Traditional fishers scattered in isolated communities along Madagascar’s 4,800-kilometer (3,000-mile) coastline are grappling with falling fish stocks and competition from industrial trawlers, mostly owned by foreigners. As a young woman, Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is not the obvious choice as a spokesperson for a sector dominated by men. Yet, today she is one of the most recognizable […]
Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is a passionate advocate for conservation and sustainability along Madagascar’s coastline communities. After working on small-scale fisheries research supported by the United Nations Nippon Foundation, Rakotondrazafy joined the Madagascar Locally Managed Marine Area Network (MIHARI), an organization that aims to represent marginalized fishing populations and work with them to create locally managed marine areas (LMMAs). Through these LMMAs, local communities can manage and protect both their own fishery practices and biodiversity by combining their traditional knowledge with the support of conservation practitioners.
‘Madagascar’s Small Fisherfolk Respect The Sea They Strive To Protect Ocean Life’
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Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is president of the board of trustees of Madagascar’s Mihari network which empowers smallscale fisherfolk communities to contribute towards sustaining marine life. Vatosoa, who won the prestigious Whitley Award in 2019 for her conservation efforts, shares her perspective with Times Evoke on how such fisherfolk save marine ecosystems, their in-depth knowledge of the seas and why it is important to respect the oceans which sustain so many:
‘Madagascar’s small fisherfolk respect the sea they strive to protect ocean life’
Times Evoke | Updated: Dec 29, 2020, 07:49 IST
Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is president of the board of trustees of Madagascar’s Mihari network
Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy is president of the board of trustees of Madagascar’s Mihari network which empowers smallscale fisherfolk communities to contribute towards sustaining marine life. Vatosoa, who won the prestigious Whitley Award in 2019 for her conservation efforts, shares her perspective with
Times Evoke on how such fisherfolk save marine ecosystems, their in-depth knowledge of the seas and why it is important to respect the oceans which sustain so many: