Madagascar | Incentives boost local support for Nosy Hara MPA, benefiting dugongs

Life is slow in Andranomavo. Here, surrounded by mudflats and mangroves, time is governed by the tides and the seasons. When to go fishing, when to plant and harvest the rice—these are the markers that matter.

But the current of change is running through this tiny community in Madagascar’s Nosy Hara Marine Protected Area, one of 20 villages in northern Madagascar embracing incentive-based conservation as a strategy to preserve and restore the region’s natural heritage.

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/dugongs-tears-madagascars-gentle-giants-bounce-back