Anjanaharibe Sud - Fondation pour les Aires Protégées et la Biodiversité de Madagascar

Manager

Madagascar National Parks (MNP)

Area

29,680 ha

Geographic Location

Antsiranana Province, SAVA and Sofia Regions, Districts of Andapa, Bealanana and Befandriana Nord

Flagship Species

The Anjanaharibe-Sud massif occupies the southwestern part of the Andapa basin watershed. Anjanaharibe-Sud has a rich vertebrate fauna, including many endemic species with restricted geographical distribution. One of these is the silky sifaka, which is one of the world’s rarest and most critically endangered primates. The park is also the northernmost refuge for the Indri indri. The majority of the natural habitat in Anjanaharibe-Sud is composed of dense evergreen mid-altitude rainforest.

Primates

11 species

2 critically endangered (Indri indri and silky sifaka), 2 endangered (e.g., the aye-aye nocturnal lemur) and 4 vulnerable (e.g., the red-bellied lemur)

Birds

112 species

5 endangered (e.g., the Malagasy grebe, the Malagasy serpent eagle) and 8 vulnerable (e.g., the Madagascan rail, the unicolored mesite)

Reptiles

43 species

5 vulnerable and 3 local endemic

Amphibians

43 species

4 endangered and 3 vulnerable

Bats

7 species

3 vulnerable (e.g., the Madagascar flying fox)

Carnivores

5 species

3 vulnerable (e.g., the fosa and the Malagasy civet cat)

Other mammals

29 species

3 vulnerable

Plants

635 species

495 endemic to Madagascar among which 10 are endangered and 7 vulnerable, 6 local endemic species.

International Label

Key Biodiversity Area, Important Bird Area (IBA), Zero Extinction Alliance (ZEA)

Landscapes and habitats

Lowland moist evergreen forest, midland moist evergreen forest, high mountain forest, mountain ericoid thicket, rocky vegetation, secondary forests

Pressures and threats

selective logging, hunting, collection of secondary forest products, mining, clearing

Economic value

The reserve ensures the role of hydrological source,feeding the basins of the region, and of protection of the hydrographic networks irrigating the large surface of rice cultivation of the basin of Andapa. It also plays an important role in regulating the region's climate.

Initiatives of the populations

As with all MNP-managed protected areas, management of the Marojejy - Anjanaharibe South Management Unit (MU) is collaborative, with local community members participating in conservation and development activities. They are grouped into CLPs (local park committees) and COSAPs (Protected Area Steering and Support Committees).

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