SuLaMa
Participatory research to support sustainable land management on the Mahafaly Plateau in South-western Madagascar
| Research question | How to reconcile biodiversity conservation and the maintenance and enhancement of ecosystem services/ functions with economic land management? |
Drivers | Non-sustainable land-use, climatic insecurities, overexploitation of natural resources, low economic development |
| Indicators | Forest fragmentation, endangered endemic animal and plant species, recurrent droughts and floods, soil erosion, loss of arable land, decreasing living standard of local people |
| Production systems | Small scale agronomy (crops and fruits), animal husbandry and forestry) |
| Measures | Participatory development of tools and strategies for a sustainable land management |
| Country | Madagascar |
| Study sites | Mahafaly Plateau sub-region in south-western Madagascar |
| Area | 7.500 km² |
| Duration | January 2011 to December 2015 |
