascar ● Mangrove honey, a source of income CONTENT and a means to preserving resources 14-17 ● Zero deforestation, involvement of all 26-29 FOREWORD ............................................ 5 actors in the Menabe region MAP OF INTERVENTION ● Communities and civil society LANDSCAPES ......................................... 6 organizations; working together for the sustainable conservation of natural PRIORITY LANDSCAPES ........................7 resources SECONDARY LANDSCAPES .................. 8 THE MAHAFALY LAND AND ● Women, pillars of a successful THE NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE SEASCAPE conservation CHANNEL SEASCAPE © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto Tony © WWF Madagascar / © WWF Madagascar / Roland Eve ● Crab value chain, a golden opportunity ● Developing a sustainable and job- for the fishing communities in coastal ● The actors of the marine conservation creating octopus value chain in the areas in the Western Indian Ocean are southwest of Madagascar ● Sustainable fisheries, benefiting working together for a responsible oil and gas sector ● Income-generating seaweed farming humans and nature ● Aqualma, the first African ASC certified ● Supporting the sustainable 10-13 shrimp farm management of the wood energy value chain in the Mahafaly landscape ● The Comoros and Madagascar; exchanges to improve the management ● Leader civil society organizations in the of parks and marine sites Atsimo-Andrefana region ● The first four fisheries development 22-25 plans are signed by the communities of SOME MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AT Ambaro Bay NATIONAL LEVEL © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto Tony © WWF Madagascar / 18-21 ● Education about Sustainable Development for Malagasy youth ● A WWF-CARE alliance for Madagascar THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS SECONDARY LANDSCAPES .................31 LANDSCAPE ● Improved management: construction 2016 IN NUMBERS ............................... 33 © WWF Madagascar of infrastructures in national parks THE MANAMBOLO TSIRIBIHINA ● The management of the COMATSA 2016 FINANCIAL REPORT .................. 34 ● Madagascar is committed to the LAND AND SEASCAPE forest corridor is considered to be development of a program for Rakoto Tony © WWF Madagascar / effective sustainable access to electricity ● A new UNESCO Biosphere Reserve ● 50% of the COMATSA protected area is ● The national strategy for the managed by village communities ● Supporting the sustainable sustainable management of the wood management of mangroves by ● Forest patrol agents have adopted energy value chain is defined the communities of Manambolo the LEM / SMART tool for better ● Establishing resilient protected areas Tsiribihina monitoring and identification of offenses ● Strengthen the capacity of civil society ● Mangrove restoration, a civic for better governance and combat the responsibility led by young people and ● The Sava region consolidates the illegal exploitation of natural resources communities application of the ‘dina’ © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto FOREWORD According to experts, 2016 has been the warmest year on become a protected area and is a part of the Ambohimirahavavy record, but it is also the year that the Paris Agreement – a global Marivorahona protected area complex (CAPAM) which covers agreement to combat climate change – has entered into force. 537,465 ha. In addition, the Belo-sur-Mer-Kirindy Mite site, located in the Menabe region, has obtained the status of a For Madagascar, the environmental situation of 2016 has UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. mirrored that of the world – there were certainly some major challenges, but there were also some good future prospects to This year, the Aqualma farm of UNIMA, the largest producer which WWF is happy to have contributed with our partners. of farmed shrimp in Madagascar, obtained the ASC eco- certification for good social and environmental practices with According to the estimates of the 2016 Living Planet Report, the support of WWF. Madagascar could lose up to 30% of its species before the end of this century if we maintain the current rate at which we The concept of sustainable development is currently being use our natural resources. Lemurs are the most endangered integrated into the National Education Plan, to make our young mammals in the world. Presently, there is a threat on the people the builders of a future where harmony with nature © WWF Madagascar / Pauline Dame country for the suspension of international trade in wildlife due prevails. The Government of Madagascar is committed to taking to the