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Maromizaha Sacred Forest
SE of Andasibe (opposite Analamazaotra), Alaotra-Mangoro Region, E Madagascar
Madagascar
Active (community ecotourism)
Single grove
- Location
- SE of Andasibe (opposite Analamazaotra), Alaotra-Mangoro Region, E Madagascar
- Coordinates
- ~18.96°S 48.46°E
- Elevation
- Mid-altitude rainforest
- Size
- 1,880 ha
- Age / Founded
- Ancestral; GERP/community management since 2008 (opened 2018)
- Status
- Active (community ecotourism)
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral/community sacred forest; local traditional belief
- Community & Guardians
- Local community + GERP (Groupe d'étude et de recherche sur les primates)
- Vernacular name
- Community sacred forest
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Community-protected sacred rainforest; lemur conservation & ecotourism
Plant species
Primary mid-altitude rainforest
Biome & fauna
Eastern rainforest; 13 lemur species incl. Indri, greater bamboo lemur, diademed sifaka, black-and-white ruffed lemur
Threats & protection
Community/GERP co-managed; part of national lemur-forest defense
Source
Protected area Maromizaha (MadaMagazine); National Geographic — 'save Madagascar's sacred forests, lemurs'; Lemur Conservation Network