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- Title
Anthropogenic pressures threatening the black and white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata editorum) in the Analamazaotra Special Reserve, Madagascar.
- Authors
Rasoamanarivo, Voahangitiana; Raharivololona, Brigitte M.; Frasier, Cynthia L.; Ginter, Azure; Andriamandimbisoa, Raoliarivao; Randriamahefasoa, Rindra; Louis Jr., Edward E.
- Abstract
The southern black and white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata editorum) was extirpated from the Analamazaotra Special Reserve (ASR) in eastern Madagascar by the 1970s. At this time, the infrastructure of the ASR was in development as well as the local enforcement capacity. Since then, this site has become one of the best known ecotourism areas in Madagascar and the management aptitude has improved. Due to this advancement, two V. variegata editorum family groups from nearby forests under severe pressure were translocated to the ASR as part of a re-introduction program. They have settled in the lesser visited northeastern portion of the reserve. Black and white ruffed lemurs prefer undisturbed forest habitats; however, this study identified numerous anthropogenic activities that compromise the forest integrity and risk the future of this lemur in the ASR. Field surveys and interviews with residents abutting the ASR recorded multiple forest uses such as logging, collection of bark for rope making and the production of alcohol. Additionally, people harvest medicinal plants, Dioscorea ovinala tubers, and honey from wild swarms. Slash and burn agriculture was also encroaching on the northeastern boundary of the ASR during the study period. In addition to identifying threats, strategies for improving community capacity to generate supplemental income and improve access to food and construction resources to stem extraction from the reserve are described.
- Subjects
LEMURS; PRIMATES; CHEIROGALEIDAE; VARECIA variegata; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Lemur News, 2015, Vol 19, p38
- ISSN
1608-1439
- Publication type
Article