Making Conversation Work: The Effects Of Tourism In Madagascar

“Madagascar’s native species have been aggressively hunted and collected by the people desperately seeking to provide for their families. Carnivores are also widely hunted as a source of protein” The fact that poverty exists in Madagascar, this influences the desperation of those who try to provide for their families to survive. Again Madagascar is one of the poorest countries and that impulses the people to take such rigours actions that put at risk the ecosystems, the well being of other species and themselves.

The effects of tourism in Madagascar, have created both good and bad outcomes. As said in, The New York Times Newspaper, Onishi explains, “In Madagascar if you have money you give money and you do what you want. The charcoal producers give money to police officers, who then tell them, ‘Go, go, go! (Onishi, 5). In other words, because most authorities have poor ethical standards tourists and the local people that live in Madagascar bribe them to produce more charcoal and take from one place to another. This is provoking deforestation and will continue if ignorant, tourists especially are allowed. Furthermore, logging has become so popular in Madagascar Which is the activity of cutting down trees to produce timber used for log cabins, paper, paper products, boats and other useful products. The people who roam the country are

In other words, ecotourism is a form of support where tourists can easily observe the endangered habitats which are risking the survival of many species who roam the area and the population. This can potentially be an eye opener to make people realize action needs to be taken