Community members of Maevatanimbary, Andranohobaka, and Ambarindahy

Planet Madagascar is a Community Conservation organization at its very core. All of our projects are implemented by Malagasy community members from the communities where we work. We employ community members as part of our fire management patrol team, our forest restoration team, and through a dynamic agroforestry co-operative we helped establish. We employ additional community members to cut and maintain our system of firebreaks, collect seeds, run tree nurseries, and to plant seedlings. We also work closely with community leaders (e.g. the Presidents of the communities) to implement our fire management, forest restoration, women’s development, and education programs.