Restoring a forest is not limited to planting trees.
INDRI and TBSE organized a workshop on February 11, 2026 in Fort-Dauphin, as part of the #Demand4Restoration ( #D4R ) project. 38 stakeholders from the Anôsy region met to discuss local needs in terms of forest restoration.
🌳 In Antalaha, restoration solutions grow from the ground up 🌱
On Dec 18, 2025, the #Demand4Restoration project gathered local communities, scientists, and institutions to discuss how to make forest restoration in Madagascar more effective and inclusive.
#Madagascar #Restoration #Ecology #D4R
View on the east side of the Ambanitaza restoration site
Image of the landscape in Ambatomironkona
View of Antanambao John restoration site
View of the Macolline Antalaha, from the north
Planting is not enough. 🌳
Among the key factors that determine the success of #restoration projects are:
✅ Clear land rights
✅ Genuine involvement of local communities.
This is the conclusion reached by the #D4R teams in the #SAVA region, based on a study of 7 sites.
🌳Since June 2025, #D4R teams have been travelling across SAVA, Boeny and soon Anosy.
🌱They are assessing the fauna, flora, soils and socio-economic impacts of reforestation to understand its successes and limitations.
👉In the long run, the objective is to develop a national restoration guide.
IISD Debt Lead spoke on @gdp-center.bsky.social panel 'Redesigning the System: Proposals for International Debt Architecture Reform' alongside top experts from research, policy & financial institutions, & presented the #D4R initiative, a proposal to reform international debt architecture
One goal of #D4R: test if aligning restoration with local demand improves social + ecological outcomes.
Tropical Biodiversity & Social Enterprise (TBSE) is helping put this into practice — planting 4M native trees with 14 local community associations in Anosy, Madagascar.
Rambling thoughts on #D4R, scale, speed, complexity, rugged capacity for change: http://bit.ly/b7OigK
Major flaw w/ #D4R thinking is tends to start from an incomplete model of how current system works+ therefore offers a surreal alternative.
