Replanting Madagascar’s forest, with the people who live there.

Since 2005, the villages of the Voiala project have been growing local tree species, protecting the forest that remains and building activities that support them.

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Dense bed of young green eucalyptus seedlings in black pots, seen from above

No. 150,000trees planted

Specimen: VOIALA — Restoring the Malagasy forest
Loc.: Sahavondronina, Androy
Date: since 2005
Leg.: local communities
Note: Reforestation, community nurseries, beekeeping and sustainable farming.

Why Madagascar

Madagascar has lost 80% of its virgin forest since 1950, and 90% of its species live nowhere else on Earth.

Protecting their habitat means protecting global biodiversity and the communities who live there.

Why Madagascar

Tall baobab rising above green vegetation, reflected in a pond covered with water lilies

80 %of primary forest lost since 1950

90 %of species live only in Madagascar

Specimen: A baobab reflected in a pond
Loc.: Madagascar
Note: Source: Favini

Smiling woman in a dark sweater and white cap standing among tall dry grass and young trees

Specimen: Voiala project
Loc.: Sahavondronina, Androy
Date: since 2005
Leg.: communities of Sahavondronina

Voiala, since 2005

Villagers clear weeds, fertilise the soil and plant local species. In 2025, three community nurseries are getting ready for the next season.

Voiala works on two fronts. One is replanting parts of the lost forest. The other is raising awareness and training local people, mostly maize and peanut farmers, so they can improve how they farm.

Local people decide and manage. The association trains, supports and connects them with partners and the authorities.

Discover the project See the new forest

What has grown so far

Blocks of hundreds of black soil-filled planting bags laid on red earth, trees and hills behind

54,339 pots filled with soil in 2025 for the next planting season.
Source: Report Jul–Dec 2025

No. 54,339pots

Specimen: Filling pots to prepare the young seedlings
Loc.: Manamisoa · Sahavondronina · Ambatolahitelo
Date: 2025

Long beds of potted seedlings sheltered under straw shade covers on a hillside

No. 43,221young plants

Specimen: Setting up the nursery in the rural commune of Manamisoa
Date: 2025
Note: in the Voiala nurseries at the end of 2025. Source: Report Jul–Dec 2025

Young seedlings in black pots in front of a label reading “Canarium madagascariense, Burseraceae family, local name Ramy”

No. 150,000trees

75 haof forest restored

Specimen: Ramy seedlings (Canarium madagascariense), a native tree species, in the nursery
Loc.: Madagascar
Note: trees planted through the Voiala project. Source: Favini

The evidence

Every six months, a report sets out what was done: plants per site, species, training sessions, meetings.

The 2025 report

Back the villages that replant

The project moves forward thanks to its partners, including Favini with a multi-year commitment. To talk about it, email or call the association in Fianarantsoa.

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Women in blue patterned lambas, children and two visitors posing in front of a bank planted with young trees, under a blue sky

The latest activity report

July–December 2025: nurseries, fish farming, a workshop with ADES, community forest contracts, Terra Madre Day. Twenty pages with photos and tables, in French.

Download the report (PDF) PDF, 20 pages, in French · 6.1 MB

Specimen: Activity report RAT-III-IV25
Loc.: Haute Matsiatra Region, Madagascar
Date: July–December 2025
Leg.: Association VOIALA-Madagasikara
Note: Next report announced for June 2026.