Nosy Hara - Fondation pour les Aires Protégées et la Biodiversité de Madagascar

Manager

Madagascar National Parks (MNP)

Area

125 471 Ha

Geographic Location

Province of Antsiranana; Region of Diana; District of Antsiranana II

International label

Key Biodiversity Area, Important Bird Area (IBA)

Flagship Species

Nosy Hara National Park represents specific habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, and islets. These places are renowned as a nesting site for marine turtles of the Indian Ocean, feeding areas for threatened species such as the Dugong or the Fishing eagle, and as a refuge and breeding ground for the fish species in the park. Nosy Hara also houses the beautiful and intact coral reefs of the Mozambique Channel. Having both terrestrial and marine ecosystems, the park presents various important habitats as well as a variety of fauna and flora.

Primates

1 species

Birds

45 species

1 critically endangered (Madagascar Fish Eagle or Ankoay), 1 endangered

Reptiles

24 species

1 endangered, 1 vulnerable, 2 locally endemic, 5 species of marine turtles: 1 critically endangered (hawksbill turtle), 1 endangered (green turtle), 3 vulnerable (e.g. olive ridley turtle)

Amphibians

2 species

1 endangered and 1 locally endemic species classified as critically endangered

Plants

37 species

28 endemic to Madagascar: 2 endangered (e.g. Bozy baobab), 2 vulnerable, 1 locally endemic species

Reef fishes

279 species

Mollusks

59 species

Corals

108 species

Landscapes and habitats

Reefs, lagoon and patch reef seagrass beds, mangroves, islets, tsingy, dry dense forest, xerophilic rock vegetation, semi-deciduous humid forest, dwarf littoral scrub, marshy grassland, xerophylic scrub, secondary meadow.

Pressures and threats

Fire, poaching of sea turtles, overfishing, unregulated fishing, charcoal production, erosion.

Economic value

It is a zone for sustainable fishing and the reproduction of marine resources. It is also a zone for the development of ecotourism.

Initiatives of the populations

Like all protected areas managed by MNP, the management of the Nosy Hara National Park is collaborative co-management with the participation of members of local communities in conservation and development activities. They are grouped in the CLP (Park Local Committee) and the COSAP (Committee for the Orientation and Support of Protected Areas).

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