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Title:  Population, natural resources and standing forests along Eastern coast of Madagascar.

Author:  Dewar, R. E. J. A. Siland, J. Ratsirarson and -A. Rakotoarir.

Country:  Madagascar

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Habitat Use:  Firewood

Issue:  Population

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Questions:  Examine the interaction between the standing forests and forest patches and contribution of human populations to their consrvation, transformation and degradation.

Link forest survival to population density, population growth, recent immigration, proximity to urban centers, the proportion of population engaged in wage labor, the prevalence of cash cropping, colonial period concessions, industrial forestry, variation in local population resources use and husbandry and variation in topography and soils.



Related Publication: 
Dewar, R. E. J. A. Siland, J. Ratsirarson and -A. Rakotoarir,2000
Population, Natural Resources And Standing Forests Along The Eastern Coast Of Madagascar..
A paper submitted for the Population, Consumption and the Environment workshop held in Penang, Malaysia April 11-14 2000.


 
         
 
   
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