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    Mapping The Connections:: The Population-Environment Lessons From Madagascar

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    The document discusses population and environmental issues in Madagascar based on a WWF mapping project. It summarizes that Madagascar has high biodiversity but also high population growth, poverty, and environmental degradation. The WWF project mapped connections between population factors like migration, education, and conservation areas in the Spiny Forest ecoregion. It identified challenges like deforestation, malnutrition, and climate impacts. WWF is undertaking initiatives in the region to promote conservation, climate adaptation, and energy-environment synergies.

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    The document discusses population and environmental issues in Madagascar based on a WWF mapping project. It summarizes that Madagascar has high biodiversity but also high population growth, poverty, and environmental degradation. The WWF project mapped connections between population factors like migration, education, and conservation areas in the Spiny Forest ecoregion. It identified challenges like deforestation, malnutrition, and climate impacts. WWF is undertaking initiatives in the region to promote conservation, climate adaptation, and energy-environment synergies.

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    Mapping The Connections:: The Population-Environment Lessons From Madagascar

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    The document discusses population and environmental issues in Madagascar based on a WWF mapping project. It summarizes that Madagascar has high biodiversity but also high population growth, poverty, and environmental degradation. The WWF project mapped connections between population factors like migration, education, and conservation areas in the Spiny Forest ecoregion. It identified challenges like deforestation, malnutrition, and climate impacts. WWF is undertaking initiatives in the region to promote conservation, climate adaptation, and energy-environment synergies.

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    MAPPING THE CONNECTIONS:

    The Population-Environment
    Lessons from Madagascar

    Photo: https://www.telegraph.co.uk
    Presentation Outline
    ♣About Madagascar
    ♣Madagascar Ecoregions
    ♣WWF Mapping Project
    ♣Current Population-Environment Dynamics
    Republic of Madagascar
    Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org
    Location Map of Madagascar

    Photo: https://www.afrikalovers.com Photo: https://www.pinterest.ph


    ♣ Total area of 592,800 km2 with 6 ecoregions
    ♣ Biodiversity hotspot
    ♣ 90% of the 10,000 native plants in the country could not be
    found anywhere in the world
    ♣ One of the 17 “megadiverse” countries in the world
    ♣One of the poorest country in the world
    Photo: https://blog.constancehotels.com

    Photo: https://historum.com
    2001 Demographics

    ♣ 16.4 million population as of 2001


    ♣ Projected population growth of 2.8%
    between 2000 and 2005
    ♣ Projected fertility rate of 5.8 children
    per woman for the period 2000–2005
    ♣ Only 10% of married women use
    modern contraceptive methods,
    lower than 20% use any at all
    ♣ Approximately 40% of women over
    the age of 15 are illiterate
    Photo: https://afktravel.com
    Madagascar Ecoregions

    Photo: https://blog.constancehotels.com
    Map of Terrestrial Ecoregion WWF Mapping Project

    Source: https://www.researchgate.net Photo: WWF, USA


    Spiny Forest Ecoregion: Biodiversity and Population Profile
    ♣ Covers more than 65,000 km2 in Southern
    and Southwestern Madagascar
    ♣ 95% of plants are endemic
    ♣ Highest concentration of baobab species in
    the world
    ♣ Fauna include Radiated tortoise, Grandidier’s
    mongoose, and lemur species and
    subspecies, including some found only in the
    ecoregion (e.g. gray-brown mouse lemur)
    ♣ 75% of all medicinal plants used by
    communities in Madagascar come from this
    ecoregion
    ♣ Priority areas for bird conservation
    ♣ Three protected areas
    Photo: https://theconversation.com
    WWF Mapping Project

    Photo: https://wwf.panda.org
    WWF Spiny Forest Ecoregion Mapping Project
    ♣ Project covered 66,128 kilometer2 in Southern and Southwestern
    Madagascar
    ♣ Goal: To identify the connections and interactions between population
    and biodiversity at the ecoregion level

    Photo: https://historum.com Photo: https://historum.com Photo: https://www.telegraph.co.uk


    Conservation Priority Areas Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Population Growth Rate Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Migration Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Urbanization Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Female Literacy Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Health and Literacy Intervention Map

    Source:
    WWF, USA
    Current Population-Environment Dynamics

    Photo: https://www.newsecuritybeat.org
    2020 Demographics 2020 Population Pyramid
    ♣ Population 27.69 million as of
    July 1, 2020
    ♣ Population Density: 45.89
    people per km2
    ♣ Population Growth Rate:
    2.68% per year
    ♣ Fertility Rate: 4.11 births per
    woman
    ♣ Literacy Rate: 80%
     88% for male
     73% for female

    Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com
    Source: https://images.populationpyramid.net
    Challenges in the Social Context
    ♣ 4th highest rate of chronic malnutrition
    ♣ Estimated 1.4 million children dropped
    out of primary school in 2012
    ♣ 13% have access to electricity

    Photo: https://madagascar.co.uk

    Photo: https://www.rtbf.be
    Photo: https://www.power-technology.com
    Challenges in the Environmental Context

    ♣ Rapid deterioration of forests


    ♣ 3 cyclones per year

    Photo: https://theconversation.com

    Photo: https://www.jenmansafaris.com Photo: https://news.mongabay.com


    Initiatives Undertaken by WWF

    ♣ Energy Environment Synergy


    Programme in Southwest
    Madagascar
    ♣ Spiny Forest Ecoregion Photo: https://www.wwf.mg

    Conservation Program
    ♣ Climate Change Adaptation
    Program

    Photo: https://www.wwf.mg
    THANK YOU
    Ma. Raysolyn Natividad

    Photo: https://makeagif.com/gif/exploring-the-island-of-lemurs-madagascar
    References:
    1. WWF Conservation Strategies Unit. Mapping the Connections: Population-Environment
    Lessons from Madagascar. 2002. WWF. Washington, DC, USA
    2. Madagascar. September 14, 2020. https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/madagascar
    3. Madagascar Overview. July 31. 2020. The World Bank in Madagascar.
    https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/madagascar/overview
    4. Madagascar Spiny Thickets. https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions
    5. Madagascar. https://wikitravel.org/en/Madagascar
    6. Madagascar Population. https://worldpopulationreview.com
    7. Madagascar Population Pyramid. https://www.populationpyramid.net/madagascar
    8. Madagascar. https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/madagascar
    9. Energy-Environment Synergy In Southwest Madagascar. WWF.
    https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org

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