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Securing Tenure, Forests and Livelihoods in Madagascar and Cameroon: Key findings on local tenure systems in Madagascar

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Securing Tenure, Forests and Livelihoods in Madagascar and Cameroon is a participatory action research project designed to develop tools that enable forest landscape restoration (FLR) programme managers, practitioners and policymakers to have a better understanding of how community tenure systems operate, as well as when, how and for whom they deliver tenure security. Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the project compares community tenure systems in Madagascar and Cameroon, two African countries investing in tenure reform and FLR. This factsheet presents key findings from the project’s Madagascar component, summarizing the main tenure patterns in our two study sites: the Ambatoben’Anjavy and Sadjoavato Communes in northern Madagascar.

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