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A cautionary note for forest landscape restoration in drylands: cattle production systems in northwest Madagascar’s dry forests

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Title A cautionary note for forest landscape restoration in drylands: cattle production systems in northwest Madagascar’s dry forests
 
Creator Randrianasolo, R.
Ranjatson, P.
McLain, R.
Nomenjanahary, A.R.F.
Manasoa, C.G.O.
 
Subject forest rehabilitation
landscape conservation
ecological restoration
livelihoods
forestry
 
Description Multiple global initiatives are underway to restore the world’s forests, and more recently, its rangeland ecosystems. Tenure security has been identified as a key enabling factor for successful restoration initiatives. However, in Madagascar, a global biodiversity hotspot, dry forests are considered unoccupied and unowned, even where communities have long-established claims under customary tenure systems. Collective tenure recognition efforts are underway, but limited knowledge on agropastoralist cattle production strategies hampers efforts to develop well-informed tenure reforms. Our qualitative study helps fill this knowledge gap by documenting cattle raising strategies among agropastoralists in northwestern Madagascar, as well as the core elements of semi-extensive and extensive pasturelands. Our analysis reveals the presence of four distinct cattle raising strategies in the study area but suggests that cattle raisers are transitioning away from extensive cattle production toward semi-extensive and intensive alternatives in response to high risk of cattle theft and expanding human settlement. Although our study focuses on Madagascar, the issues we raise are relevant to ongoing efforts throughout sub-Saharan Africa to engage agropastoralists in dry forest restoration and support their livelihoods.
 
Date 2022-04-03
2022-07-25T05:28:55Z
2022-07-25T05:28:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Randrianasolo, R., Ranjatson, P., McLain, R., Nomenjanahary, A. and Manasoa, C.G.O. 2022. A cautionary note for forest landscape restoration in drylands: cattle production systems in northwest Madagascar’s dry forests. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059706
1472-8028
2164-3075
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120258
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059706
https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2022.2059706
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Forests, Trees and Livelihoods