Deal #5035

Removal of rare fragments of coastal littoral forest and heathland found only in Madagascar. Rio Tinto QMM biodiversity offset project in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar. It is intended to compensate for biodiversity loss resulting from the destruction of a unique and rare coastal forest at Rio Tinto QMM’s ilmenite mining site at Fort Dauphin- (for more information on the offset project see: Rio Tinto’s biodiversity offset in Madagascar Double landgrab in the name of biodiversity?)