ERA empowers women and youth in Madagascar to restore degraded landscapes, build climate-resilient livelihoods, and strengthen food security through climate-responsive agriculture.
ERA is a rural development NGO working at the intersection of ecology and equity — restoring degraded landscapes alongside the women and youth who depend on them.
We design place-based programs that pair regenerative practice with long-term resilience — so communities not only adapt, but lead.
We restore degraded lands, forests, soils, biodiversity and endemic ecosystems through community-based conservation and landscape restoration.
We promote sustainable agriculture and resilient production practices that improve food security, adaptation and rural livelihoods.
We support women through income-generating activities, financial education, community saving groups and climate resilience mechanisms.
We enable young people and local structures to lead restoration, green enterprises and nature-based livelihood opportunities.
ERA delivers place-based initiatives and technical solutions that connect water security, landscape restoration and community resilience across Madagascar.
Securing water resources.Restoring landscapes.Empowering local communities
Strengthening water security and climate resilience through studies conducted with UNDP under the PACTE VERT – Resilience Programme, turning evidence on water resources, local needs and vulnerabilities into three Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Action Plans for three priority watersheds in the Anosy and Androy Regions of southern Madagascar.
Advancing landscape restoration through technical support to the PLAE VI and PARE I programmes, combining diverse Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) approaches to prepare the 2026–2027 reforestation campaign while contributing to the restoration of the Mamokomita watershed feeding the Ikopa River in Betsiboka, Madagascar.
Empowering youth and local organisations to lead landscape restoration in the central highlands of Madagascar through locally driven FLR, reforestation and long-term ecosystem stewardship, strengthening community ownership while creating opportunities for young people to become active actors in restoring degraded landscapes.
Land degradation, climate vulnerability and food insecurity now intersect in ways that demand a new response — one led by the people who live closest to the land, and grounded in long-term resilience rather than short-term aid.
of the population living on less than US$2.15 a day
people facing high levels of acute food insecurity
of tree cover lost since 2001
“ERA was created from the belief that restoring ecosystems, empowering women and youth, and strengthening rural livelihoods must go hand in hand. Through climate-responsive agriculture and community-led action, we believe a more resilient future for Madagascar is possible.”
Valisoa Andrianarivony
Founder & Executive Director · Antananarivo, Madagascar
We partner with organizations and individuals committed to restoring landscapes, advancing women and youth, and building climate resilience across Madagascar.
