Disappearing forest
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On the Masoala Peninsula, as in most of the rest of Madagascar, the poorest people are the leading edge of rainforest clearance. Such people are often among the last to receive any benefits from development programs or regional economic growth.Cutting and burning have claimed half of the rainforest on the opposite hillside in only a few years. This rate of clearing quickly results in total loss of forest cover. The Masoala Peninsula area has the largest remaining concentration of undisturbed rainforest in Madagascar. A new national park was established there in 1997.
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Contents:
1.Large moth
2.Plateau village
3.Brickmaking
4.Clearing primary rainforest
5.Disappearing forest
6.Rainforest disappearance map
7.Air view of erosion
8.Red river (Betsiboka)
9.Roadside charcoal
10.Cissus takeover
11.Mananara River gallery forest
12.Poles from Ankarana
13.Galapagos tortoise
14.Reserves and vegetation map
15.Ranomafana entrance station
16.Masoala view
17.Black and White Ruffed Lemur
18.Black and White
Ruffed Lemur call
19.Madagascar Periwinkle
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