ineffectiveness of the governance over the exploitation of into account the country’s natural ecosystems and establishing precious woods. In addition, the often uncontrolled and abusive them as a part of a green infrastructure network in its future exploitation of marine natural resources makes the lives of land use plan. coastal communities increasingly difficult. Indeed, 2016 has brought some good prospects for the future; HAND IN HAND WITH Hand in hand with local communities, we have developed and let us continue our joint efforts so that these prospects soon tested solutions to deforestation and to the degradation of become realities. LOCAL COMMUNITIES, natural resources: strengthening the management of protected areas through new tools and improved monitoring techniques; Thank you. establishing fisheries management plans at community level; WE HAVE DEVELOPED and enhancing natural resource management capacities of local communities. AND TESTED SOLUTIONS This year is the first year of the implementation of our 2016- 2020 strategic plan. With our partners, we have laid the TO DEFORESTATION AND groundwork for inclusive and integrated local development, placing natural capital at the center in each of the four priority TO THE DEGRADATION OF landscapes we work: the Mahafaly Plateau and its coastline, the Manambolo-Tsiribihina mangroves, the Northern Highlands NATURAL RESOURCES and the Northern Mozambique Channel area. Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana Two areas of high environmental importance to Madagascar Director WWF Madagascar have seen their protection status increased. In the Northern Highlands, the Marojejy-Anjanaharibe sud-Tsaratànana forest corridor (COMATSA), with an area of 318,087 ha, has officially 5 INTERVENTION The Northern Mozambique Channel Seascape LANDSCAPES TANZANIA GLORIOSO ISLANDS COMOROS Diégo-Suarez MAYOTTE WWF Landscapes MOZAMBIQUE Priority landscape Majunga Secondary landscape City The Northern Highlands Landscape Tamatave The Manambolo Tsiribihina Tananarive Land and Seascape MADAGASCAR Morondava MAURICE The Fandriana RÉUNION Vondrozo Corridor Tuléar The Mandrare Valley Landscape The Mahafaly Land and Seascape 6 Fort-Dauphin PRIORITY LANDSCAPES (PRIORITY ACTION AREAS FOR WWF ACTIVITIES IN 2016) The Mahafaly Land and Seascape The Northern Highlands Landscape The Mahafaly land and seascape hosts the Remote and rugged, the Northern Highlands largest intact block of spiny forest and the are one of the last stretches of Madagascar’s third largest coral reef in the world. This primary forest and are a biodiversity hotspot. spiny forest contains the highest percentage The Northern Highlands Landscape consists of endemic plant species in the country, with of several types of ecosystems dominated by 48% of the genera and 95% of the species a vast expanse of forests. More than 2,281 occurring nowhere else on earth. The coastal species have so far been identified, of which and marine ecosystem comprises rich coral 538 are endemic. reefs with diverse habitat with an estimated 6,000 reef-associated species. It is also a critical wildlife corridor and the headwaters of rivers flowing to both the The karst limestone of the Mahafaly Plateau western and eastern sides of Madagascar. and its labyrinth of underground water tunnels are home to endemic archaic blind fish species. © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto Tony © WWF Madagascar / © WWF Madagascar The Manambolo Tsiribihina Land and Seascape The Northern Mozambique Channel Seascape The Manambolo Tsiribihina Land and The Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) Seascape includes one of the largest and is one of the world’s outstanding marine most intact stretches of mangroves in and terrestrial biodiversity areas and a Madagascar. The mangroves along the coast biological reservoir for all the coastal areas of this landscape provide the region with of east Africa. It is also an area of strong important ecological services; serving as a economic potential for East Africa, through buffer against cyclones and rising sea levels tourism and industrial and artisanal fisheries and, more importantly, as a breeding ground development. for crabs, fish and shrimp. Mangroves also play a particularly important role in the fight against climate change because they capture carbon more effectively than most other forest types. © WWF Madagascar / Tony Rakoto Tony © WWF Madagascar / © WWF Canon Martin Harvey 7 SECONDARY LANDSCAPES (SECONDARY ACTION AREAS FOR WWF ACTIVITIES IN 2016) The Mandrare Valley Landscape Lying in the far South of the country, the Mandrare Valley has a unique environment encompassing humid forests, transitional humid-to-dry