A sneak peek at Lac Alaotra and beyond

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MadagascarÃ¢Â€Â™s largest lake is located in the Northern Central Plateau in the province of Toamasina. Yet another fragile habitat for one of a kind biodiversity, one can only imagine a vast landscape of openwater, reedbeds, marshes and the picturesque Malagasy rice paddies.

Under the Ramsar convention of 2003, an international treaty aiming to conserve and ensures sustainable utilisation of wetlands, this great lake was classified as a wetland of international importance. Stretching afar, on a scientific stand point, it is another addition to the countless irreplaceable sites of endemic biodiversity in Madagascar.The lake hosts the endemic Alaotra Gentle Lemur now limited to 220km2, it is also the habitat for numerous water birds, amongst which is the endangered MellerÃ¢Â€Â™s duck, the list of rare species found there is simply endless. In addition, just a few weeks ago, a new carnivorous mammal the Durrell's vontsira was discovered in the lakeÃ¢Â€Â™s vicinity.

Focusing on the domestic importance of the lake, its conservation is undoubtedly priceless. Lac Alaotra is surrounded by fertile grounds making it one of MadagascarÃ¢Â€Â™s most important rice-production regions. Once heavily forested it has now become essential grounds for farmland. Sadly agricultural exploitations have rendered the lake and its surroundings to unstable and menacing conditions for fauna and flora survival. These destructive cultivation methods require the clearing by fire of vast stretches of land for agriculture use. Despite its known and witnessed destructive consequences these methods remain frequently used. Amongst several other reasons: firstly due to population increase, people are forced into short term cultivation by clearing. Secondly, these agricultural methods are maintained because they were inherited by ancestors, thus it is "taboo" to end its use, by fear of curses by ancestors. In addition, fishing, grazing, hunting and charcoal productions are also imminent threats.

Meanwhile the environment continues to be victimised. Once more we are met with the conservation controversy, where economic and social aspects of an endangered area must be accounted for. This is nevertheless remediable, as realistic conservation projects have been drafted to benefit both the community and the environment. One closest illustration would be VakanÃ¢Â€Â™alaÃ¢Â€Â™s project in its pilot site, located in the Ihorombe region, rural district of Ranohira Menamaty-Iloto, South Western region of Madagascar where the NGO plans to regenerate and protect remnant of a primary forest, whilst developing the rural community that surrounds the site. The rural development consists or the construction of school to provide the fundamental component of sustainable development as well as the construction of a water well to provide clean water source to ensure for an adequate standard of living.

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