Madagascar insecurity data

The data instrument is attached to the manuscript file as supplementary information. Michigan State University’s Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects IRB# x10-394 reviewed and approved all methods and procedures used in this research. A committee-approved informed consent was obtained in verbal form due to potential participant illiteracy. In instances where participants approved use of a digital voice recorder, consent was documented digitally. In all instances, participants had to verbally consent to participate in the study before data collection commenced

Descriptive statistics based on interviews (n = 88) with Torotorofotsy, Madagascar residents, May 2014.

<p>Descriptive statistics based on interviews (n = 88) with Torotorofotsy, Madagascar residents, May 2014.</p

Map of Torotorofotsy Protected Area, our study site within east central Madagascar.

<p>Points denote 11 villages visited for interviews. Participants from two villages (Andasitsimanga and Menalamba Analakely) were interviewed in Menalamba village. Menalamba, denoted by a single point on the map, encompasses four smaller subvillages of a larger jurisdictional village that were visited on separate days.</p

Local perceptions of illegal biodiversity exploitation rates.

<p>Error bars denote standard error. All activities are illegal under the rule of law in Madagascar.</p

Eight threats to environmental security in Torotorofotsy, Madagascar in May 2014 (n = 88).

<p>Eight threats to environmental security in Torotorofotsy, Madagascar in May 2014 (n = 88).</p