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Over 86% of all waterfowl species in Madagascar are found in this park, where many of them have established colonies. Isalo National Park: Ihorombe: 1962: 201,490 acres (815.4 km 2) 28,375 The most visited park in Madagascar, Isalo preserves a sandstone massif that has eroded over time to form dramatic and colorful canyons, plateaus and valleys.
Deforestation in Madagascar is an ongoing environmental issue. Deforestation [ 1 ] creates agricultural or pastoral land but can also result in desertification , water resource degradation , biodiversity erosion and habitat loss, and soil loss .
Its striking landscape draws travelers from around the world, making it one of the most visited locations in the region. It has been a center of local conservation efforts, and was granted temporary protected status in July 2007 by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forestry – a step toward making it Madagascar's first natural monument. [1]
Founded in 1988, the MFG is committed to conserving Malagasy biodiversity, with particular focus on lemurs and other endangered plants and animals which are endemic to Madagascar’s eastern rainforests. Parc Ivoloina is a regional center for these conservation efforts.
The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical dry forest ecoregion situated in the western and northern part of Madagascar. The area has high numbers of endemic plant and animal species but has suffered large-scale clearance for agriculture.
Madagascar lost 44% of its original forest between 1953 and 2014. [12] The central highlands are the most densely populated region of Madagascar, and includes the country's capital and largest city, Antananarivo. The highlands' population is growing. Madagascar's high plateau forests have been altered by humans in most places.
Madagascar National Parks, formerly known as the Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP; lit. ' National Association for the Management of Protected Areas ' ), was founded in 1990 and is charged with managing a network of 46 National Parks , Special Reserves and Integral Nature Reserves in Madagascar .
Logo of MFG featuring the Aye-Aye. The Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group (MFG) is an international consortium of zoos and other conservation agencies which pool resources to help conserve animal species in Madagascar, through captive breeding programs, field research programs, training programs for rangers and wardens, and acquisition and protection of native habitat in Madagascar.