Lafaza and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today announced the launch of a new partnership to work with communities to expand environmentally sustainable vanilla and clove production around the Makira Natural Park in Madagascar’s northeast. The partnership will support more than 1,900 households to produce high-quality vanilla and cloves that will be destined for international buyers in the United States and abroad.
The innovative partnership between Lafaza - a United States and Madagascar based organization with an environmentally and socially sustainable sourcing model for high-quality vanilla and cloves, and WCS - an international conservation NGO which has been working in Madagascar for over 20 years, will work with communities who manage the Makira Natural Park in collaboration with WCS. These communities regularly participate in conservation activities in the Park and manage forests and natural resources found in the buffer zone of the Park.
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