Informational
links
This section is in 3 parts, 1. links and descriptions of sites
concerning general information on Madagascar, and especially environmental &
ethnobotanical institutions. 2. a link to individual projects
happening along the line of environmental conservation, 3. a short reading list
on the subjects of biodiversity conservation and cultural beliefs of the
Malagasy.
1.
Environmental
Institutions and ethnobotanical research in Madagascar
Environnement - aires protégées
A branch of ANGAP, the national park system.
ONE - Office National de l'Environnement
in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.
IMRA - Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliquées
Malagasy ethnobotanical research institute, features a line of natural
products, educational garden, and free health clinic. Individuals, namely
Prof Ratsimamanga very knowledgeable in herbal medicines.
IPM - Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
French research institute working with medicinal plants in Madagascar.
www.wwf.org WWF in
Madagascar, Mark Fenn, technical director in Ft. Dauphin (Tolagnaro) works with
Azfady.
For a bit of background on traditional medicine in Africa and Madagascar, and
potential impacts...
WHO publications on traditional medicine, see Traditional Medicine Program for
the African region: http://www.who.int/dsa/cat98/trad8.htm
USAID, Country Health Statistical Profile for MADAGASCAR.
Includes demographics, statistics, indexes. http://www.cihi.com/PHANstat/MADAGASCAR
People and Plants Online - Working Paper 1 African Medicinal Plants - The impact of the trade in medicinal plants.
http://griffin.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants/wp/wp1/africa2.htm
If you are looking for information associated with Madagascar, the French site Cité
is a virtual bibliography of useful links and is well organized under subject
categories.
2.
In
relation to projects of environmental and cultural concern, I would
visit:
The
mentor NGO this project will be associated with, as part of
their prolific activity in the Antanosy region of Madagascar, which includes
public sanitation, support for community initiated projects, and of course the proposed
medicinal plant garden in Evatraha www.madagascar.co.uk.
The
Manongarivo Integrated Health Care Clinic headed by Nat Quansah, sponsored by
WWF, and the Goldman Environmental Prize 2000 is a pilot project of a health
clinic with traditional medicine practitioners working with modern doctors to
meet the community's health needs. www.srdis.ciesin.org/cases/madagascar_00html
A
Williams student’s findings on ecoregion and biodiversity conservation in
Madagascar. http://www.cc.williams.edu/CES/faculty/klee/Madagascar/observ.html
3.
For reading on Madagascar's environment and the role culture plays in forming it:
Estrade,
JM. Un culte de possession a Madagascar: le Tromba Paris, L'Hamattan,
1985
Jaovalo-Dzao
R. Mythes, rites et transes a Madagascar Tananarive, lib.Ambozontany/
Paris: Karthala, 1996
Mack,
John. "Ways of the Ancestors". Natural History, April 1989,
24-31
McNeely,
J. "How to Pay for Conserving Biological Diversity". Ambio, Vol
18, No 6, 1989, 308-312
Rakotoarisoa,
Jean-Aime. "A Cultural History of Madagascar". In Natural
Change and Human Impact in Madagascar, eds. Steven Goodman and Bruce
Patterson. WA: Smithsonian Insitution Press, 1997
Ramamonjisoa,
S. "Interdits et fady: ou la gestion rituelle de l'Etat de l'Environnement:
Ressources en Eau" Hanitriniala, No7, 7-9
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