Tsaratanana

Over the past five years, the manager and his stakeholders have carried out various activities to preserve the integrity of the Tsaratanàna Integral Reserve. These activities focus on: Patrolling and surveillance; Ecological monitoring; Setting up and maintaining infrastructures; Maintaining the Reserve's boundaries; Raising awareness among village communities; Training and holding meetings for Local Protection Committees (CLP); Various income-generating activities. Concerning protected area surveillance, reports for 2024 indicate an average achievement, including: 95.8% coverage of pressure zones, 104.3% of patrol mission objectives, 100% of transect visits for lemurs and PPS, 100% maintenance of external boundaries versus 65% for those of the hard core, and 106.2% of mixed brigade mission objectives.

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The main lines of action include establishing solid partnerships with local populations, respecting and monitoring the commitments set out in the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), implementing a social inclusion policy, creating a complaints management and consultation mechanism, improving the resilience of local populations in the face of poverty, and building socio-economic infrastructures in the Reserve's surrounding communities.

At the end of the present PAG (end 2029), the Reserve is conserved, enhanced to ensure ecosystem services for the well-being of the population through the integration of scientific research and reliable databases, the continued strengthening of conservation activities and improved collaboration and communication with stakeholders. The achievement of these objectives will be measured by the increase in the area covered by control; by the progressive reduction of illegal occupation in the PA; by the reduction to 75% of current fire points within 5 years and by the progressive reduction to 40% of forest loss within 5 years.

Co-management has been adopted to integrate all stakeholders in the management and protection of natural resources and biodiversity. To this end, the manager has maintained his collaboration with the Local Park Committees (CLP) and the Protected Areas Orientation and Support Committee (COSAP) through various activities, such as training, awareness-raising and educational programs. The entire forest area entrusted to them has been monitored, representing up to 17% of the protected area. The same applies to the Comité d'Orientation et de Soutien à l'Aire Protégée (COSAP), which, thanks to its annual meetings, has been able to stay on course to support the management of the protected area.

All parties involved in the Tsaratanana NIR have made considerable efforts in recent years. The Local Protection Committees (CLP) have fulfilled their responsibilities, particularly in terms of patrolling, surveillance and ecological monitoring. They have benefited from capacity-building and training, and have taken part in restructuring and coaching meetings organized by the manager. In short, their contribution is considered significant in relation to the resources made available to them.