Verreaux's Sifaka in the Bongolava Forest Corridor
Image credit: RM Wailine
Project

Assessing Lemur Populations in the Bongolava Forest Corridor Protected Area

Initiative
Duration
2020 - 2022
Location
Madagascar
Species protected
Verreaux’s Sifaka Propithecus verreauxi
Bongolava Mouse Lemur Microcebus bongolavensis

Project objectives

  • Build the team’s capacity to allow effective conservation on site;
  • Assess and monitor lemur populations within the Bongolava Forest Corridor protected area;
  • Protect the forest’s largest five fragments from fires.

This project is implemented by Fikambanana Bongolava Maitso.

Threats

Habitat loss & degradation