Elargir et Consolider le Réseau des Aires Marines Protégées de Madagascar

The GEF6-MPA project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) with WWF, seeks to expand Madagascar's marine protected areas by over one million hectares. The document outlines the safeguards required to manage environmental and social risks, specifically focusing on the restriction of resource access for local communities. It defines a four-component strategy: establishing a representative network of MPAs/LMMAs, creating a robust enabling environment through regulatory updates, improving site-level management efficiency to support sustainable development, and implementing a knowledge management and monitoring system. A key mechanism is the Action Plan for Resource Access Restriction (PARAR), designed to provide alternative livelihoods for affected persons (PAPs) before restrictions are imposed. The project is classified as Category B by WWF, meaning it has moderate, localized, and reversible impacts. The framework also details a four-level grievance redress mechanism ranging from amicable settlement to judicial recourse.

• The GEF6-MPA project aims to ensure that "la biodiversité et la productivité marines de Madagascar soient gérées efficacement par le biais d’un réseau national durable et résilient d’AMPs", contributing to the Sydney Promise to triple the area of MPAs.
• The project is structured into four main components: establishing an extended network of MPAs and LMMAs, building a robust enabling environment, strengthening management efficiency and sustainable development at the site level, and managing knowledge, monitoring, and evaluation.
• The project targets the addition of more than one million hectares of MPAs/LMMAs to the existing network, which currently covers approximately one million hectares (about 4% of territorial waters and coastal ecosystems).
• WWF has classified the project as Category B, indicating that environmental and social risks are generally "spécifiques aux sites, non significatifs et réversibles".
• Certain activities are ineligible for funding, including those causing physical displacement of populations, major land conflicts, significant negative impacts on cultural sites, or infrastructure construction/rehabilitation exceeding 5,000 USD.
• The Action Plan for Resource Access Restriction (PARAR) is required when the creation or extension of MPAs/LMMAs restricts community access to resources. It mandates that alternative livelihoods must be provided before restrictions are implemented.
• The project identifies specific vulnerable groups based on human development criteria, such as lack of permanent income, precarious nutrition, and inability to send children to school, as well as social criteria like gender and age.
• A four-level grievance resolution process is established: 1) amicable settlement between parties, 2) mediation via the 'dina' (social convention) or local notables, 3) independent mediation/arbitration, and 4) administrative or judicial recourse.
• Public consultations conducted in the DIANA and Atsimo Andrefana regions and the Baie d'Antongil revealed concerns regarding the lack of a legal regime for LMMAs, corruption, and tensions between the MEDD and MAEP over mangrove management.

APA

WWF International (2019). Elargir et Consolider le Réseau des Aires Marines Protégées de Madagascar. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/z2nqb4gm6_Madagascar_GEF6_MPA_CGES_CP_05Nov2019.pdf?_ga=2.45372012.953394998.1654529745-938408607.1653319523&_gac=1.27768142.1654016287.Cj0KCQjw-daUBhCIARIsALbkjSb-JRPL-s6JZu0N2spk_50hfDA_H8sesSXf0sVH8CuBkghecyFvnCIaAnFMEALw_wcB

Chicago

WWF International. Elargir et Consolider le Réseau des Aires Marines Protégées de Madagascar. 2019. https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/z2nqb4gm6_Madagascar_GEF6_MPA_CGES_CP_05Nov2019.pdf?_ga=2.45372012.953394998.1654529745-938408607.1653319523&_gac=1.27768142.1654016287.Cj0KCQjw-daUBhCIARIsALbkjSb-JRPL-s6JZu0N2spk_50hfDA_H8sesSXf0sVH8CuBkghecyFvnCIaAnFMEALw_wcB.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2019elargir, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Elargir et Consolider le Réseau des Aires Marines Protégées de Madagascar}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://files.worldwildlife.org/wwfcmsprod/files/Publication/file/z2nqb4gm6_Madagascar_GEF6_MPA_CGES_CP_05Nov2019.pdf?_ga=2.45372012.953394998.1654529745-938408607.1653319523&_gac=1.27768142.1654016287.Cj0KCQjw-daUBhCIARIsALbkjSb-JRPL-s6JZu0N2spk_50hfDA_H8sesSXf0sVH8CuBkghecyFvnCIaAnFMEALw_wcB}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }