Project
Working with Communities to Save Endangered Lemurs in Ankarafantsika National Park
Initiative
Duration
2020 - 2022
Location
Madagascar
Species protected
Coquerel’s sifaka
Propithecus coquereli
Mongoose Lemur
Eulemur mongoz
Milne-Edward’s Sportive Lemur
Lepilemur edwardsi
Project objectives
- Protect and expand the lemurs’ threatened habitat;
- Improve the livelihoods of impoverished communities through a fire management and forest restoration program that will hire local residents and teach them alternative farming techniques.
This project is implemented by Planet Madagascar.
Threats
Habitat loss & degradation
