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January 2025

Talking about sustainable environment, education, development in Southeast Madagascar.

Banner Image  Caption - Senior Community Liaison Officer for the Ala Programme Manoary stands in what was a mahampy reed wetland, near to forest fragment S8..JPG
Madagascar

Madagascar on Fire… climate change the arsonist?

By Paul Allen and Charlie Reid January 23, 2025

While global news focused on the wildfires in Los Angeles, fires were raging much closer to SEED’s home in Madagascar. Record-breaking dry weather and unseasonably strong winds created ideal conditions for wildfires here, devastating much of our Ala Programme forest corridors. Persistent dry weather here threatens the safety and livelihoods of already vulnerable, under-resourced communities, as as we look ahead to what is likely to be another difficult year for Madagascar's south.