Conservation International 71d ago

More than 4 million trees. That’s what it looks like when the communities of Madagascar’s Lake Alaotra came together to fight for a healthier future. Around Lake Alaotra, also known as Madagascar’s rice bowl, deforestation left the land vulnerable, with erosion threatening the fields that generations of families have depended on for their harvests and livelihoods. Together with support from Conservation International Madagascar and Mastercard’s #PricelessPlanet Coalition, the Governorate, DREDD Alaotra-Mangoro and DRAE Alaotra-Mangoro, communities are restoring these lands, replanting forests, reclaiming soil and building resilience that will carry on. In Lake Alaotra and beyond, conservation is #HumanPowered. And this #EarthMonth, we’re celebrating the people and communities leading the way. LEARN MORE: conservation.org/earthday