ENVIRONMENT

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The Environment Program Project represents the first five year segment of a fifteen year Environmental Action Plan ( EAP ) whose aim is to assist the Malagasy population in protecting and improving its environment for a more sustainable development. The project is comprised of 7 components : 1) protecting and managing unique ecological systems together with development of peripheral zones; 2) promoting soil conservation, agroforestry, reforestation, and other rural development activities in priority zones, including several large watershed areas; 3) developing maps and geographic information; 4) improving land security through titling; 5) training environmental specialists and promoting environmental awareness and education at all levels of society; 6) launching environmental research programs on land, coastal and marine ecosystems; and 7) developing support activities, composed of institution building, adoption of environmental assessment procedures, strengthening the environmental database, monitoring and evaluation, and studies.