Rewilding Madagascar
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If you are an investor and/or donor interested in a bespoke designed fact finding adventure to any of our listed rewilding projects, or if you wish to list your project as a Rewilding Africa Adventure, kindly make contact on rewilding@tourthroughafrica.com ,(UK office: +44(0) 75 7718 7708 ; SA Office: +27(0)71 896 6495)
Madagascar is Africas' “Jurassic park”. This incredible island off Africa’s East coast is host to a number of unique species however is under severe threat due to its wilderness communities being extremely impoverished and excluded from the benefits of tourism revenues, which offers a substantial rewilding opportunity.
As a result, Rewilding Africa, working with local partners, have several opportunities on offer including Tsinjoarivo which is an urban commune in Madagascar, located in the south-eastern part of the Vakinankaratra region.
Tsinjoarivo has both a natural site of great beauty and a historic site from the 19th century. Perched on a peak 1675 m above sea level, the site of Tsinjoarivo dominates the vast horizon of the great eastern forest which stretches for more than 100 km to the sea and on the other overlooks the bubbling waterfalls of the Onive river in a great din of water and in an atmosphere of rainbow mist.
The forest alone is home to at least 9 species of primates, 17 insectivores (of which 16 are endemic tenrecs), 7 rodents (of which 5 are endemic recombines), 5 carnivores (of which 4 are endemic), 92 birds, 24 reptiles and 30 amphibians, in particular several species of chameleon, lizard, fringed geckos, the blue kingfisher vintsi, beautiful orchids and epiphytes.
Among the different regions of Madagascar isTsinjoarivo – this is also one of the most bio-diverse eco areas in Africa.. Tsinjoarivo is an "island" lying at a very high altitude with continuous forest cover in two directions (south and northeast), creeping up a very steep slope.
In fact, of the remaining Malagasy forests, Tsinjoarivo is at the highest altitude. And since it is topographically continuous with Madagascar's central high plateau (much of which is currently denuded), then it is highly likely that Tsinjoarivo harbours the remaining populations of the specific high plateau species.
Unfortunately, as in many of the world's forests, anthropogenic pressures are pushing Tsinjoarivo's unique species towards the acute phase of extinction, before researchers can even finish listing them!
As you walk through the forest, you are likely to encounter the "Sadabe": Propithecus Diadema, the largest and most visible lemur in this area. The population density of the Sadabe is relatively high and can reach four groups per square kilometre.
It often prefers the large, juicy fruits of the large rainforest trees, which are usually only available during the rainy season (January-March) and no longer exist in the small forest fragments. For Sadabe, the most important food is the Malagasy "mistletoe", a parasitic plant whose flowers and leaves provide an important food supplement during the lean and dry season (May-August).
The other species of lemur, smaller, more mysterious and often nocturnal, are difficult to see. However, it is common to catch sight of sleeping woolly lemurs.
If you are an investor and/or donor interested in a bespoke designed fact finding adventure to any of our listed rewilding projects, or if you wish to list your project as a Rewilding Africa Adventure, kindly make contact on rewilding@tourthroughafrica.com ,(UK office: +44(0) 75 7718 7708 ; SA Office: +27(0)71 896 6495)
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