Madagascar

Community Involvement

Involving communities in restoring both the ecological and productive functions of landscapes and implementing agroforestry measures contribute to improved livelihood, food security, jobs creation and biodiversity protection.

Intersectoral and multi-Stakeholder involvement

Madagascar has set up a FLR platform that integrates all categories of actors (ministries/departments, universities, research institutions, civil organizations and the private sector) working in landscape and forest restoration.  This structure constitutes a space for sharing the tools developed during the first phase of the FLR process, and the general assemblies of the platform are also opportunities for the exchange of good practices and research results under the coordination of the national FLR committee. The platform is not only operational at the national level but also at the sub-national levels, there is the setting up and/or revamping of regional FLR platforms.

Design and production of tools to support the FLR process

Several tools have been developed to support the different categories of actors in the implementation of restoration activities.

A coordinating mechanism/platform

In order to oversee the implementation of Madagascar's commitment to landscape and forest restoration across sectors and other entities, the National Committee for Landscape and Forest Restoration (CNRPF) has been steering the process since 2015 through several mechanisms including the development of tools to support stakeholders.  
Landscape and forest restoration is not the sole responsibility of an agency or ministry, but the responsibility of everyone. Landscapes encompass vast areas and cut across political and social boundaries. Because of this, the County and National government, universities, NGOs, community groups, and the private sector will all need to be involved if we are to reverse the direction of ecosystem degradation and live in a more verdant, resilient and productive world.

Capacity building

In relation to the governance of actors in the FLR process, particularly in terms of capacity building of categories of actors, tools have been produced (see above) to facilitate the transfer of useful knowledge according to the needs of the types of actors involved in restoration projects.
The new FLR projects, under different funding, have also benefited from FLR capacity building at the beginning and even during their implementation period.
In addition, given the close relationship between the effect of climate change and land degradation, the intensification of awareness raising and capacity building sessions is scheduled in the planning of projects working in the FLR process in Madagascar.

Partnership

Partnership management in the governance of the FLR process is very important in finding the necessary means towards achieving the commitment to landscape and forest restoration. Partnerships and resource mobilization include rationalizing engagement with partners, overcoming fragmentation and systematically tapping into increasing finance opportunities, comprising climate finance.