Protected Areas

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Masoala National Park is one of Madagascar’s top conservation priorities due to its high biodiversity of plants and animals. It was created in the late 1900’s with 410,000 Ha acres of land. Although it makes up only 2% of the land in Madagascar, it has 50% of plant species and more than 50% of animal species of this island.
 

Mananara Biosphere Reserve was created in 1990 and covers an area of 140,000 hectares. It is a very diverse biosphere reserve that includes tropical humid forest, sandy coastal plains with littoral vegetation, river vegetation, mangrove formations, marshlands, and coral reefs.
 

Ambatovaky Special Reserve was established in 1958. It is the largest special reserve in Madagascar and covers a total of 60,050 ha.  Here you can find 11 species of lemurs, more than 100 birds species, like the extremely rare Madagascar serpent-eagle, 113 species of herps, and 34 species of fish.

Zahamena Integral Nature Reserve and National Park is composed of the park and a complete natural reserve. It was created in 1997 and has an area of 64,370 ha in which the park is 42,300 ha and reserve over 21,100 ha.

1. "Masoala." Masoala National Park. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.wildmadagascar.org/conservation/parks/Masoala.html>.
2. "Mananara-Nord" UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory, Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=MAG+01>.
3.  "Ambatovaky Special Reserve." Madagascar TravelInformation Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.travelmadagascar.org/PARKS/Ambatovaky-Reserve.html>.
4. "Zahamena National Park." Madagascar Travel Information Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012. <http://www.travelmadagascar.org/PARKS/Zahamena-National-Park.html>.