Far, far from it. The government is unstable. It's likely as corrupt as most African governments. It was a semi-democratic republic of sorts, until the current leader, Andry Rajoelina, took over by military coup. He's now a self-declared leader.
The "legal" sources for Madagascar rosewood and ebony products are corrupt and 'legal' only because they're corrupt and greasing the palms of the current leader, would be my guess.
I share your distrust of Obama and the Obama DOJ. However, the fact that I distrust Obama doesn't mean that I automatically trust what Gibson's CEO says.
Wild Madagascar.org(take it with whatever grain of salt you will) says
“The outbreak of logging in the rainforests of northeastern Madagascar followed rangers’ abandonment of park posts during last month’s military coup in Madagascar. Chinese timber traders took advantage of the opportunity, paying armed bands to raid Marojejy and Masoala National Parks — both of which are considered jewels in Madagascar’s protected area system for their astounding biological richness. The loggers’ primary target was rosewood, ebonies, and other hardwoods. It is unclear how much timber has been cut from protected forests since the political crisis began, but photos provided by another confidential source show substantial stockpiles of contraband wood in local towns. “
People are starving so they lead unscrupulous chinese loggers to the rosewood trees.
The environmentalists want the Madagascar economy to be based on ‘tourism’. That is the new world order term for making a private playground out of madagascar for the global elites while restricting the ability of the citizens of the country to earn a lawful and productive living with their own hands and resources.
The globalists have done this around the world, using environmentalism and ‘diversity protection’ to stop all resource use by native citizens in the areas the globalists prize.
Now, Gibson doesn’t use much rosewood, forests aren’t being decimated supplying Gibson with fingerboards. Madagascar citizens could log the rosewood themselves, I hate to use the word sustainably, but there it is, and make a better living for themselves. However, that defeats the global agenda, and apparently someone appreciates what the illegal chinese timbermen are doing because no one is stopping them.