Tracking Development - Rio Tinto - Qit Madagascar Minerals

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The Production Phase a unique context The Red Island Located in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo. With a high, central plateau and thousands of kilometres of white, sandy beaches spanning its pristine coastline, Madagascar stretches 1,500 kilometres (km) north to south and 500km east to west. Eighteen ethnic groups makeup the current population of 22 million, and all inhabitants share the common language of Malagasy, spoken in various dialects 1 . biodiversity. Unique, rare, and in many cases endemic species of flora and fauna inhabit the island. However, it is one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. Only ten to 15 per cent of Madagascar’s land mass is covered by forest and what remains continues to be cut down or burned at a high rate 4 . As a result of its rapid environmental degradation and high concentration of unique species, Madagascar is considered to be a global biodiversity “hotspot.” Despite its image as a tropical paradise, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, with an annual gross national income per capita of US$420 1 . Ranking 151 out of 187 countries in the 2011 United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) 2 , 68 per cent of the population is estimated to live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day. Life expectancy is 61 years and the underfive mortality rate is 58 per 1,000 live births, with an infant mortality rate of 41 per 1,000 live births 3 . Due to its impoverished state, the majority of Madagascar’s population depend on natural resources for their daily survival. Cast adrift from the east coast of mainland Africa more than 140 million years ago and isolated from the rest of the world, Madagascar, a place unlike any other, has tremendous 14
The Production Phase The city of Fort Dauphin is located on a short, narrow peninsula at the southeastern tip of Madagascar. 15
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