@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0970, 

TITLE={Consequences of Economic Activities in the East Region of Madagascar}, 
  
AUTHOR={Dorient RAVELOJAONA, Botovao Auguste RAMIANDRISOA, Tovo Hanitra RATOVOHAJA, Alphonsine ZARAMODY, Achille Thierry RAKOTONANDRASANA, Hery Lisy Tiana Ranarijaona, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Science, Technology, Development}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2023}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/Consequences-of-Economic-Activities-in-the-East-Region-of-Madagascar}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0970}, 
	
ISSN={2752-6879}, 
	
ABSTRACT={The extraction of wood for daily domestic use (mainly for coal and construction) is one of the pressures on forests, even if restoration is carried out. Its consequences are considerably increased in the eastern region of Madagascar, due to the unregulated and disproportionate economic activities that operate mainly due to unemployment. Our objective is to highlight the consequences of economic activities in the target sites. Socio-economic surveys were carried out, followed by data analysis using econometric models. Questionnaires queried the reasons for logging and/or forest conversion in relation to the activities of the inhabitants, the species of trees exploited in the forest restoration area for the manufacture of coal, the amount of trees felled, their diameter and the consequences on forest degradation. Variances and standard deviations were calculated for the results obtained. Thus, the consequences of economic activities are significant. The use of fast-growing indigenous species for forest restoration and the promotion of the use of efficient stoves or “fatana mitsitsy” have been recommended.}}