Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad:
This research was also funded by a U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship to Lisa Gezon.
“Commodity Chains, Land Use, and Conservation in Northern Madagascar”
Abridged abstract: The goal of this study is to understand the relationship between cash crop fruit production, consumption, and land use decisions on the periphery of a protected area in northern Madagascar. Many studies of protected area land use have focused on local levels of analysis, examining the proximate drivers of land use. This study will expand and deepen an understanding of localized resource use by examining how market opportunities and consumption practices influence land use patterns in and around protected areas.