- Andapa zone: Betaolana and Tsaratanana forest corridor - almost 210,000 hectares.
- Vondrozo zone: Fandriana-Vondrozo forest - 40,000 hectares.
- Ivohibe zone: Andringitra-Ivohibe forest corridor - 17,000 hectares.
- Spiny forest area: Ekintso, Ambatoabo-Behara-Tranomaro-Ifotaky complex, forest corridor between zones 1 and 2 of Andohahela national Park, South-West Ifotaky - 84,800 hectares.
Creation of, and/or launch of creation process for, new protected areas
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta). Lemurs need natural habitats to thrive.
- Over 265,000 ha of moist forests
- About 85,000 ha of dry forests
- In accordance with the Malagasy government’s commitment made in 2003 to increase the surface of new protected areas to 6 million ha by 2012.
Process:
- Increase awareness of, and educate, farmers living close to those forests identified as potential new protected areas (NAPs) on the importance of their conservation;
- Together with the local communities, identify and analyze management practices that are appropriate for the NPAs;
- Start all the proceedings needed to delimit and ritualize the NPAs;
- Officially announce the existing NPAs;
- Develop and implement a management plan for the NPAs;
- Strengthen the management and organizational capacities of local communities involved in the NPAs;
- Develop and test monitoring tools for the NPAs.
