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Secondary forests have become a major feature of many forest landscapes. In the central Menabe region of south-western Madagascar, the use of secondary forests is helping to preserve primary forests, which are becoming scarcer and are now subject to stricter management rules as protected areas. This study was conducted to find out more about village uses of secondary forests in the Menabe region, and their potential. A socio-economic study identified three main uses of timber extracted from secondary forests: for permanent con- struction, for light construction and as fuel. It has been found that the villagers gave priority to three species of secondary forests Rhopalocarpus lucidus, Ziziphus mauri- tiana and Grewia picta . An analysis of the physical and mechanical properties of these three species showed technological potential comparable to that of four timber species that are now rarely found, if at all, in the zones where they are extracted: Her nandia voyroni , Dalbergia spp., Cedrelopsis grevei, Commiphora mafaiboa . Economic uses of these scondary forests deserve con- sideration in the development of national and international forest policies, to ensure the conservation of their resources.

Utilisations villageoises et potentialités technologiques des bois de forêts secondaires dans le Menabe central, Madagascar