Madagascar

Reforestation Project

Project Overview

Location
Mahajanga, Madagascar
Tree Species
  • Ceriops tagal
  • Avicennia marina
  • Rhizophora mucronata
Project Status
complete (2023-07)
Forestry Partner
Eden Projects

About The Project

Madagascar, due to its isolation from the rest of the world, has tremendous biodiversity and high rates of endemic species. 80% of the species of Madagascar are endemic to that country. That constitutes 200,000 species that exist nowhere else on earth.

Madagascar is one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. More than 80 percent of the forests are gone, half of them since the late 1950s. 90% of Madagascar's endemic species live or heavily rely on the forest. If deforestation continues all of the species will be threatened.

Eden has already planted thousands of hectares that are growing into healthy forest systems. Wild animals are returning to the restored forests. The flooding and erosion below the new forests have largely stopped. The underground aquifers are filling up again because the forest sponges are back, and the forests are capturing massive amounts carbon. Still, work significant remains to be done.

  

SDGs

This project qualifies for the following UN Sustainable Development Goals. Click each goal to learn more.

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