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MaMaBay
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 2.6%
The MaMaBay Landscape (1.8M ha) of Makira Natural Park, Masoala National Park, and the Bay of Antongil contains a quarter of Madagascar’s remaining tropical forest and is one of the richest areas of biodiversity in Madagascar. The Makira and Masoala forests contribute to heavy rainfall and support a watershed covering a vast area of 2.5 million hectares. In terms of biodiversity, they are home to more than 22 species of lemur, as well as the iconic fossa and silky sifaka lemurs. They hold the largest number of flowering plant species in the country while the Antongil Bay thrives with fish, sharks, turtles, dolphins, and serves as an important breeding, calving, and nursery areas for Humpback Whales. The landscape is home to an estimated 230,000 people, primarily subsistence farmers and fishers, who depend on the essential ecosystem services provided by these habitats.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
11.4% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Madagascar is covered by this project.
30.9% of Africa's biodiversity conservation potential is from Madagascar.
19.5% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from Africa.
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.