Mananara-North Biosphere Reserve (6563)
Madagascar, Africa
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1e, B2
Year of last assessment: 2018
National site name: Réserve de biosphère de Mananara-Nord
Central coordinates: Latitude: -16.4450, Longitude: 49.7210
System: freshwater, marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 570
Area of KBA (km2): 1518.61391
Protected area coverage (%): 15.90
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Mananara-North National Park lies 225 km north of Toamasina, situated in an area of coastal hills. The park includes a marine area. Shallow, clear, fast-flowing rivers flow through the area eastwards to the coast. The rivers have many sandbanks and a few islets. The park is covered in forest. On the sandy coastal plain, littoral forest is dominated by Terminalia, Calophyllum, Canarium, Heritiera and mangroves of Rhizophora and Avicennia. Inland, there is low-altitude, dense, humid evergreen forest with a canopy 30–35 m high, and emergents up to 40 m. Secondary grassland is found in some parts.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. Alliance for Zero Extinction (2018): site confirmed as an AZE site during the AZE project (2015-2018). Taxonomy, nomenclature and Red List category follow the IUCN 2016 Red List.
Additional biodiversity: See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Eighty-two species are known from the site, of which 37 are endemic to Madagascar. Knowledge of the park’s avifauna is still scanty, as the results of recent inventories are not yet available. Non-bird biodiversity: Lemurs: Allocebus trichotis (CR), Varecia variegata (EN), Indri indri (EN), Propithecus diadema diadema (EN), Daubentonia madagascariensis (EN). Carnivores: Galidictis fasciata (VU), Fossa fossana (VU), Salanoia concolor (VU), Eupleres goudotii (EN), Cryptoprocta ferox (VU).
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | forestry | nature conservation and research | tourism/recreation
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 97 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Threats include slash-and-burn cultivation, exploitation for firewood and construction wood, collection of edible and medicinal plants, exploitation of forest trees, hunting, and collection of wild honey.
| Threat level 1 | Threat level 2 | Threat level 3 | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture & aquaculture | Livestock farming & ranching | Nomadic grazing | Ongoing |
| Biological resource use | Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals | Unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target) | Ongoing |
| Biological resource use | Logging & wood harvesting | Unintentional effects: large scale (species being assessed is not the target) [harvest] | Ongoing |
| Pollution | Agricultural & forestry effluents | Soil erosion, sedimentation | Ongoing |
| Energy production & mining | Mining & quarrying | Ongoing | |
| Human intrusions & disturbance | Work & other activities | Ongoing |
Additional information
References: Collar and Stuart (1988), Nicoll and Langrand (1989), Raondry et al. (1995).