-  introduce all new technologies to answer the Kyoto Protocol: solar and wind energies, biomass fuels

-   triple the conservation areas in order to carry out the objectives defined by the President Marc Ravalomanana in his speech in Durban

The Department of Environment, in close cooperation with International Organizations, makes a remarkable effort in order to promote an harmonization between the environment degradation and the socio-economic development, as well as the formation (CFSIGE: Centre de Formation aux Sciences de l'Information Géographique et de l'Environnement)

The following sites are for your information:: ONE (Office National de l'Environnement), ANGAP (Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées), WWF, WCS, CI, ANAE

The forests

The forests play a vital role for the living organisms

Currently in Madagascar the forests covers only 1.3 % of the national territory. One can found 166 Classified Forests (38.6 % of the forest resources), 79 Forest reserves (21 % of the resources), 151 Perimeters of Reforestation and Restoration (15.9 % of the resources) and 2 Forest Stations (0.3 % of the resources). (forests map)

At present Malagasy State mobilizes all its entities for reforestation actions with objectives as well as ecological as environmental.

The promotion of renewable energies

Several projects concerning the wind and the solar energies and the production of biomass fuels 'ethanol and bio diesel) are under way in Madagascar.

In 2008 the objective is to replace the 5 % of the fossil fuel by renewable energy.

The management of water resources

The water is regarded as the gold of the millennium. It is essential for the man survival and for any living organism. Moreover the water may be a source of energy. In Madagascar the Code of Water was promulgated in order to organize as well as the Water sector as the water cleaning sector. The access to drinking water for 80 % of the Malagasy people in 2015 is a challenge for the Government.