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The Bibikely Biodiversity Institute is an NGO founded and presently directed by Dr. Brian Fisher, preeminent field biologist, and the curator and chairman of the entomology department of the California Academy of Sciences. The center began operations in rented facilities in 1996 and moved into its permanent facility in late 2004, which is ...
It contains the largest of Madagascar's limestone tsingy fields, as well as dry forest, bush, rainforest and savanna. The biodiversity contained in this park is among the richest of any protected natural area in the world: 87% of the plants and animals are endemic to Madagascar, and 45% are uniquely endemic to the region around the park.
Diademed sifaka, an endangered primate of Madagascar. A biodiversity action plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats and is designed to protect and restore biological systems. The original impetus for these plans derives from the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), the most familiar of Madagascar's numerous species of lemur. The composition of Madagascar 's wildlife reflects the fact that the island has been isolated for about 88 million years. The prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana separated the Madagascar-Antarctica-India landmass from the Africa-South ...
Tsitongambarika is a 58,597 ha protected area of lowland forest in the Anosy region of southeast of Madagascar, to the north of Fort-Dauphin. The area supports rare species of amphibians, birds, lemurs and reptiles, many of which are endemic. In 2001, the site was designated as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International, and in 2015 an ...
Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar, is the largest of the island's protected areas. Most of the park is situated in Sava Region and a part in Analanjirofo. Created in 1997, the park protects 2,300 square kilometres of rainforest and 100 square kilometres of marine parks. [1] The Masoala Peninsula is exceptionally diverse due to its ...
First announced in 2021, the plan is backed by the U.S. and British governments and aims to protect and restore 2 million hectares of ocean ecosystems by 2030, benefiting some 70 million people in ...
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park is a 155 square kilometre protected area, located about 150 km east of Antananarivo, consisting principally of primary growth forest in Alaotra-Mangoro Region in eastern Madagascar. The park's elevation ranges from 800 to 1260 meters, with a humid climate. Average annual precipitation is 1700 mm, with rainfall on ...