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Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
This forest lies 32 km north-west of Maroantsetra, north-east of Andaparaty-Ambinanitelo. The terrain is undulating, with steep slopes and high peaks making access difficult. Three main rivers, permanent and turbid, flow to the south-west of Anjanaharibe peak: the Ambalanirana, Antsahabe and Longozabe. The Ambalanirana river is a tributary of the Sahantaha river. Low- and mid-altitude, dense, humid evergreen forest covers the site, and is dominated by
Weinmannia,
Canarium and
Dalbergia. Areas of previous slash-and-burn cultivation are overgrown by secondary thicket, dominated by
Harungana trees, traveller’s palm
Ravenala and wild ginger
Aframomum.
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Seventy-one species are known from the site, of which 37 are endemic to Madagascar.
Non-bird biodiversity: Lemur: Varecia variegata rubra (CR).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threat is slash-and-burn cultivation of hill-rice, but it is not yet much developed, e.g. affecting only 5% of the forest in the neighbourhood of Ambalanirana village. Another threat is the illegal exploitation of forest products.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Anjanaharibe Classified Forest (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/anjanaharibe-classified-forest-iba-madagascar on 23/12/2024.
