Madagascar
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (10 June 1992) and ratification (2 June 1999)
- KP: ratification (24 Sept 2003)
o Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (7 Nov 1996)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (7 Nov 1996)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Forests and Land Use
- Law No. 97-017 revising forest legislation (1997) [French]
- Decree No. 97-1200 adopting the Malagasy forest policy (1997) [French]
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Decree No. 95-377 recasting of Decree No. 92-926 on the investment compatibility upgrade with the Environment (1995) [French]
Others
- Decree No. 85-029 concerning the activities of the central and decentralized authorities in case of disaster(1985) [French]
- Law No. 96-025 on the local management of renewable natural resources (1996) [French]
- Decree No. 99-954 on the compatibility upgrade investments with the environment (1999) [French]
- Law No. 2003-10 33 on the national policy for managing risks and disasters (2003) [English]
- Decree No. 2005-848 concerning Protected Areas Management Code (2005) [French]
Government Documents
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2004) [French]
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2006) [French]
- Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2010) [English]
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (2010) [French]
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
Updated as of: January 5, 2015