Project
Protecting the Habitat of Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur within the Menabe Antimena Protected Area
Initiative
Duration
2019 - 2020
Location
Madagascar
Species protected
Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur
Microcebus berthae
Verreaux’s Sifaka
Propithecus verreauxi
Coquerel’s Giant Mouse Lemur
Mirza coquereli
Project results
- Raise awareness of the Protected Area and its Lemur species for locals and newcomers through constant information, while strengthening local species monitoring to know the exact number of populations in the territory;
- Restore minimum of 50 hectares of forest in the core Protected Areas and decrease the number of fire points compared to 2017 and 2018;
- Gather crucial information on three Lemurs species: Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur, Coquerel’s Giant Mouse Lemur and Verreaux’s Sifaka.
This project is implemented by Association Fanamby.