{"id":18752,"date":"2022-07-07T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planete-urgence.org\/projet-tapia-preservation-de-la-foret-de-tapia-soie-sauvage-apiculture-a-madagascar\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:13:00","slug":"tapia-project-preservation-of-the-tapia-forest-wild-silk-beekeeping-in-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planete-urgence.org\/en\/tapia-project-preservation-of-the-tapia-forest-wild-silk-beekeeping-in-madagascar\/","title":{"rendered":"TAPIA Project | Preservation of the Tapia forest, wild silk & beekeeping in Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture> <\/div>\n
\t\t

Our projects<\/h3>\n

Contributing to the preservation and sustainable management of Tapia’s natural forests<\/h1>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n\n
\n\n
\n
\n

Project TAPIA – Madagascar<\/h3>\n

On deployment<\/p>\n

Madagascar’s Itasy region covers an area of 7,000 km\u00b2, of which less than 3% is currently forested.<\/p>\n

The Tapia forest, which is one of the Great Island’s endemic and remarkable ecosystems, plays a key ecological role here, preserving water sources, stabilising watersheds, protecting soils against erosion and maintaining their fertility, and regulating the local microclimate. It is also home to an abundance of biodiversity and provides resources on which local communities are heavily dependent. In particular, the Tapia is the main habitat of an endemic species of wild silkworm – the landibe – which feeds mainly on its leaves. The landibe forms cocoons of wild silk, which are traditionally used to make handicraft textiles (clothes, scarves, shrouds, festive garments, etc.).<\/p>\n

Download the project summary<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n
\n\n
\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n

Context<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
\n\n
\n
\n

In the Itasy region, the forests of Tapia (an endemic tree) provide resources on which the local grassroots communities (also known as VOI – Vondron’Olona Ifotony), to whom the Malagasy state has delegated management, depend heavily. In particular, this ecosystem is home to an endemic species of wild silkworm, whose silk cocoons are traditionally used to make handicraft textiles.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
\n

Today, the massive destruction of the Tapia forests and their over-exploitation (for fuelwood and agriculture) are threatening the biodiversity of these ecosystems. The VOIs, which manage these resources, lack the resources (technical, material and financial) to ensure local monitoring and the application of sustainable management rules. In addition, demographic pressure and rural poverty are leading local communities to fall back on the remaining forests to improve their daily livelihoods.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n

Objectives<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
\n\n
\n
\n

Strengthening technical, methodological and economic resilience capacities, as well as women’s participation in governance within local grassroots communities or VOIs for the sustainable management of natural resources.<\/p>\n

The project’s SDGs<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" \"\"\u00a0\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n\n

Key figures<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n

Since 2021:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

\n\n
\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

2 145
\n<\/strong>hectares reforested<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

5 258
\n<\/strong>students reached through awareness-raising<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n
\n\n

In pictures<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n
\n
\n\n<\/a>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n