@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1133, 

TITLE={Environmental action to attenuate the threats of the forest resources of Ankilahila, farming township of Betsako and Boeny region of Madagascar}, 
  
AUTHOR={Benjamin Christian RAMILAVONJY RAMIANDRISOA
, Tatiane RAZAFINDRAZANDRY
, Rivoharinala RASOANARIVO
, Hery Lisy Tiana RANARIJAONA, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Science, Technology, Development}, 
	
VOLUME={4}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2024}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/Environmental-action-to-attenuate-the-threats-of-the-forest-resources-of}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1133}, 
	
ISSN={2752-6879}, 
	
ABSTRACT={Madagascar is an extraordinary island due to its specific wealth whose specific endemic rate rises to 96%. However, some forest zones are again little known despite being threatened. Such is the case of the ecosystems of Ankilahila (coastal dry forest and mangrove swamp) in the farming township of Betsako. Our objective is to assess the anthropogenic pressures that weigh on it and to provide resolutions so that there is ecological resilience. As a result, An inventory followed by ecological summaries using the linear transect method of Duvigneaud and plots of Braun-blanquet over a surface of 500 m², as well as some investigations have been carried out. Thus, 62 species distributed in 42 families and 7 species distributed in 5 families have been inventoried respectively in the dry forest and the mangrove swamp of Ankilahila. On the subject of dry coastal forests, fires (30%), clearing (6%),cutting (19%), hunting and poaching of birds and lemurs (5%), the harvesting of secondary forest products (9%) (Raphia, tuber plants and honey) have been found. With regard to the mangrove swamp, the cutting of mangrove trees (11%), illicit fishing (5%); hunting of birds and the illicit fishing of crab Scylla serrata (7%) are the major pressures on mangrove swamps. The environmental actions already in place are the tatak’afo or firebreaks, surveillance by villagers and the application of Dina. Furthermore, it is important to maintain the relationship between the conservation of biodiversity and the economic, social, material and cultural well-being of the people.}}