#Kew_Madagascar is currently working with 400 households to maintain and protect the 114 ha of restoration land from fire in the Menabe Antimena Protected Area #Menabe_Region USAID Madagascar #USAID_Mikajy @TeamKMCC

V good to see how 🇬🇧 organisations Kew Gardens @TeamKMCC & Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust are working to conserve the precious #Menabe forest in western #Madagascar - supported by USAID Madagascar & @Darwin_Defra

#Dioscorea bako, one of the yams tubers most consumed by communities in Menabe Antimena. Harvest of a beneficiary household of the yam project in #Kiboy #Morondava #AprilTrust @Darwin_Defra @TeamKMCC

A jewel of #Madagascar & biodiversity being destroyed before our eyes. Collective horror at seeing ongoing deforestation when over-flying #Menabe Antimena Protected Area, including renown Kirindy Forest, with 🇲🇬 Ministers, local officials & diplomatic colleagues last week. 1/

Solutions? Last week's forum, led by #Menabe Governor & 🇲🇬 Environment Minister Baomiavotse Vahinala Raharinirina, heard calls for: - more support for those protecting the forest, incl. local communities - improved security - prosecution of those funding deforestation - better managed migration 4/

03 days of firefighting in the south of Kirindy village #Menabe_Antimena_Area_Protected #Kew_Madagasca #CNFEREF #Fanamby #KMFFA #VOI_Kirindy #Communauté_Kirindy @TeamKMCC

The fire has been control since yesterday. The post-fire verification was carried out this morning with Kirindy's VOIs. @TeamKMCC

Dioscorea bemarivensis #Dioscoreales #Dioscoreacea collecting in the dry forest of #Analalava #Sofia_Region, endemic species of #Madagascar #AprilTrust @Darwin_Defra @TeamKMCC

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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in SuperiorNF was designated a dark sky sanctuary in 2020. It's 1 of just 15 sanctuaries worldwide & was the first federally designated wilderness area to be named. #DarkSkyWeek fs.usda.gov/detail/superio…

Take time to #thankafirefighter today.

#DidYouKnow that the Forest Service can tell you how much carbon is stored in the trees in your county? Scientists quantify forest landscapes using field crews & the latest technology. fs.usda.gov/features/fores…

#Vascular_Arabiscular_Michoryz (VAM), can naturally improve plant growth, health and survival

Hard work and positive result #collaboration between #Mitsinjo_Association_Andasibe team and #USFS #Madagascar

Day 2 of our training: after a nice community day out, where our participants got to interact directly with communities, we are back in the room to discuss principles of social safeguards, how it differs from concepts of poverty reduction and sust development.

Root growth remarkable result: Improved nursery seedling production technique (left) vs classic production technique (right) #United_States_Forest_Service_IP_Madagascar Madagasikara Voakajy #Association_Mitsinjo #DBEV_Université_Antananarivo #SNGF #MNP #MEDD #Andasibe #Madagascar

Root development of seedling ensures a high degree of adaptability and a high survival rate after outplanting #USFS_Madagascar

#Jeune_plante de qualité signifie partie aérienne et partie souteraine bien dévéloppées, facteur clé de la resussite de reboisement. #Association_Mitsinjo_Andasibe #United_States_Forest_Service Madagascar