From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of national parks of Madagascar
List of national parks of Madagascar
within the next few years. In December 2005, the first
extra 10,000 km² of the new Protected Areas System of
Madagascar were granted protection status.
World Heritage Site
In 2007 six of the national parks were voted in as a joint
World Heritage Site under the name Rainforests of the
Atsinanana. These six are: Marojejy, Masoala,
Ranomafana, Zahamena, Andohahela and Andringitra
National Park.
The Protected Areas Network
run by Madagascar National
Parks Association (MNP)
Andohahela National Park park in southern Madagascar
The protected areas network of Madagascar is man-
aged by the Madagascar National Parks Association
(PNM-ANGAP). The network includes three types of pro-
tected areas: Strict Nature Reserves (IUCN category Ia),
National Parks (IUCN category II) and Wildlife Reserves
(IUCN category IV). At the 2003 IUCN World Parks
Congress in Durban, the Malagasy President, Marc Raval-
omanana, announced a bold initiative to more than triple
the area under protection from approximately 17,000
km² to over 60,000 km² (from 3% to 10% of Madagascar’s
area). This "Durban Vision", as it has been dubbed, in-
volves broadening the definition of protected areas in
the country and legislation has been passed to allow the
creation of four new categories of protected area: Natural
Parks (IUCN category II), Natural Monuments (IUCN cat-
egory III), Protected Landscapes (IUCN category V), and
Natural Resource Reserves (IUCN category VI). As well as
allowing these new objectives for protected areas man-
agement, the new legislation also provides for entities
other than PNM-ANGAP to manage protected areas.
Other governmental agencies such as the forestry and
fisheries departments now manage some sites in addition The National Parks and Reserves of Madagascar
to PNM-ANGAP. It is planned that private and
community-run parks and reserves will also be created
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of national parks of Madagascar
Strict Nature Reserves (Réserves Na- • Ambatovaky Reserve
• Amber Forest Reserve
turelles Intégrales) • Ambohijanahary Reserve
• Tsingy de Bemaraha Reserve • Ambohitantely Reserve
• Betampona Reserve • Analamazoatra Reserve
• Lokobe Reserve • Analamerana Reserve
• Tsaratanana Reserve • Andranomena Reserve
• Zahamena Reserve • Anjanaharibe-Sud Reserve
• Tsingy de Namoroka Reserve • Bemarivo Reserve
• Beza Mahafaly Reserve
National Parks (Parcs Nationaux) • Bora Reserve
• Amber Mountain National Park • Cap Saint Marie Reserve
• Andohahela National Park • Kalambatritra Reserve
• Andringitra National Park • Kasijy Reserve
• Ankarafantsika National Park • Mangerivola Reserve
• Ankarana National Park • Maningoza Reserve
• Baie de Baly National Park • Manombo Reserve
• Bemaraha National Park • Manongarivo Reserve
• Isalo National Park • Marotandrano Reserve
• Kirindy Mitea National Park • Pic d’Ivohibe Reserve
• Mananara Nord National Park (marine) • Tampoketsa Analamaitso Reserve
• Mantadia National Park
• Marojejy National Park Private Reserves
• Masoala National Park, including Nosy Mangabe • Berenty Reserve
Reserve
• Midongy du sud National Park
• Ranomafana National Park See also
• Sahamalaza National Park (marine) • L’Homme et L’Environnement
• Tsimanampetsotse National Park • Madagascar National Parks Association
• Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
• Zahamena National Park
• Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park
External links
• Official Site of the National Parks and Natural
Wildlife Reserves (Réserves Spéciales) Reserves of Madagascar (French, english, German,
Italian language)
• UNESCO World Heritage
• Supporting urgent biodiversity conservation in
Madagascar World Bank website on Conservation
Project in Madagascar (in english, french)
Sandstone formations in the Isalo National Park
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/in-
dex.php?title=List_of_national_parks_of_Madagascar&oldid=450446494"
Categories:
• Lists of national parks
• National parks and reserves of Madagascar
• Madagascar-related lists
This page was last modified on 14 September 2011 at 10:38. Text is available under the Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia® is a registered
trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact us
Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers
2