Welcome to Velondriake - The largest community run protected area in the Western Indian Ocean

WWF announces 2008 winner of prestigious Getty award named "The Nobel Prize for Conservation."

Tuesday, 21 October 2008 16:54

WWF announces 2008 winner of the prestigious Getty Prize for Conservation is Mr. Roger Samba, President of the Velondriake Committee.

Shark & turtle monitoring

Monday, 10 November 2008 00:00

Watch a video on shark & turtle monitoring in Velondriake. Malagasy version coming soon!

Managed zones

Managed zones, a type of marine protected area, allow marine species to thrive while also benefiting local villages.

Overview

Velondriake – a local Malagasy word meaning “to live with the sea” – spans 800-square kilometres, benefits more than 10,000 people and protects coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass beds, baobab forests and other threatened habitats.

Durban vision

At the World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa, in 2003, Madagascar’s President Marc Ravalomanana pledged to more than triple the area of the country’s protected forests, wetlands, and marine environments in the next five years, from 4.2 million to 15 million acres.

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