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Vohimana Sacred Forest Reserve
Ankeniheny-Zahamena corridor, near Andasibe, E Madagascar
Madagascar
Active
Single grove
- Location
- Ankeniheny-Zahamena corridor, near Andasibe, E Madagascar
- Coordinates
- ~18.93°S 48.50°E
- Elevation
- Mid-altitude rainforest
- Size
- Mid-altitude rainforest reserve
- Age / Founded
- Ancestral; community/NGO management (L'Homme et l'Environnement)
- Status
- Active
- Deity & Religion
- Ancestral/community sacred forest; local traditional belief
- Community & Guardians
- Local community + L'Homme et l'Environnement
- Vernacular name
- Community sacred forest
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Community-protected sacred forest; ethnobotany & lemur conservation
Plant species
Mid-altitude rainforest; medicinal/aromatic plants
Biome & fauna
Ankeniheny-Zahamena corridor; 11 lemur species incl. critically endangered Indri & diademed sifaka
Threats & protection
Conservation-priority corridor; community-managed
Source
Vohimana Forest (Lonely Planet); 'Inventory of the lemur community in the Vohimana reserve'