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Maria Tengö and Jacob von Heland describe how the Tandroy people in Madagascar use tree-planting as a symbol of renewal, purification, agreement and boundary-making, and to generate ecosystem services in a fragmented landscape. Both cultural and ecological memory can serve as a source of resilience in the event of future crises.
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Tengö, M., von Heland, J. (2014). Trees and Tree-Planting in Southern Madagascar: Sacredness and Remembrance. In: Tidball, K., Krasny, M. (eds) Greening in the Red Zone. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9947-1_24
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